North Bethesda Primary Care

North Bethesda Primary Care North Bethesda Primary Care is a direct primary care practice serving adults 18 years old and older Now accepting new patients!

Five years. That’s five years of meeting and getting to know some of the nicest, most down-to-earth, most interesting pe...
01/08/2026

Five years.

That’s five years of meeting and getting to know some of the nicest, most down-to-earth, most interesting people in the DMV. Five years of doing everything in our power to keep our patients healthy so that they can get the most out of their lives. And, for those times in which pathology has come calling, five years of advocating for our patients, always with the goal of healing and – when healing is elusive – the promise that our patients will not face their health challenges alone.

Five years can seem like a lifetime. In fact, for many small animals such as hamsters and chickens, it is in fact a lifetime. It can especially seem like a lifetime when having to suffer Dr. Possner’s quirky sense of humor.

On 1/4/21, North Bethesda Primary Care officially opened its doors. We’re 4 days late in celebrating, but thank you for the past 5 years. We look forward to getting to know you and for caring for you for many more years to come!

04/26/2025

Yenifer completes the 5K PurpleStride walk against pancreatic cancer.

So important that it had to be done in slow-mo and posted on its own. (See the other post about PurpleStride.)

This week our very own Dr. Zeki is away at a POCUS conference in San Antonio, Texas.Now before you assume that Dr. Zeki ...
01/31/2025

This week our very own Dr. Zeki is away at a POCUS conference in San Antonio, Texas.

Now before you assume that Dr. Zeki is an aspiring wizard, let us assure you it's not that kind of POCUS, although she does use dictation software called Dragon.... Here we mean POCUS as in Point Of Care UltraSound -- ultrasound used to augment the traditional physical exam real-time. A few months back we purchased a handheld device and Dr. Zeki has taken it upon herself to become our resident expert in the use thereof.

The conference is intense; full days of lectures followed by practicing on volunteer patients. We're happy to report Dr. Zeki won an award for answering the most questions correctly during a rapid-fire quiz of three blocks of ultrasound cases. We can't say we're surprised!

POCUS that is not hocus pocus. Just one of the many ways we here at NBPC strive to provide the very best care for our patients!

01/16/2025

Folks, check out this depressing piece of news, will you?

If you ask me, lack of exposure to primary care in medical school is just one of the reasons why so few medical students pursue primary care. The main reason is an insurance-based system that doesn’t value cognitive work.

At NBPC, we have cracked the code by distancing ourselves from said system, which allows us to keep patients at the center of what we do…and not lose our sanity in the process!

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Many Young People Choosing Not to Become Primary Care Physicians After Leaving Medical School

KFF Health News (1/13, Freyer) reports many young people choose not to become primary care physicians after leaving medical school. Last year, “252 of the nation’s 3,139 pediatric residency slots went unfilled and family medicine programs faced 636 vacant residencies out of 5,231 as students chased higher-paying specialties.” KFF Health News says, “Could...medical schools do more to promote primary care? The question could not be more urgent.” The Association of American Medical Colleges predicts “a shortage of 20,200 to 40,400 primary care doctors by 2036.” Medical students frequently “start out expressing interest in primary care,” but “then they end up at schools based in academic medical centers, where students become enthralled by complex cases in hospitals, while witnessing little primary care.”

Address

11300 Rockville Pike, Suite 1015
North Bethesda, MD
20852

Opening Hours

Monday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Thursday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Friday 8:30am - 4:30pm

Telephone

+13019414414

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