Richard A.
Foullon, M.D.
Dr. Richard Foullon opened Verdugo Hills Urgent Care
Medical Group (also known as Verdugo Hills Medical Associates) in
February of 1984. He grew up in Glendale, California, and was an
undergraduate at UCLA. He received his Doctor of Medicine degree in
1974 from the University of California, at Davis, and did his
postgraduate training at the University of Utah Medical Center, Cedars
of Lebanon, and Los Angeles County Hospital. Dr. Foullon has practiced
Emergency Medicine and served as Medical Director of several hospital
Emergency Departments and large businesses and corporations in Los
Angeles County, since 1977. He is the Medical Director of VHMA, has
primarily focused on Primary Care since 1990, and is still involved
with the practice of Emergency Medicine. He has been voted "Best Family
Physician in Glendale", by the readers of the Glendale News Press, for
the years 1996, '97, '98 and '99. He is married to his college
sweetheart, and has three children. His most treasured asset is his
family.
Our urgent care
fees are usually less than 35% of what similar services would cost in a
hospital emergency department. We accept the fee schedules for health
plans with which we are contracted.
Our urgent
medical care facility was the first of its kind in the Glendale
tri-city area. It has always been, and continues to be, "the model"
urgent care. Our facility defines what an urgent care facility should
be, and how "urgent care" should be delivered. Urgent care's purpose is
the evaluation and treatment of non-life threatening episodic illness
and injury, as well as a variety of other general health care matters.
We welcome both adults and children. For patient's convenience, we are
open everyday of the year, including weekends and holidays, on a
walk-in basis. No appointment is necessary. Our intention has always
been to be much more accessible to you, when you need us.
We have modern diagnostic x-ray, laboratory, and minor
surgical facilities on premises. For added patient convenience, we
stock and dispense the most common medications we prescribe for urgent
medical problems, so that a visit to the pharmacy when you are feeling
poorly may not be needed. Specialist consultation or hospital admission
is available if medically indicated or desired.
We routinely
care for problems such as: colds, ear infections, sore throats, flu,
bronchitis, pneumonia, abdominal pain, nausea, diarrhea, gynecological
problems, bladder infections, sprains, strains, fractures, neck and
back injuries, lacerations, etc.
Our Urgent Care's convenient hours may be
used to access some of our non-urgent services such as: school, sports,
camp, or work physicals; routine childhood vaccinations or
comprehensive immunizations for travel and preventable diseases.
We are very
proud of the fact that most of the new patients we see in our Urgent
Care have been referred to us by their family, friends, or their own
doctors. We consider it a great honor that our patients and colleagues
have the confidence to send their loved ones and patients to us for
care. We feel this a confirmation of our ongoing efforts to provide all
of our patients with the convenient, quality, cost effective, personal
care that they need, want, and deserve.
