Bijan Farah MD

Internal Medicine
Emergency Medicine

Encino Town Medical Group

17130 Ventura Boulevard,
Encino California 91316

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About Us

About Us

Encino Commons Urgent Care has been established to provide urgent care services in an Elegant office environment at Encino and surrounding communities as part of a wider entity, Encino Town Medical Group, since September 2002.

At Encino Commons UC & Encino town Medical Group we are firm believer that:

“Caring is powerful Medicine”

To implement this mind-set, we aim to treat our patients as we would treat our own families. We offer the highest quality service in a genuinely caring atmosphere. It is also the policy of our practice to have healthcare needs be fulfilled in a manner convenient to our patients’ hectic schedule. With our highly trained staff and state -of-the-art equipment, we are confident that our family can give your family peace of mind for year’s to come.

The center constitutes of multiple departments under one ceiling including but not limited to:

General Primary Care Practice, Internal Medicine

  • Wide range of Medical & Surgical Services
  • Medical services to Adult and Adolescence
  • Management & Treatment wide range of Acute, Chronic & Complex illnesses
  • School, Sports, and Work physical, Health screening including for cancer, correction of cardiovascular risk factors.

Encino Commons Urgent care & Walk-In

  • Wide range of Urgent Medical & Surgical Services
  • Urgent Care Services to all ages, Pediatric to Elderly
  • Finest care in an Elegant, Pleasant and Private office environment

Center for Travelers’ Immunization

  • Our Knowledge, Experience, Service and Value Pricing have earned the trust of travelers.
  • Best on where you wish to travel, we’ll help with our expert knowledge in Travel Medicine and the current guidelines.
  • We offer health counseling and recommendation, providing needed immunization and/or prescribing medication needed for your safe travels

Rejuvenate Medical Spa

  • A Medical SPA designed to meet all your skin’s cosmetic needs.
  • Our State-of—the-Art Multiple Cosmetic Devices will enable us to offer a wide range Aesthetic Treatments while maintaining the highest standard of quality and safety in the industry.
  • Tap into the potential of achieving younger looking skin, decreased wrinkle depth, enhanced skin texture, improvedappearance of scarring, reduced pigmentation, and much more.
  • Indulge yourself with one of our Rejuvenate signature services and let us show you the benefits our treatments can provide you externally as well as the peace of mind achieved internally.

Weight Loss Clinic

  • Your weight is a balancing act, and calories are part of that equation. Weight loss comes down to burning more calories than you take in.
  • But don’t forget the bottom line: The key to successful weight loss is a commitment to making changes in your diet and exercise habits.
  • Dr. Farah with special interest in treatment of obesity has established a weight management canter his medical practices at Encino Town Medical Group. He, having deep knowledge and experience in treatment of Obesity, has shown great success in weight reduction and improve overall health state.

The Center has been founded, Directed and fully serviced by Bijan Farah MD since 2002. Dr. Farah has been a trusted physician and friend to the Central valley communities providing quality medical care over 15 years.

  • He is the medical director and full-time provider at Encino Town
  • Medical Group & Encino Commons Urgent Care,
  • specialized in Emergency Medicine & Internal Medicine treating a
  • wide range complex, acute and chronic
  • medical conditions. He is well respected as a great diagnostician.
  • He has special interest and well experienced physician in Traveler’
  • Medicine, Cosmetic Dermatology & treatment of Obesity

We provide a variety of services outside standard medical & surgical care.

Diagnostic

  • In house Lab testing such as Quick strep, FLU test, Urine test, Fecal blood, STD test, Drug Screen and many others.
  • Full laboratory Offsite, utilizing Quest Diagnostic, evaluating Blood, urine and tissue pathology. Most laboratory specimens obtained and processed in our office will be sent out on the same day. Most lab results will be available the next day, and some results may be available on the same day as requested.
  • Heart & lung evaluation; provided here in house such as Electrocardiogram & Spirometry for assessment of chest pain, cardiac dysrhythmia and shortness of breath, cough & asthma.
  • We are equipped with an Automated continuous Cardiac, Pulse oximeter and blood pressure monitor system to manage more serios cases.
  • Ultrasound & vascular studies are available in the center on the same or next day; such as Thyroid, Abdomen, Pelvic, Kidney, Vascular Duplex examination of extremities and much more studies.
  • X-Ray services; Chest, Extremities, Spine, abdomen and others at nearby facility. The X-Ray studies and the results will be on the same day or next. If you need some advanced imaging studies such as MRI or CT scan, we will arrange for you to be done within 1-3 days.
  • PPD (Skin test for Tuberculosis) Screening test for respiratory TB, that is a requirement for many jobs and educational institutions.
  • A positive PPD test requires further evaluation by chest X-Ray and or specific blood test.
  • If a patient has received BCG Vaccine, a customary vaccination in many overseas countries, will carry a positive PPD test for life.
  • Having a normal chest X-ray indicates the patient does not have a communicable state. People who are born and live in the USA do not receive BCG vaccine, therefore must have a negative TB Test throughout their life. If the test becomes positive indicates either they have been exposed to a patient with tuberculosis or having an active disease and must be treated. For any detailed information you need to contact Dr. Farah or your PCP.

Therapeutic

  • Physical Therapy. We have a working connection with best close by physical therapy clinics. We can refer you to your choice of PT clinic as well.
  • Traveling immunization vaccine
  • FLU shot, Tetanus & Tdap Vaccines
  • All other vaccines are available at your Pharmacy. Doctor Farah will hand you the necessary prescription for any other vaccine you need.
  • Intravenous Fluid infusion (IV therapy) to treat dehydration and generalized weakness. IV or IM vitamin treatment such as B12 shot and IM or IV antibiotic shots. Other injectable medication given: Promethazine for nausea and vomiting, Depo-testosterone IM for treatment of hypogonadism & ED, Toradol (Ketorolac) IM for severe acute pain management such as Kidney Stone and Musculoskeletal pain.
    We have multiple required emergency injectable medications, such as Adrenalin and Promethazine used for severe allergic reactions.
  • Nebulizer & Oxygen Therapy for shortness of breath in acute cardiac & pulmonary conditions such as Asthma.
  • Limited Pharmacy In-House; A unique Service to our Patients
  • We offer a limited number of medications that are routinely prescribed by our physician at this Urgent Care Center.

Payment & Registration Policy:

For new patients it is necessary for us to obtain registration & insurance information.

  • If you are a walk-in as an urgent care patient and first visitor, you may call in advance informing our staff about your insurance information. This will reduce unnecessary delay in services you need at urgent care.
  • If you walk in without prior notification, you will be seen and serviced as soon as the staff is able to verify the insurance eligibility & benefits.
  • If you arrive after 5 PM or on holidays & weekends, we may not be able to reach your insurance to verify eligibility & benefit. In this case we may request $125.00 payment as our standard urgent care fee.
  • If your insurance verification denies the coverage, you may request to be serviced as a cash.
  • At the time of appointment being scheduled, the receptionist will obtain minimal required information on the phone to facilitate patient’ visit.
  • All new Patients, we recommend the patient to arrive 15 minutes earlier prior to scheduled visit so we can complete all registration paperwork.
  • We accept all Medicare, most PPOs and certain HMOs & of course CASH
  • It is our policy to collect in advance payment for any potential uncovered insurance benefits and co-pays prior service is rendered.

Urgent care services

Monday to Friday

9:00 AM To 6:00 PM

Saturday and Sunday

Closed

Visit by appointment

10:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Monday through Friday

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