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Moving to a new community can be
as daunting as moving to a new state.
Schools must be checked out, hairdressers
and dry cleaners must be found, and
medical practitioners who suit the needs
of all family members must be discovered.
Southwest Orlando Family
Medicine, located in Dr. Phillips,
can assist in making the transition more
smooth and stress-free by offering medical
care for the entire family.
In practice for 29 years and
under the supervision of Patrick
Gonzales, M.D., Southwest Orlando
Family Medicine is dedicated to “developing
a long association of mutual
trust and understanding while providing
compassionate, comprehensive
and confidential health care services.”
They treat everyone from 6-year-olds
to seniors. The practice has a clinical
staff of 13 board-certified physicians,
physician assistants and nurse practitioners,
along with a support staff numbering
more than 75. The goal of the
practice is to make medical care more
accessible to the community.
Accessibility is guaranteed by
three important factors: The team
BUSINESS
provides same-day appointments,
Saturday office hours are available,
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PROFILE
Medical Care for the Entire Family
Providing a Wide Variety of Personal Care Services
and a provider is always on-call.
In 2015, Southwest Orlando Family
Medicine received an Angie’s List
annual Super Service Award. The
award is recognition for service professionals
who have demonstrated
a commitment to superior customer
service in the previous 12 months.
The practice is also a certified
(Front, l. to r.) Joanna
E. Taepke, MS, PA-C;
John Martin, M.D.;
Michelle de la Riva,
M.D.; Maria De
Leon, M.D.; Patrick
Gonzales, M.D.;
Evelyn “Najera”
Reyes, MS, PA-C;
(back, l. to r.) Sandra
Rodriguez, MSN,
ARNP, FNP-C; Bryan
Roy, ARNP, FNP-BC;
Roxanne Raya,
MSN, ARNP-C; Patrick
Aquino Vergel De
Dios, ARNP, FNP-C; and
Brandon Workman,
MPAS, PA-C, practice at
Southwest Orlando
Family Medicine.
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