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The Family Medical Center
5610 SW Lee Blvd
Lawton, OK 73505

Phone:
(580)536-6600
Fax:
(580)536-2427

Frequently Asked Questions






Which doctors are accepting new patients?
Currently the doctors at the Family Medical Center are accepting new patients on a case by case basis.
Please go to our New Patients page and gather the information listed there before calling one of our friendly staff about becoming a regular patient.
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What does a Physician's Assistant do?
Physician assistants (P.A.s) are health care professionals licensed to practice medicine with physician supervision. P.A.s are formally trained to provide diagnostic, therapeutic and preventive health care services, as delegated by a physician.
Working as members of the health care team, they take medical histories, examine patients, order and interpret laboratory tests and x-rays, and make diagnoses. They also treat minor injuries by suturing, splinting, and casting.
P.A.s record progress notes, instruct and counsel patients and order or carry out therapy. P.A.s may also go to hospitals to check on patients and report back to the physician. In most states, P.A.s can also write prescriptions.
All states require that P.A.s complete an accredited, formal education program. Most P.A. graduates have at least a bachelor's degree. P.A. education includes classroom instruction in biochemistry, nutrition, human anatomy, physiology, microbiology, clinical pharmacology, clinical medicine, geriatric and home health care, disease prevention, and medical ethics.
While in school, P.A. students obtain supervised clinical training in several areas, including primary care medicine, inpatient medicine, surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, geriatrics, emergency medicine, psychiatry, and pediatrics.
P.A.s are required to pass the Physician Assistants National Certifying Examination. In addition, P.A.s must complete 100 hours of continuing medical education every 2 years and sit for recertification every six years.
Graduation from an accredited physician assistant program and passage of the national certifying exam are required for state license.
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What is a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine?
D.O.s and M.D.s are alike in many ways:
  1. Applicants to both D.O. and M.D. colleges typically have a four-year undergraduate degreewith an emphasis on science courses.
  2. Both D.O.s and M.D.s complete four years of basic medical education.
  3. After medical school, both D.O.s and M.D.s can choose to practice in a specialty area of medicine such as psychiatry, surgery, or obstetrics. They both complete a residency program,which takes typically two to six years of additional training.
  4. Both D.O.s and M.D.s must pass comparable state licensing examinations.
  5. D.O.s and M.D.s both practice in fully accredited and licensed hospitals and medicalcenters.
  6. D.O.s comprise a separate, yet equal branch of American medical care. Together D.O.s andM.D.s enhance the state of health care available in America.
D.O.s bring something extra to medicine:
  1. Osteopathic schools emphasize training students to be primary care physicians.
  2. D.O.s practice a "whole person" approach to medicine. Instead of just treating specificsymptoms or illnesses, they regard your body as an integrated whole.
  3. Osteopathic physicians focus on preventive healthcare.
  4. D.O.s receive extra training in the musculoskeletal system - your body's interconnected system of nerves, muscles and bones that make up two-thirds of its body mass. This training provides osteopathic physicians with a better understanding of the ways that an injury or illness in one part of your body can affect another. It gives D.O.s a therapeutic anddiagnostic advantage over those who do not receive additional specialized training.
  5. Osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) is incorporated in the training and practice of osteopathic physicians. OMT allows physicians to use their hands to diagnose injury and illness and to encourage your body's natural tendency toward good health. By combining all other medical procedures with OMT, D.O.s offer their patients the most comprehensive careavailable in medicine today.
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What is a Family Practice?
Family practice is the medical specialty that focuses on providing continuing and comprehensive medical care to all family members.
Family physicians treat the whole patient, taking into account all medical, social, and mental health concerns of the individual.
Family physicians treat conditions of all organ systems instead of limiting their practice to a specific organ system.
Family physicians train for three additional years after completing medical school. Training focuses on the areas of Internal Medicine, Geriatrics, Pediatrics, Obstetrics-Gynecology, general and sub-specialty surgery, and Psychiatry.
The physicians of the Family Medical Center are board certified by the American Board of Family Practice.
Each of our physicians must complete 150 hours of continuing medical education every three years. In addition, they are retested every six years to maintain board certification and therefore must keep up with the latest medical information.
Our family physicians can provide for the vast majority of your healthcare needs. They work with people of both genders and all ages and can diagnose and treat 90% of all patient problems.
Family Medical Center maintains a close consulting relationship with other physicians in the community for those problems requiring the care of another specialty.
Our physicians are also interested in preventative medicine - striving to keep you healthy - as well as caring for you when you are ill.
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How do I get to your office?
Family Medical Center is located at 5610 SW Lee Boulevard on the campus of Southwestern Medical Center. If you are located east of 52nd Street, take Lee Boulevard going west. Go through the intersection of Lee Boulevard and 52nd Street, then take the second left into the Southwestern Medical Center campus. If you are located west of Southwestern Medical Center, take Lee Boulevard going east then take the first right into the Southwestern Medical Center campus. For a map, please see our office hours page.
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Do I have to fast before lab tests?
You need to fast before the following tests: cholesterol, blood sugar level, and blood work for a physical. Fasting is not necessary for any other tests unless you are instructed otherwise by your physician.
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