Jeannine Rodems, MD

"Jeannine Rodems, MD, FAAFP, is a board-certified family medicine physician who brings more than 23 years of experience to Santa Cruz Direct Primary Care. She is a graduate of UC Santa Cruz (go Slugs!), and completed her medical degree at the UCLA School of Medicine with her residency through the UCLA Family Medicine Residency program. She has been an active member of the local physician community in Santa Cruz County for several years. She is the immediate past president of the Santa Cruz County Medical Society. She has been very active with the California Academy of Family Physicians, having been a previous member of their board of directors, and presently serves as president of the Santa Cruz – Monterey AFP Chapter. When she is not working with patients, she enjoys theater, gardening, and walking her dog, Shadow. She is married and has one daughter. Dr Rodems believes in advocacy for her patients, listens to their concerns and issues, and helps to guide them through the sometimes scary environment of medicine today. She believes that Family Medicine physicians need to return to focusing on the patient, their family and the social determinants of health for their patients — be the center or medical home for their patient's care. She believes in using evidence-based care, but tailoring that care to the specific needs of each individual patient, considering the context of their family, living environment, and their community."

"We founded Santa Cruz Direct Primary Care to provide a simpler model of healthcare to deliver what matters most to you – excellent care, personalized service, access when you need it, and affordability. Direct Primary Care (DPC) is an innovative model of primary care, and part of an emerging social movement in medicine. DPC returns value to the patient-doctor relationship by limiting third-party intrusions, and replaces the complex, costly billing system with a straightforward, low monthly fee. We are proud to bring Direct Primary Care to Santa Cruz, California. With unhurried visits, typically 30-60 minutes, we are able to explore your concerns and anticipate your health care needs. Unrestricted visits enable you to see us as often as you need – and as frequently as we need – to completely manage your care. As full-scope and fully-engaged family physicians, we attend to all aspects of your care including the management of chronic diseases, acute care, pediatric and geriatric care, women’s health, hospital medicine, prevention, and wellness. In addition, we offer a host of in-office procedures. All for one monthly fee. Simple and direct. We believe that a revitalized patient-doctor relationship is essential to good medical care and a necessity for fixing our broken healthcare system. Our mission at Santa Cruz Direct Primary Care is to revitalize the doctor-patient relationship and return this key partnership back to the center of healthcare where it belongs."