Prerana R. Sangani, MD, MPH

"Dr. Sangani is a native New Yorker, but has made the Bay Area her home for over 20 years. She attended Swarthmore College and received her MD from the University of Rochester. During medical school, she pursued her passion to understand how doctoring differed in various countries and was awarded an International Medicine grant to work in rural Kenya. Making the move to the West Coast, she completed her Internal Medicine training in San Francisco and received a Masters Degree in Public Health from the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Sangani travelled to India and Nepal as part of her education, serving indigent communities and studying Ayurvedic medicine, one of the world’s oldest holistic healing systems. Dr. Sangani was in private practice in San Francisco before joining The Village Doctor in 2007. She enjoyed a hiatus from clinical medicine in 2015 to pursue additional training in the internationally recognized Jon Kabat-Zinn Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction technique. Additionally, she studied the proven health benefits of structured cognitive exercise to improve mental focus and maximize one’s cognitive edge. She returns to the Village Doctor excited to integrate these skills into her clinical practice. “To me, wellness means more than just feeling good. It means true appreciation and respect for the life you’ve been given and the positive effect your wellness can have on you and those around you.”"

"Imagine having 2,500 clients. How would you find the time to take care of them all? You can’t really. But that’s what the average physician has to deal with today– 2,500 patients to look after. It can mean weeks of waiting for a 10-minute visit. That’s stopwatch medicine. Now imagine reducing that number to 250 patients. 90% fewer patients. It’s more than just healthcare since there’s time to actually care for their health. That’s Concierge Medicine. For the past 15 years, The Village Doctor has taken it even further. We treat everyone from infants to elders, so your entire family gets the care they need. And, since we often treat everyone from grandparents to grandchildren, your internist and pediatrician are able to share information that can affect the health and wellbeing of your entire family. Better health for those you love. It’s all related. Literally. Visits are as short or as long as you like and the time and place is up to you and your doctor. We do not have a stopwatch. Just the opposite, we have the time to stop. And watch. And listen. We also believe that achieving wellness is just as important as eliminating illness. That’s why we work closely with our Wellness Studio providers to achieve that end. Feeling better, feeling good, both physically and emotionally, are all very real, very human needs. When everyone has the time to listen, wellness happens. So, fewer patients and more time. Families as well as individuals. And the belief that wellness really matters. That’s The Village Doctor. I look forward to talking with you soon."