Welcome to Sebastopol Urgent Care!
We are west Sonoma County’s only full-service urgent care clinic!
OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK AND MOST HOLIDAYS!
Open: 8AM-7PM Monday-Friday, 11AM-5PM weekends and most holidays.
Don’t wait for hours in an ER! Come to 555 Petaluma Ave, next to the hospital in Sebastopol and get fast service for a fraction of the cost!
We take most health insurance, and if we are out of network with your provider (such as Kaiser Permanente) we offer very reasonable cash rates that might be reimbursed by out of network insurance companies.
We have Board Certified Physicians available to take care of your urgent medical needs.
Our physicians have experience in emergency care, and can handle all but the most emergent illnesses and injuries.
We plan on having IV and x-ray capabilities as well as point of care labs and tests.
If any patient coming to us for care has a true emergency, such as a heart attack, stroke, head injury or condition requiring hospitalization, we assess the patient and call an ambulance for emergency transport to the nearest emergency room. If in doubt, we recommend that patients call 911 from their location.
Please be patient with our COVID precautionary protocol, your safety is our responsibility and our utmost
concern!
Sars-Covid -19 Testing
We are delighted to announce that we are offering one of the most comprehensive Covid-19 testing in the North Bay!
Sebastopol Urgent Care offers rapid antigen testing, which is the least costly and slightly less accurate than the PCR testing which takes 36-72 hours to turn around at the lab. Antigen testing takes 10 minutes to result and is accepted by many schools, employers and some travel destinations and airlines.
We also have the ability to do NAAT molecular testing which requires an analyzer and takes 15 minutes for us to provide results. It is on par with the PCR testing in accuracy and accepted by most entities in lieu of PCA testing. It is accepted by the majority of airlines and foreign destinations as well as most schools and employers world wide. NAAT testing is covered by many insurance plans.
We also offer PCR tests to the public through either LabCorp or Quest Diagnostics, with an average turn around of 48 hours. Unfortunately we cannot guarantee resulting times on these tests. They are typically covered by most insurance plans.
Prices for the tests are a s follows:
- Antigen test is $60.
- NAAT test $175.
- PCR test will be billed to your insurance with a $40 handling fee if not part of a clinic appointment.
Injuries:
- Sprains/strains
- Back injuries
- fractured bones
- lacerations, skin tears
- dislocated joints
- burns
- wounds
- eye injuries
- mouth and dental
- overuse injuries
- chemical/plant exposures
Infections:
- Skin: cellulitis and abscesses
- Impetigo
- Sinus
- Eye/ conjunctivitis
- Ear: otitis media and swimmer’s ear
- Throat/tonsils
- Urinary tract: Bladder and kidney
Illness:
- Pneumonia
- Bronchitis
- Intestinal: vomiting and diarrhea
- Influenza
- Viral syndromes
- Infantile and pediatric illnesses
Physicals:
- School physicals
- Work physicals
- Sports physicals
Welcome to our Concierge Care!
What is Concierge Care and how is it different from other practices?
Concierge Care medicine is a new model of care for people that want a more personal patient-physician relationship and medical experience. The premise of concierge medicine is that members are paying for relaxed, focused and personalized care. Our patients have 24 hour access to one of the two practice
physicians seven days a week. As a member of our practice you will get a minimum half hour, same or next day appointment, the ability to schedule home visits, and a physician advocate for specialty care and in the event of hospitalization. Our physicians see a maximum of 12 patients a day, in contrast to the 20-24 patients seen by corporate physicians. Our practice size is not 2,000 or 3,000 patients per physician as in the corporate model, it is limited to under 500 patients. You will not see a nurse practitioner in our concierge practice, only the partner physician and only when your doctor is off for the day.
Kathleen Whisman, M.D.
Dr Kathleen Whisman Is a California native who has been a resident of Sonoma County for the past 25 years. Dr Whisman graduated from George Washington University School of Medicine in 1992. She then attended Stanford Family Medicine Program at San Jose Medical Center, graduating in 1995. She started practicing in west Sonoma County right out of residency.
As a private practice physician, her focus was in comprehensive family medicine including obstetrics and women’s health. Dr Whisman has built long lasting relationships with families over multiple generations in her 25 years of practice in west Sonoma County. With deep roots in our community and a devotion to providing excellent care for patients of all ages, she is thrilled to bring these services back to Sebastopol.
Kathleen understands and values her role in her patient’s lives. She prides herself in spending quality time with her patients, getting to know them in a way that allows for a more wholistic approach to care and treatment. She offers her practice as a patient medical home where they feel safe, supported and heard.
One of Dr Whisman’s greatest qualities is her ability to connect with her patients. This connection considers the whole person in the context of their history and their current life.
A recent patient says of Kathleen: “I’ve never felt so cared for by a physician. Dr Whisman brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to her practice. She listens and offers information from my medical perspective. With Dr Whisman, I never feel rushed.”
When Dr. Whisman is not working, she enjoys spending time with her family including her three young adult children, hiking on the beach with her dogs, practicing yoga and cooking for family and friends.
Elizabeth Flower, M.D.
Elizabeth “Libby” Flower is a true product of Sonoma County. She traveled extensively as a child, living in exotic places such as the Dominican Republic and the Virgin Islands where her family finally settled. She came to the Bay area in 1975 at the age of 17. A decade later as a young mother she attended Santa Rosa Junior College graduating from the Xray technician program. She worked her first x-ray job at Palm Drive Hospital in the early 90s as she attended Sonoma State University doing her pre-med coursework and earning a degree in physics. In 1993, she was accepted at UC San Francisco, a single mother of a 6 year old and a 3 year old. After graduation in 1997 the new Dr Flower did an internship year in Internal Medicine at St Mary’s in San Francisco, and then attended the Santa Rosa Family Medicine Program, graduating in 2001. While in residency, Dr Flower took moonlighting shifts in rural emergency rooms, and after residency she worked in a pain management clinic, learning the skill of pain management injections. She worked in the Palm Drive emergency department for 4 years out of residency. She subsequently moved back to the Virgin Islands in 2007, practicing medicine there before returning to Sonoma County in 2016.
Dr Flower has spent most of her career practicing emergency medicine, but also spent 6 years in hospice, several years as director of two urgent care clinics, and has much experience providing personalized primary care in small communities. For Libby, medicine is more than a job, it’s a calling. For her, the patient-physician relationship and community are the cornerstones of true medicine.
Dr Flower lives in Freestone with her mother and several furry family members, herself a resident of west Sonoma County. She is resolved to bring quality medical services, both urgent care and primary care, back to Sebastopol which was once thriving medical community.
We’re Here Whenever You Need Us
Phone
(707) 509-5961
Open Hours
Mon – Fri: 8AM – 7PM
Sat – Sun: 11AM – 5PM
Address
555 Petaluma Ave
Suite B
Sebastopol, CA 95472