Welcome to Family Health Associates
Our Physicians
All our family physicians are board certified. Today, that means three years of training after graduation from medical school, followed by a nationally standardized examination. In order to maintain specialty certification, it is necessary to take and pass a recertification exam every six years, and pass a practice audit.
Our Nurse Practitioners
Geraldine Kildow and Sharon Kerlin are Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioners that help to provide patient care in our office. An Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner (ARNP) is a registered nurse with further education who is also professionally certified and licensed in the state of Washington to practice as a member of our health care team. We believe that both our doctors and our nurse practitioners have unique strengths that they bring to our health care team, and we pledge to work closely together to try and make our care more available and complete.
Who is Family Care Network?
Family Care Network is a team of health care professionals and support personnel located in offices throughout Bellingham, and Whatcom County Washington. read more »
Make your voice heard! Speak up for Family Health Issues
Help create needed change, stay up to date on important developments in health care, and then speak out in an effective way to help foster needed change. This web site (Family Health Advocate) does it all, and from will show you how!
Make decisions that keep children safe this summer
Summer often comes along with increased childhood injuries. Head trauma, scraped knees, lacerations, broken bones and more are all too common. Is there anything parents can do? Fortunately, the answer is yes! Here are 10 ways to decrease the risk of injury to your child. When these rules are violated the results can be trouble or trajedy. read more »
Whatcom Pollen Counts
Are you going to need your allergy medicine today? Check the latest Whatcom County pollen count here at www.whatcompollen.com.
The News about Vitorin and Zetia - What does it mean for me?
Article by David Lynch - Fri, 04/04/2008
The news has recently been full of discussion about the drugs Vitorin and Zetia, which have been used to treat high blood lipids that cause heart disease and circulaton problems. What does this mean to you, if you or a loved one are on one of these medicines? read more »
New Medicare Plans for 2008
The doctors of Family Care Network (FCN) are pleased to announce that we have endorsed the following Medicare Advantage plans for 2008: read more »
Another Physician joins Family Health Associates
Family Health Associates is proud to welcome a new member to the team! Deborah Hall, M.D. grew up in southern Nevada and attended the University of Nevada, Las Vegas for undergraduate training. She attended the University of California, San Francisco for medical school and Ventura, California for residency training in Family Medicine. read more »
Health Care Quality and the Personal Medical Home
Article by David Lynch - Sun, 06/10/2007
When most people in the public at large think about our health care situation in the United States, it is usually with regard to the high cost of health insurance premiums. Quality is assumed by most people to be present. read more »