Dr. Mark L. Timmerman a role model for what a Primary Care Physician should be!

Dr. Mark L. Timmerman has been my Primary Care Physician for over 35 years, and he has been my go-to source for my medical needs throughout. He has consistently demonstrated many excellent qualities, but perhaps his most valuable one to me is reliability, which helped me build a very high level of trust in him. Another one of Dr. Timmerman’s excellent qualities is that he is a great listener. I believe that by listening to my feelings on medical issues it has served to optimize many solutions that worked for me, such as quitting my long-term smoking habit and selecting an eye surgeon for my cataract surgery. He has consistently been there for me in my times of medical needs, no matter what the level or nature of the ailment has been. If he is not expertly proficient in a specific area, which has been rare, I can always rely on him to know who the experts are and then to put me in touch with those experts.

One specific example of where Dr. Timmerman went above and beyond in his care for me occurred about four years ago when I had to undergo major cardiovascular surgery. After recommending a specific cardiovascular surgeon for my condition he followed up on a non-interference basis by maintaining contact with me and my surgery team, offering his support, and by letting me know that I was still important to him. Dr. Timmerman periodically contacted me to inquire how I was doing with; the progress of the plan for my treatment, the efforts leading up to my surgery, my condition following the surgery, and my progress throughout rehabilitation. He was so involved and aware of what was going on with my case that he was the first non-family visitor that I had in my hospital room the morning after my major surgery!

I consider myself very fortunate in having Dr. Mark L. Timmerman as my Primary Care Physician for all these years. In my estimation Dr. Mark L. Timmerman is a role model for what a Primary Care Physician should be!