It’s not like the typical say ‘hi? ‘bye? and go,? said Dr. HimaBindu Chandrasekhar of the Clarkston Medical Clinic. ‘Each patient makes you feel like our family.?
To have an office that feels ‘homey? and family-like is the goal of Clarkston Medical Clinic.
Bindu said she likes spending about 30 minutes with each patient as opposed to the regular 15 minutes of other clinics.
‘It gives a more personalized touch,? she said. ‘All my patients have my pager number. I believe in being available to them 24/7.?
Bindu sees patients of all ages from new-born to elderly. She also works at nursing home.
‘I can go to the nursery home and really relate with them,? said Bindu. ‘It makes me feel like I am seeing my own grandparents.?
The best part of the job is ‘dealing with all ages.?
‘It gives me diversity, it’s not monotonous,? she said. ‘It makes me feel happy to see a little child, and then see an elderly person. I am not just seeing children all the time or elderly all the time. It makes it more challenging because you have to know something about everything.?
Bindu was born in India and went to medical school there. She came to the United States in 2000. She interned at the University of Chicago before moving to Michigan in 2001 to do her residency at North Oakland Medical Center, an affiliate of Wayne State University. She completed residency in 2004 and has been in full-time practice for the past three years.
Bindu moved to Clarkston in March, 2007. Prior to coming to Clarkston, she worked for another family practice in Waterford.
Bindu said she wanted to become a doctor because she watched her great grandmother die of breast cancer and her father is a surgeon in India.
‘He used to take me as a little child with him to the hospitals and I just fell in love with it,? she said. ‘I don’t think I would have done anything else. It’s very rewarding when patients say that you help them a lot.?
Bindu said she is looking to grow and offer more services in a year including some cosmetic procedures, but she hasn’t made up her mind yet. The clinic takes most major insurances and some Medicaid. The Clarkston Medical Clinic is located at 5790 South Main St.