May 2006

SMG Announces New Physician and Schedule Update

SMG announces our newest physician, Dr. Maja Artandi, who starts May 1, 2006 at our Blake Wilbur Clinic Location. Dr. Artandi completed her residency at Stanford Hospital and Clinics in 2004 and has worked with SMG previously to help cover physician vacations and leaves. We are very pleased that Dr. Artandi has become part of our group. She will also be covering Dr. Sharp's practice as he decreases his time to assume an important physician leadership position within the Information Technology group at Stanford Hospital and Clinics. Dr. Artandi's practice is open to new patients.

Several other SMG physicians have also recently adjusted their schedules:

• Dr. Paul Ford - added Thursday mornings
  
• Dr. Kathleen Kenny - added Wednesday afternoons
  
• Dr. Christopher Sharp - reduced his clinic time and adjusted his schedule in order to assume a newly created physician leadership position within Stanford Hospital and Clinics Information Technology group. He will be sharing his practice with Dr. Maja Artanda.
  

Physician schedules are available on-line for your convenience. Please be sure to check this useful information prior to calling us for your same-day appointment.

SMG Announces Spring-Summer-Fall 2006 Holiday Schedule

SMG will close on the following holidays during spring-fall, 2006.

• Monday, May 29, 2006 - Memorial Day
  
• Tuesday, July 4, 2006 - Independence Day
  
• Monday, September 4, 2006 - Labor Day
  

As always, Stanford Hospital Emergency Services and Prompt Care 24 hour clinic is available for urgent/emergent needs during these holiday periods.

Self-help information is available through Stanford Medical Group by accessing the SMG web site.

In addition, our encrypted email service - RelayHealth, has a large amount of self-help materials. To access this material, click on 'email' on the left navigation menu of the SMG web site.

Please call us if you need anything and thank you for partnering with SMG for your health care!