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May 2022 Newsletter
Welcome to May 2022 Newsletter for Santa Monica Primary Care. In this issue, we are going to highlight some recent comments by Dr. Philip Bretsky in the press regarding ‘rebound’ infections with Paxlovid as well as ways to keep current with the practice on social media. Once again, we will highlight the incidence rate and trends of COVID-19 in Los Angeles County.
April 2022 Newsletter
Welcome to the April 2022 Newsletter for Santa Monica Primary Care. In this issue, we are going to highlight the nuances of BA.2 after its less infectious cousin BA.1 made a hasty retreat over the past tow months. We will bring you up to speed on our ongoing quality of care collaboration with Aledade.
March 2022 Newsletter
Welcome to the March 2022 Newsletter for Santa Monica Primary Care. In this issue, we are going to highlight the (expected) hasty retreat #Omicron variant outbreak in Los Angeles County as well as review the potential impact of lifting indoor mask mandates. We will also bring you up to speed on some initiatives going on in the office for 2022.
About usAbout us
Santa Monica Primary Care is an independent, full service Internal Medicine practice located adjacent to Providence Saint John’s Health Center in Santa Monica, California. Dr. Philip M. Bretsky first established the practice in 2008 in Century City, California. Following two years in Century City, he moved to Santa Monica in 2010 and the practice was renamed Santa Monica Primary Care
Our office provides both outpatient and inpatient healthcare for patients. Dr. Bretsky is on staff at two local hospitals: Providence Saint John’s Health Center, and Cedars Sinai Medical Center. He also takes care of patients at nearby Skilled Nursing centers such as Berkeley East, Seaport 17, Rehabilitation Centre of Santa Monica and Santa Monica Healthcare. If needed, this enables Dr. Bretsky to maintain continuity of care for patients from the office, to the hospital, to the rehab center, and back home..
ServicesServices
- Annual Physicals
- Acute Care
- Anorexia
- Bulimia
- Cardiac Stress Testing
- Cholesterol Screening
- Chronic Disease Evaluation & Management
- Coordinating Care/Specialty Referrals
- Heart Disease
- Hypertension
- Immunizations
- Internal Medicine
- Management Of Chronic Conditions
- Osteoporosis
- Preoperative Examinations
- Preventive Care
Our TeamOur Team
Dr. Bretsky is an experienced, Board-certified Internist and primary care doctor located in Santa Monica, California. He is also a Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine, and has won numerous awards including the Irving Lasker award for best research from the USC Keck School of Medicine, and the prestigious Scholar-In-Training award from the American Association of Cancer Research.
Dr. Bretsky was raised in the town of East Setauket on Long Island, New York. He frequently visited New York City, spent summers at his grandparents’ ranch in Texas, and as soon as he could carry a pack he became a field assistant for his dad, a Geology professor. Dr. Bretsky began traveling the world at a young age including time in Denmark and Sweden as a grade-schooler.
