Primary Care
Primary Care in Metro Detroit
Whether you’re looking for a family or internal medicine doctor, the DMC Medical Group and Detroit Medical Center (DMC) can help you locate the physician that’s right for you and your family. A primary care provider is the first point of care for common illnesses and health issues and recommendations to other medical specialties as needed.
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Trusted Primary Care Physicians in Detroit
Our family and internal medicine physicians look forward to developing lifelong relationships to meet the healthcare needs of you and your family. From customized wellness and prevention strategies to the comprehensive care you need to return to good health after an illness, our primary care physicians in Detroit look forward to serving you.
Our Services
Patients receive personalized, comprehensive care in a supportive environment at DMC Medical Group. Our care teams are well-versed across a wide range of disease processes and conditions and can evaluate and treat both acute and chronic medical illnesses. Our services include:
- Care for chronic conditions, such as heart disease, hypertension, high cholesterol, diabetes, asthma, and COPD, and depression
- Geriatric services for age-related issues
- Preventative care and iImmunizations and preventative care, including annual physicals, lifestyle guidance, health screenings(cholesterol, cancer),pneumonia, shingles, flu and tetanus vaccines
- Laceration repair and minor procedures
- Lab tests, such as urinalysis and flu tests
- Pediatric and adolescent services including well child/newborn exams and sick visits
- School, sports and camp physicals
- Skin care for acne, eczema, warts and other skin problems
- Urgent care for sudden illnesses, such as colds, flu, and infections, minor injuries, migraines and stomach issues
- Women’s health services, including gynecologic exams, pap smears, birth control, and menopause and osteoporosis treatments
- Acute Illness Treatment: Colds, flu, infections (ear, bladder, skin), minor injuries (sprains, burns), migraines, and stomach issues
- Young adult health services, including birth control, STD screenings and vaccinations
- Coordination of Care-Referring you to specialists and ensuring all your providers know your full medical history and medications.
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Family Medicine
Doctors who specialize in family medicine cover a wide variety of needs. They care for people of all ages, both male and female, to help diagnose many types of illnesses or diseases. Because your family medicine doctor sees you through different phases of life and illnesses, he or she has a whole person perspective that can be helpful.
Family medicine doctors complete a three-year residency that includes training in:
- Pediatrics
- Obstetrics and gynecology
- Internal medicine
- Psychiatry
- Neurology
- Surgery
- Community medicine
One of the roles of family medicine is to be involved with preventative medicine through checkups, health assessments, immunizations, recommending screenings and providing guidance for a healthy lifestyle. Your family medicine doctor can also help you manage chronic diseases such as heart disease or diabetes.
Internal Medicine – What Does It Mean?
Doctors of internal medicine, or internists, are medical professionals who have had special training in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases in adults, except for women’s reproductive issues.
- At least three of their seven or more years of medical school and postgraduate training are focused on diseases that affect adults.
- Doctors of internal medicine treat the whole person, not just internal organs
- Internists are specially trained to solve puzzling diagnostic problems, handle severe chronic illnesses and treat patients with multiple illnesses or conditions.
Some internal medicine physicians receive additional training in a subspecialty. The following are subspecialties recognized by the American Board of Internal Medicine:
- Cardiology (heart and blood vessels)
- Endocrinology (endocrine system/hormones)
- Gastroenterology (digestive diseases)
- Hematology (blood and blood-forming organs)
- Infectious disease (biological agents such as virus, bacterium or parasite)
- Medical oncology (cancer)
- Nephrology (kidneys)
- Neurology (brain)
- Pulmonology (lungs and the respiratory tract)
- Rheumatology (muscles and/or joints)
Pediatrician
A pediatrician is likely the first doctor you see after your baby is born, and cares for children up to young adulthood. Like a family medicine doctor, pediatricians treat a variety of illnesses that affect physical, mental and social health. Pediatricians often assess their patients’ health and make recommendations to other specialties as needed.
Learn more about pediatrics and find a Pediatrician at Children’s Hospital of Michigan.