Tina F. Edwards, MD

"Dr. Edwards is a multi-faceted physician and healer with 3 decades of experience in martial arts, Eastern meditation and healing practices. She graduated from the Uniformed Services University in 2004, and spent 15 years in the Navy. Trained in Emergency Medicine at Naval Medical Center, San Diego, she has served this country by taking care of patients in the Persian Gulf, Japan, South America, all over the US, and at sea around the world. Prior to embarking on the path to medicine, Dr. Edwards worked as a police-911 dispatcher, a martial-arts school owner, as a counselor in a adolescent group-home, a short-order cook in a ski-resort and as a barista in a coffee-shop. Her bachelor's degree is in Cultural Anthropology from California State University, San Bernardino. Dr. Edwards' life experiences and travel have made her a well-rounded human-being as well as an open-minded and culturally sensitive physician."

"We focus on getting you well, and keeping you that way. "Less medication, more meditation," that's our motto. Ever wonder why you can't get an appointment with your doctor? Ever wonder why, when you finally can see your doctor they have no time to listen? HMO doctors usually have between 5000 and 9000 patients. That means they are seeing 50-60 patients per day! In between those patients they have to write notes, answer e-mails, make phone calls and argue with insurance companies about the care their patients need. The insurance company is a third-party to your relationship, getting in the way, demanding more from your doctor so they have less for you. Direct Primary Care means that you have a direct relationship with your doctor, with no third party involved. It also means that your doctor has a much smaller number of patients, usually less than 900. That means your doctor can see you right now, today, tomorrow. Your doctor can spend 30 minutes or an hour, or whatever it takes. Your doctor can answer your phone calls, return your e-mails, write your refills. Your doctor can spend time on your needs, not on some third-party's rules and paperwork, and not on thousands of other patients."