Terrekk Van Aken, MD

Terrell Van Aken, MD

Hospice, Palliative Care
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Professional Profile

It’s a privilege to be a part of the lives of people I meet. I enjoy the direct face-to-face contact with patients more than any other aspect of medicine. I am the medical director for NorthBay Hospice and Bereavement, NorthBay Health at Home, and NorthBay Bridges, an inpatient palliative care program.

In all these areas, we work to maximize a patient’s quality of life while they’re with us. As medical director, I help our teams put patients and their families first, and do whatever we can to make them comfortable. I want to enable them to provide the most compassionate care.

Our teams assists patients and families with health care decisions. We tune into the dynamics of the family background to help address all the patient’s needs — emotional, spiritual, social and physical. We even have a charitable fund, Dreams of Lifetime, that sponsors a wish or dream that family members or patients on our hospice program have.

Before getting involved with geriatrics and palliative care, I practiced family physician. Previously, I served as the NorthBay Healthcare chief of staff, and I served many years on the Medical Executive Committee.

In my spare time, I enjoy taking landscape photographs. 

Locations:

2470 Hilborn Road
Suite 240
Fairfield, California

Education:

Medical Degree, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI Internship and Residency in Family Practice, Bon Secour Hospital, Gross Pointe Farms, MI

Certifications:

  • Board Certified in Family Medicine
  • Board Certified in Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Professional Memberships:

  • American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
  • California Association of Long Term Care Medicine

Languages Spoken:

  • English
Accepted Health Plans

Below is a list of plans accepted by all NorthBay Health providers unless designated as an independent community doctor.

While we strive to keep this list up to date, it's always a good idea to check with your health plan to determine the specific details of your coverage, and to contact the provider's office to verify acceptance of your particular plan.

Professional Profile

It’s a privilege to be a part of the lives of people I meet. I enjoy the direct face-to-face contact with patients more than any other aspect of medicine. I am the medical director for NorthBay Hospice and Bereavement, NorthBay Health at Home, and NorthBay Bridges, an inpatient palliative care program.

In all these areas, we work to maximize a patient’s quality of life while they’re with us. As medical director, I help our teams put patients and their families first, and do whatever we can to make them comfortable. I want to enable them to provide the most compassionate care.

Our teams assists patients and families with health care decisions. We tune into the dynamics of the family background to help address all the patient’s needs — emotional, spiritual, social and physical. We even have a charitable fund, Dreams of Lifetime, that sponsors a wish or dream that family members or patients on our hospice program have.

Before getting involved with geriatrics and palliative care, I practiced family physician. Previously, I served as the NorthBay Healthcare chief of staff, and I served many years on the Medical Executive Committee.

In my spare time, I enjoy taking landscape photographs. 

Locations:

2470 Hilborn Road
Suite 240
Fairfield, California

Education:

Medical Degree, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI Internship and Residency in Family Practice, Bon Secour Hospital, Gross Pointe Farms, MI

Certifications:

  • Board Certified in Family Medicine
  • Board Certified in Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Professional Memberships:

  • American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
  • California Association of Long Term Care Medicine

Languages Spoken:

  • English
Accepted Health Plans

Below is a list of plans accepted by all NorthBay Health providers unless designated as an independent community doctor.

While we strive to keep this list up to date, it's always a good idea to check with your health plan to determine the specific details of your coverage, and to contact the provider's office to verify acceptance of your particular plan.