Family Medicine

What is family medicine?

Family medicine focuses on preventive care to keep you and your family members healthy and reduce your risk of illnesses, injuries, and diseases. Dr. Milligan specializes in family medicine, as he understands the importance of disease prevention for your overall well-being.

What services are available in family medicine?

Dr. Milligan offers many family medicine services, including:

• Medically supervised weight loss
• Hormone therapy 
• Nutrition counseling
• Other lifestyle-change counseling
• Vaccinations
• Disease screening
• Chronic disease management

Properly managing conditions like diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and other chronic illnesses reduces your risk of a heart attack, stroke, nerve damage, and other serious complications.

As a family medicine specialist, Dr. Milligan has access to your entire family’s medical history, which allows him to understand your risk level for disease. Whether you or a loved one needs acute care or chronic disease management, he works with you to find the best treatments for your condition. 

What are the benefits of family medicine?

Some of the benefits you can expect when choosing family medicine with Dr. Milligan include:

• Improved health and wellness for your whole family 
• Lower risk of diseases
• Better disease management
• Improved interpersonal relationships 
• Concierge medicine options 

Family medicine allows your family to receive medical care under one roof. You don’t have to spend time coordinating care with other providers, instead, Dr. Milligan serves as your primary care provider (PCP) for your entire family. 

What should I expect during family medicine visits?

During family medicine visits with Dr. Milligan, he weighs you, determines your body mass index (BMI), and checks your blood pressure and other vital signs. Then, he completes a physical exam and may recommend blood tests, heart-function tests, or other diagnostic tests to detect or rule out common medical problems.

If you’re interested in vaccinations, hormone therapy, medically supervised weight loss, or other wellness services, Dr. Milligan happily assists you. He also follows up with you when necessary to ensure you stay as healthy as possible and refers you to other health specialists if required. 

How often should I schedule family medicine appointments?

Schedule family medicine visits with Dr. Milligan every year or more often if he recommends it. Call his office if you have concerns about you or your child’s health, develop any new symptoms, or become ill or injured.

To learn more about family medicine, call the office of Joel C. Milligan, MD, or book an appointment online today.