Shohreh Taavoni, M.D.

Co-Founder & Chief Medical Officer

 

 

 

Specialty

Internal Medicine, Rheumatology

Education

1982 - George Washington University - B.S., Medical Technology
1986 - St. Georges University - M.D.

Residency

1989 - University of Hawaii Hospitals - Residency
1988 - Greater Baltimore Medical Center -- John Hopkin\'s Hospitals - Residency
1987 - Greater Baltimore Medical Center -- John Hopkin\'s Hospitals - Internship

Fellowships

1991 - University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill - Rheumatology
1990 - University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill - UNC-KRON Scholars Program

Board Certification

1989 - Internal Medicine (perpetual)

BIOS 

In the summer of 2002, Dr. Taavoni founded North Carolina's first medical practice dedicated to physician home visits -- housecalls. Since that time, she has been the focus of innumerable newspaper articles, TV news programs, and a 45 minute radio interview on NPR. 

In addition to her ongoing patient care responsibilities, Dr. Taavoni provides the medical and managerial leadership for Doctors Making Housecalls, her rapidly growing multispecialty practice of 15 physicians, now making over 25,000 visits a year to homes, businesses, and retirement communities throughout the greater Triangle area of her adopted home state of North Carolina.

Taavoni believes that home-based primary care is a compelling new practice paradigm, one that improves quality and lowers costs for a wide range of patients.  "We make a big difference for a lot of people," says Taavoni. "I'm talking about busy executives, harried housewives, and homebound elderly...not to mention their adult children who often have the additional responsibility of caring for their own children."

She should know.  The mother of two teenagers and principle caregiver to her 87 year old mother-in-law, Taavoni knows about juggling responsibilities, and the toll it can take on one's own health.  "We care for people who wouldn't see a physician if our service weren't available -- unless it's in the ER with an emergency that could have easily been avoided."

"That said, our most significant contribution might be in providing home-based primary care to frail elderly patients," Taavoni continues. "In fact, we specialize in the care of complex patients, providing more services in the patient's home than most geriatricians provide in their office." 

"For many reasons, we can provide much better care to patients when we see them in their own environment. They're more comfortable, so they open up and convey information that often proves useful or even crucial to their care. By the same token, our practice encourages physicians to take their time, listen to patients, and get to know them as people. It also makes it easer for them to communicate with family caregivers, and provide the input they need to support the patient effectively."