Facility Santa Clara Medical Center Surgery Clinic - Dept 286 Address 710 Lawrence Expressway Dept 286 2nd Floor Santa Clara CA 95051 Map & Directions Telephone Office: 408-851-2000 E-mail your doctor View your preventive services

Department Hours

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Closed	8:30 am 5:00 pm	8:30 am 5:00 pm	8:30 am 5:00 pm	8:30 am 5:00 pm	8:30 am 5:00 pm	Closed
Closed during lunch, 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm

Welcome to the Surgery Department at the Kaiser Permanente, Santa Clara Medical Center. Your visit today will be with Terry Jacobs, P.A.-C.

Terry Jacobs is a Physician Assistant in the Department of Surgery; she joined The Permanente Medical Group in 2000 and recently transferred from the Hayward Surgery Department in April of 2006.

Terry was born in New York and raised in Pennsylvania. She attended the Medical College of Georgia for her Physician Assistant training, and graduated in 1989. She has been practicing as a physician assistant for twenty years and currently is specializing in vascular and thoracic surgery.

Terry enjoys hiking, cycling, skiing, her children and husband, and dance in all forms.

Terry Jacobs wants to be certain that all of your concerns are addressed. If you forget to ask a question during your visit, you may leave Terry a message at the department line at (408) 851-2000, and either she or one of her staff will return your call. Please be sure to include your medical record number so that we can access your records quickly.

A Physician Assistant (PA) is a health care professional licensed to practice medicine with physician supervision. After graduating from an accredited program, a PA must pass a national certification examination developed by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants in conjunction with the National Board of Medical Examiners. National certification is maintained by completing 100 hours of continuing medical education every 2 years and passing a recertification examination every 6 years. What a physician assistant does varies with training, experience, and state law.

At the Santa Clara Kaiser Surgery Clinic, PAs work closely with the surgeons both assisting in the operating room and performing clinic and hospital duties. Clinic responsibilities include pre-operative examinations; obtaining consents for surgery; post-operative wound evaluation and care; performing minor procedures; and pre-operative and post-operative care teaching.

Physician Assistants evaluate patients throughout the hospital before and after surgery. They order labs, medications, therapy, x-rays and other studies as needed and discuss each patient’s status and treatment plan with the patient’s surgeon.

Physician Assistants are an instrumental part of your surgical team.

Web Links:
American Academy of Physician Assistants
National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)
American Heart Association
American Lung Association

Welcome to the Surgery Department! We provide comprehensive general surgery services and specialty skills in thoracic, vascular, plastic, colorectal, breast, endocrine, pediatric and oncologic surgery. All surgeons and staff are qualified in their fields and have the training and experience to care for a wide variety of surgical problems.

New patients are seen by appointment, as requested by your personal or referring physician, physician assistant or nurse practitioner. Your first visit to our department generally will involve only an evaluation and discussion. If you would benefit from a surgical procedure, it will be scheduled for a later date

We will explain your diagnosis in clear, understandable terms.

We will explain the options for treatment, surgical and non-surgical, and recommend a treatment in your best interest.

If an operation is required, we will inform you of what to expect before, during, and after the procedure and arrange for any other needed specialty consultations.

We will provide you with a direct phone number to our office staff, so your questions can easily be answered.

We will provide you with opportunity to evaluate the care and service you received from us..

All members of our team - receptionists, medical assistants, licensed vocational nurses, registered nurses, physician assistants, and surgeons - are dedicated to providing you with quality surgical care tailored to the specific needs of your case.

Appointments are by referral only. Please talk to your regular physician.

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