By SDCNN Staff
Perlman Clinic opened its new location on Monday, Dec. 7, in the heart of Hillcrest.
The facility, which has seven exam rooms, is located on the ground floor of the Union Bank building at the northwest corner of University and Fifth avenues.
This is Perlman Clinic’s third location in San Diego, with the other two at the Scripps/Ximed Medical Building in La Jolla and at the De Anza Medical Center in Clairemont.
The Hillcrest facility is currently open 9 a.m. — 6 p.m. weekdays and 9 a.m. — 1 p.m. Saturdays.
The clinic accepts both walk-in and established patients. In many cases, the clinic can schedule a patient to see a provider that same day.
“Our business model is exquisitely simple,” said Dr. Monica Perlman, the founder and Medical Director of Perlman Clinic. “It is based on two pillars.
“First, we strive to create a wonderful work environment for our doctors, physician assistants and staff. They are not incented to churn patients. Perlman Clinic is based on a tremendous collegiality among our providers and the ability for each of them to spend sufficient time with their patients — and sufficient time with their families. That translates into caring, comprehensive and quality medical care,” she said.
“Second, Perlman Clinic is devoted to being your medical care advocate. As an independent primary care practice with a large patient population, our goal is to be a persuasive and committed influence with the specialists with whom we share patients.”
Perlman, who grew up in Mexico City but moved to San Diego at age 16, completed her undergraduate studies at UC San Diego before moving on to UC Irvine for medical school, where she studied both internal and preventative medicine.
Perlman specifically chose the neighborhood for her next location.
“The reason we are opening our third Perlman Clinic in Hillcrest is because we love the community,” Perlman said. “My husband, Ron, has had his office in the Union Bank Building since 1996 and my son, Mitch, works there also.
“The diverse community we serve is no different than our team,” she continued. “The Perlman Clinic staff comes from all walks of life and many of us are bilingual as well. We take tremendous pride in offering our services and hope to provide all of our patients with quality care.”
The Hillcrest location of the Perlman Clinic will have five providers, one full-time and four that are part-time. Dr. Richard Keller, a doctor of internal medicine, will be the full-time resident. The other doctors include Dr. Liliana Uribe-Bruce, internal medicine and endocrinology; Dr. Laura Williams, a family physician; Dr. Terrence Gan, also internal medicine; and Emily Ence, PA-C, a certified physician’s assistant.
“Hillcrest is a very special area with a central location in San Diego that has several hospitals catering to people of diverse backgrounds and who may enjoy living and/or working in the heartbeat of a city,” Perlman said. “The role of Perlman Clinic is to provide convenient first class and top quality urgent and primary care medical services to the special people residing or working in the heartbeat of this great city.
“Furthermore, our model allows providers ample time to spend with every patient to tackle most simple and complicated medical problems,” she said.
Appointments for all practice locations may be made online or by calling 858-554-1212. Many of the providers and staff speak Spanish. Most insurances are accepted and are listed on the website.
For biographies of all the Perlman doctors, physician assistants and dieticians, or more information about what the clinics offer, visit perlmanclinic.com.
—This report was compiled by the staff of San Diego Community Newspaper Network.
