Randy Jacobs, MD, FAAD Dermatology

08/14/2026

07/22/2026

A Message to My Fellow Christian Medical Providers

What exactly is a medical office visit? Every day physicians document a "medical office visit." It is one of the most common phrases in medicine. We write it, bill it, and rarely stop to think about what those words really mean.

Yet I recently found myself reflecting on the words of Jesus:

"I was sick and you visited Me."— Matthew 25:36

The English word visit comes from the Latin visitare, meaning to go and see, to look after, to care for, or to attend to someone. In the New Testament, the Greek word translated visit (episkeptomai) carries an even richer meaning. It is not simply to stop by or say hello. It means to look upon someone with compassionate concern, to care for them, to help them, and to minister to them in their time of need.

When Jesus said, "I was sick and you visited Me," He was describing far more than a social call. He was speaking of compassionate presence and loving care.

How remarkable that medicine has preserved this same word “visit” for centuries.

Every day we perform medical office visits. But perhaps, as Christian physicians, we should see them differently.

A medical office visit is not merely a scheduled appointment. It is not simply a history, a physical examination, a diagnosis, a procedure, or a prescription. It is a sacred opportunity to care for a person created in the image of God.

Our patients come to us with pain, fear, uncertainty, chronic illness, and sometimes profound loneliness. They entrust us with their health, but they also entrust us with their vulnerability. Our calling is to provide the very best medical care we can—with knowledge, skill, wisdom, honesty, and compassion.

Every examination can be performed with dignity.

Every conversation can be filled with grace.

Every difficult diagnosis can be delivered with kindness.Every act of compassion reminds a suffering person that they are seen, valued, and loved by God.

Whether we are treating a child with eczema, performing surgery for skin cancer, comforting an anxious family, or simply taking the time to listen, we have the privilege of reflecting the character of the Great Physician.

Perhaps every medical office visit can become a quiet act of Christian ministry—not because it brings recognition to us, but because it allows us to serve Jesus by serving those He loves.

When we enter an exam room, may we remember that we are not merely seeing the next patient on the schedule. We are meeting a person whose life has infinite worth before God. May every office visit be marked by excellence, humility, compassion, and love, so that our patients leave not only having received good medical care, but having been treated with the dignity every human being deserves.

"Whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men." — Colossians 3:23

"I was sick and you visited Me." — Matthew 25:36

07/01/2026

Here are my precious grandchildren from Jeffrie my son and Destiny, my daughter-in-law.

04/12/2026

I have been missing my mom lately. it is now almost 3 years since she passed. I wrote and sang a special song for her in my studio. Here is her song and some photos to remember her by. Elsie Viola Garcia.

03/15/2026

I have never liked my name Randolph because kids used to call me "Adolph Hi**er" when I was in second grade. After that they would call me "Randy Candy." My grandmother "Mama Monchie" Ramona Quesada Garcia and my great grandmother "Mama Chinda" from Central City NM prayed in the Catholic Church and dedicated me to become a physician. So, even though our family was muy pobre, with no one ever going to college, they had a dream of me someday becoming a physician. They named me after a caring physician who took care of our NM family in the 1930's. His name was Randolph Watts, MD. Today I looked up Dr. Randolph Watts for the first time in my life. I found that he is the one who first helped to start what is now Gila Regional Medical Center. Dr. Randolph Watts was an important physician in Silver City in the 1930s. The Silver City Town Council authorized Dr. Randolph Watts to travel to St. Louis to request land donation from William Swift for a hospital project. That effort resulted in the building of Swift Memorial Hospital, which opened in 1937 as a 25-bed hospital serving all the mining people. That hospital later evolved into today’s Gila Regional Medical Center. Wow! I had no idea. I know that when I was first born, my grandmothers dedicated me to be a physician and gave me my name. So today this all hit me strongly as I see my own son Jeremy Randolph Jacobs-Garcia following in my footsteps. This is now my 40th year of practicing medicine. I do feel that my practice of medicine has been a true calling from God and I have cared for many thousands of people with the strength of God's love. I am not the physically strongest doctor to care for all these people with their innumerable health complaints. But, I do have God's strong love for my patients and He fills me on a daily basis. Thank Jesus for my Abuelitas who predicted my life. Please pray for my son Jeremy Randolph Jacobs-Garcia as he applies to medical school. Thank you.

04/20/2025

Christ is Risen!

The story of Jesus in one song.

11/12/2024

Happy Veterans Day to my son Jeffrie Jacobs. USN Corpsman. Thank you for your service.

03/21/2024

If you live in southwest Riverside County, please share this video with people in our area. Hopefully, the right people will see this video, and help prevent pedestrian deaths. Thank you!

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03/04/2024

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