Family Medicine, Pediatrics, Sports Medicine, and EP

Primary Care and Specialty Care - Northridge, CA is a medical clinic that offers many services, including family medicine, pediatrics, cardiac, cardiac electrophysiology, sports medicine, and OB/GYN. Our experts offer compassionate, specialized care to every member of the family, putting you at the center of your health care and working with every member of the family to support healthy outcomes. Our providers focus on creating a welcoming patient-physician relationship and providing comprehensive health care for all ages. 

Dignity Health Medical Group's providers can help your family in a wide variety of areas, including:

• Family Medicine
  
• Pediatrics
• Cardiac Electrophysiology
• OB/GYN
• Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
• Sports medicine

As part of the Dignity Health Medical Group, our family practice doctors can easily refer you to a specialist when necessary and coordinate treatment based on your specific needs and health conditions. This allows you to get the most comprehensive care possible. 

Your time is important. When you’re with our care team, we want you to get the most out of your visit. Our multidisciplinary team of physicians is ready to serve when you need us most. With a combination of expert knowledge, compassionate care, and personalized treatment plans, you can count on us to work for you.

Comprehensive primary care

The family practice physicians at Dignity Health Medical Group provides complete care for your entire family, diagnosing and treating a variety of health conditions and diseases for patients of all ages. In addition to diagnosing and treating acute and chronic illnesses, family practice physicians provide routine health screenings and preventive care to prevent illnesses before they develop. And, if a health condition arises that requires care from another specialist, your family physician will be there to guide you and to coordinate all aspects of your care.

Family medicine services provided

Our team of family medicine physicians offers a full range of services to men, women, and children. Our services include:

• Sick visits

• Physicals
• OB/GYN
• Weight management
• Pre-Operative evaluations
• Preventive medicine
• Flu shots and immunizations
• Family medicine
• Assessment and referral to medical specialties when you need advanced medical care

• Comprehensive treatment of infants, adults, and seniors

• Follow-up after an in-patient hospital visit or out-patient surgery

• Mental health counseling

• Preventive care, including tips for staying healthy, nutritional counseling, and dialogue on creating achievable goals for movement and wellness

• Treatment when you’re sick including sore throats, sinus infections, and more

• Well-child care, including regular check-ups, physical exams, and immunizations

• Well-woman care, including gynecological exams, pregnancy tests, and maternity care

Comprehensive pediatric care near you

Kids are bundles of energy that come in packages of all sizes. Our pediatricians understand that children aren’t simply small adults, and that many factors can affect their growth and development.

At Dignity Health Medical Group in Northridge, CA, our pediatricians like to take a holistic approach to children’s health and specialize in your children's physical, emotional, and social health throughout every stage of their lives. Our care team offers same-day appointments, virtual visits, and online scheduling.

Pediatric services offered

• Immunizations: from hepatitis vaccines to flu shots, our pediatricians can help you make sense of it all.
• Back-to-school physicals: an annual back-to-school physical is a perfect opportunity to assess your child's health, and also talk through any health concerns.
• Diagnosis and treatment of acute illnesses: such as an ear infection, cold, bronchitis, flu, sinus infection, skin infection, stomach bugs, or strep throat.
• Diagnosis and treatment of chronic illnesses: such as allergies, anemia, asthma, epilepsy, or cystic fibrosis. 
• Treatment of skin conditions: such as acne, eczema, or hives.
• Hearing screenings: since a child's hearing can significantly change as they grow, we recommend giving them routine hearing tests to detect any hearing concerns.
• Nutritional counseling: we'll work with you to provide a customized nutritional counseling plan based on factors such as age, picky eating or other problematic eating habits, food allergies or intolerances, fitness/activity level, and more.
• Pediatric behavioral health resources: we believe in understanding and caring for the whole person, which includes mind, body, and spirit connection, and offer counseling and other professional resources to care for your child's well-being.

Cardiac Electrophysiology

Atrial Fibrillation, or AFib, is an irregular and often rapid heart rate that can cause symptoms such as chest pain, fatigue, or dizziness. If left untreated, AFib can lead to serious health conditions. At Dignity Health Medical Group, our electrophysiologist, Dr. Yoruk, offers innovative treatment options right where you live.

When you come to our clinic, rest assured our experienced team offers compassionate, specialized evaluation and treatment in a comforting facility where you can expect to be treated with a high standard of care.

Conditions treated

• Arrhythmia
• Atrial flutter
• Atrial fibrillation (AFib)
• Cardiac arrest
• Cardiomyopathies
• Cardioneuroablation
• Congenital Channelopathies
• Complete heart block
• Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) shocks
• Palpitations
• Premature ventricular contractions (PVCs)
• Sinus node dysfunction
• Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT)
• Syncope (fainting)
• Ventricular fibrillation/tachycardia

Procedures performed

• Atrial fibrillation (AFib) ablation with radiofrequency (RF)/cryoablation
• Biventricular pacemaker (BiV) or cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) implantation/replacement
• Chest CT (computed tomography) scan, including heart and lungs
• Complex atrial ventricular ablation
• Electrocardiogram (EKG)
• Event monitoring
• Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD)
• Lead extraction
• Left atrial appendage occlusion and management
• Left bundle branch pacing
• Loop recorder placement/removal
•  Permanent pacemaker implantation
• Transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE)
• Treadmill stress testing
• Vein of Marshall (VOM) ethanol ablation
• Ventricular tachycardia (PVC/VT) ablation
• Watchman placement

OB/GYN

Our Gynecologists deliver specialized gynecological care to women through all stages of life—from adolescence to menopause and beyond. Our doctors are dedicated to providing an integrated approach to women’s health, evaluating and treating patients in a comfortable and trusted environment, with access to the latest in medical techniques and surgical technologies.

Our experienced obstetricians can provide you with sonograms, ultrasounds, regular checkups, prenatal advice, preparations for labor, and much more. Then, when it's time for delivery, your OBGYN can be there by your side to help you through it. After delivery, we offer postnatal care for both you and your new child.

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

When you visit Dignity Health Medical Group for physical medicine and rehabilitation, you'll receive quality care that meets humankindness.  Our board-certified providers work closely with pain management providers, other specialists, and primary care physicians to promote your well-being.

Common treated:

• Cerebral vascular accident/stroke
• Spinal cord injury
• Spasticity
• Neuropathic pain
• Amputation
• Traumatic brain injury
• Orthopedic conditions impacting function such as osteoarthritis, joint replacement, spinal stenosis, back/neck pain, vertebral compression fracture, tendinopathy, and bursitis
• Debility/cardiovascular deconditioning, muscular deconditioning due to medical illness
• Myofascial pain such as back or neck muscle pain and spasm
• Neurological conditional impacting function such as peripheral neuropathy, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, Guillain-barre syndrome, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
• Functional deficits and pain related to cancer or cancer treatments
• Lymphedema
• Neurogenic bowel/bladder

Sports medicine services

Our sports medicine physicians are committed to keeping you healthy and helping you live an active lifestyle. We strive to effectively and quickly get you back on your feet and back to doing the activities you love - whether you're a weekend warrior, professional athlete or dancer.

Common conditions we treat include:

• Concussions
• Foot pain and running injuries
• Fractures related to athletic activities
• Ankle pain and muscle strains
• Hip pain
• Knee pain and knee injuries
• Lower back pain
• Rotator cuff injuries and shoulder instability
• Stress fractures
• Tennis elbow and throwing injuries
• Overuse injuries (such as tendinitis)
• Sports Physicals