About the practice
A small practice, on purpose.
We keep our patient lists short, so every visit has room for a proper conversation.
Elm Street Family Medicine opened in 2012 with one doctor, one nurse and a simple idea: medicine works better when your doctor knows you.
Today we are a team of four clinicians looking after around 2,500 patients, from newborns to people in their nineties. We are independent and not part of a hospital group, so decisions about your care are made here, with you.
Most of our patients see the same doctor every time. When you need a specialist, we refer you to someone we know, and we follow up once you have been seen.
How we work
How a visit works here.
Time to talk
Standard appointments are 30 minutes and new-patient visits are an hour. We would rather run on time than rush you.
One team, one record
Your doctor, nurse practitioner and nurse share one record, so you never have to tell your story twice.
Straight answers
We explain results in plain words, tell you what we would do in your place, and put the plan in writing.
Our clinicians.
Board-certified, and here for the long term.
Dr. Michael Ruiz
Special interest in diabetes, blood pressure and other long-term conditions.
Dr. Daniel Reyes
Looks after children, teens and young families. Speaks English and Spanish.
Leila Haddad
Sees most same-day patients and offers routine women’s health care.
Maya Bell
Vaccines, blood draws, and care plans for long-term conditions.
In our patients’ words
For the first time in years I left a doctor’s appointment without feeling rushed. Dr. Ruiz listened to everything and then explained it all in plain words.
Ellen P. Both our kids see Dr. Reyes. He is patient with them and straight with us, and we can almost always get a same-day appointment when someone is sick.
James and Priya K. My blood sugar is under control for the first time, because someone finally followed up. They call me before I have to call them.
Robert T.
We are taking new patients.
Children and adults are welcome. Most new patients are seen within a week.