Bert Berney, MD, MHS
After many years in conventional medical practice, I started Oregon Direct Primary Care as a membership-based practice. I believe medical care should fit into your life, not disrupt it. This contemporary approach to the doctor-patient relationship is called Concierge Medicine. Long waits and impersonal visits are replaced with prompt visits and the doctor’s private phone number. The visits take as long as needed to address your concerns.
My desire is to provide exceptional, accessible healthcare through comprehensive physicals, emphasis on prevention, coordination of testing/referrals and closely monitoring your health in a timely, compassionate and professional environment. Although my training as a Board-Certified Internal Medicine Physician permits me to treat illnesses through traditional means, my network also includes professionals such as psychologists, acupuncturists, & physical therapists as well as using medical subspecialists when necessary who collaborate on treatment plans.
My goal is for Oregon Direct Primary Care to become your source for your health and medical needs. As your personal physician, I aim to be a trusted resource and advocate, fully prepared to help you navigate the increasingly complex healthcare delivery system. In the event of emergency or hospital care, you are closely monitored and care is discussed with the hospitalist(s) and/or specialist(s) involved.
Intentionally limiting the practice to a few hundred patients creates time to focus on medical care, especially preventive care. I am a Graduate of the George Washington University School of Medicine, and I also have a Masters in Environmental Health from the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health.
Because I believe in a balanced lifestyle, I take time in my off hours to enjoy visiting family, hiking, skiing and travelling.
Sean Stone MD, FACEP
My Medical education began at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, NC. I then went on to intern in Emergency Medicine at the Columbia University Program in NYC and completed my Residency in Emergency Medicine at Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine, an affiliate of Tufts University. I remained in Maine working as an Emergency Medicine Physician for two years after completing my training, splitting time between a community hospital, and working at the same facility where I trained, providing supervision and education to medical students and residents. I then moved to Vermont and began teaching at the University of Vermont School of Medicine. After three amazing years in Vermont, my wife and I decided to move to Portland, OR where we have remained for 17 years. My work here has included 15 years at Willamette Falls Medical Center where I have worked in the Emergency Department as a board-certified specialist in Emergency Medicine. I am also a medical director for the paramedicine programs of four Fire Departments. Since 2001 I have also been a medical team manager for one of 28 federal disaster response teams that are part of the Department of Homeland Security and are strategically spread across the country. These teams respond to major disasters anywhere in the United States and primarily serve to pull trapped victims out of disasters and get them to the nearest functioning hospital. In this capacity I have deployed to both man made and natural disasters. This includes being a part of the first Federal Team to respond to the World Trade Center collapse, responding to several communities badly impacted by hurricanes, and other deployments.
After 25 years of working in Emergency Departments, I am excited to now bring that diagnostic experience into a new realm. Medicine is changing very quickly. There are still niches in which it functions well, and in which a patient can be seen with compassion, careful attention, and the time necessary to fully understand their needs. This is what appeals to me about the Direct Primary Care model. It returns medicine to its origins, a relationship between Physician and Patient that serves to give the Patient exactly what they need. Good care should never be rushed. It should nurture and provide comfort.
My goal is to make sure that each of my patients enjoys the best quality of life possible.