Benny Gavi, MD

"Dr. Gavi entered clinical practice 12 years ago at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, where he completed medical school and his internal medicine residency. He then joined Stanford Medical School and Stanford Hospital as a faculty physician. Dr. Gavi has had hospital leadership roles and has won numerous teaching awards both at Harvard and Stanford. He has served as a consultant to private companies and the California Board of Medicine. While at medical school, Dr. Gavi also attended Harvard Divinity School and obtained a degree in theology. Subsequently, he has led institutional programs in medical ethics and seminars for physicians that promote humanistic care.

Dr. Gavi is an advocate for wellness and disease prevention including spiritual, psychological, and physical wellbeing. He is interested in an individualized approach to health care and the importance of lifestyle to a long and active life.

Dr. Gavi lives in Menlo Park with his wife, Dr. Daryl Oakes, Stanford faculty cardiac anesthesiologist, and their three sons, Ethan, Gregory, and Joshua. His interests outside of medicine include literature and enjoying the outdoors with his family.

For all medical needs please call 650-353-9400. After business hours you will be directed to the answering service who will contact the doctor for you."

"Interactive Wellness is designed to provide you with personalized medical care and direct access to your doctor, along with meaningful preventive medical care.

It is based on an annual comprehensive preventive medicine health assessment, which includes a review of your current health status and lifestyle issues, along with a complete physical examination. We’ll discuss ongoing preventive medicine, including nutrition, weight control, smoking cessation, exercise, and alcohol use, and vaccines to prevent influenza and travel-related diseases.

This time is all yours—it provides you with an opportunity to talk with your doctor about anything on your mind, large or small. And it gives the doctor a chance to get to know you and your medical history thoroughly. After this point, as a participating patient in the program, you’ll receive internal medicine services, as well as telephone and e-mail access to your doctor.

This means that to ask a question or seek advice, all you need to do is call or email. And whether it’s an unusually severe bout of hay fever, a persistent knee problem, or something more serious, you know that you’ll be talking with someone who knows you, and takes your health to heart."