Cal Athletic Primary Care Provider List 2007-2008

If you have an HMO plan (Blue Cross, HealthNet, PacificCare) we strongly advise switching your son or daughter's primary care physician (PCP) to a physician who is near the Berkeley campus. Please see list for suggestions. If you have a out-of-state or Southern California Kaiser medical record number, please obtain a Northern California Kaiser medical record number by calling 800-464-4000. Please see the phone number and email for the Sports Medicine Administrative Assistant below, and be sure to call when you can provide the name of the new primary care physician, or the new Northern California Kaiser Number, if you have established either of these, so that we are aware of them and can be ready to assist the student athlete if they have need.

Failure to switch to a new PCP in the Berkeley area or to obtain a Northern Kaiser number may result in a delay in the authorization and scheduling of appointments and tests. Also, once your son or daughter has identified a new PCP, it is highly recommended that an appointment is made to see the new physician so that an office chart can be established and future medical care can be easily facilitated.

Steps to switching your student athlete's PCP:

1. Check with your insurance company to insure the physician you choose is covered by your insurance policy. Then transfer to the new MD.
2. Call the Sports Medicine Administrative Assistant with new MD information, if you already mailed in your form.

List of Suggested Primary Care Physicians near the Berkeley campus:

Sutter East Bay Medical Foundation
Roger Iliff, M.D.; Stephen Whitgob, M.D.; Donna Jacobsen, D.O.; Grant Wang, M.D.
2850 Telegraph Ave., Suite 130
Berkeley, CA 94705
(o) 510-883-9883 (Alta Bates Medical Group)
(f) 510-843-0804

Sutter East Bay Medical Foundation
Nina Birnbaum, M.D., Catherine Whinery, M.D.
500 San Pablo Ave., #300
Albany, CA 94706
(o) 510-204-8130 (Alta Bates Medical Group)
(f) 510-524-0861

For questions about authorizations or medical care, please contact:
     Cal Sports Medicine
     Administrative Assistant
     2222 Bancroft Way
     Berkeley, CA 94720-4300
     Phone: (510) 643-4801
     Fax: (510) 643-9790

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