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Doors Open in American Canyon

NorthBay Health Primary Care has come to American Canyon.

Family Medicine physician Frances Benko, D.O., saw her first patient at the Napa Junction commercial center site on Monday and said she has great hopes for future growth and outreach to the community.

“With the changes in medicine and how we approach populations, we hope to offer a place for people to come not just for primary care but eventually urgent care and specialties,” said Dr. Benko. “Because when you do that, you can have a real impact on the health of the community. The community becomes and stays healthy.”

Preparations for Urgent Care services at both the American Canyon and Dixon sites continue. If all goes as planned, primary care could come to the Dixon location by the end of the year.

Dr. Benko, whose husband is a neurosurgeon at David Grant Medical Center on Travis Air Force Base, said the opportunity to expand primary care to American Canyon is one of the key things that brought her to NorthBay Health.

“I came from Virginia with my husband who is in the military and that is where I completed my residency and had my first practice in what was a rural community, where they needed a physician that would do the types of procedures I do, from gynecological to newborn evaluations and then following through with the kids from kindergarten through high school,” Dr. Benko explained. “This (American Canyon location) gives me the opportunity to open my second clinic with a diverse population and to be committed to providing care. It’s awesome.”

And she has nothing but praise for the team that is joining her at the new clinic including Amanda Luke, Medical Assistant and Stephanie DeMello, Patient Services Representative.

“The team here is setting me up for success,” she said. “Amanda is amazing, intuitive and she has EMS experience that she applies, preparing patients and letting me know all about why they have come in. And Stephanie is just phenomenal.”

The new clinic is located at 416 Napa Junction Road and Dr. Benko will do both in-person and video appointments at the site.