Dr. Zitman’s Personalized Care Program

Dr. Zitman is excited to be offering his patients an opportunity to enhance their healthcare experience through his Personalized Care Program. The benefits of membership include direct access to Dr. Zitman over the phone and email, guaranteed same day or next day appointment scheduling, and appointments that start on time. Membership availability in Dr. Zitman’s program is limited. Dr. Zitman will continue to accept new members until his membership panel maximum of 350 is reached. Follow the instructions below to join.

About Dr. Zitman: Sheldon A. Zitman, MD, has served the Santa Clara Valley for the last forty years. He began practicing medicine in 1979 and joined Blue Hills Medical Group in 1984. Dr. Zitman attended Saint Joseph’s College of Philadelphia where he studied Biology. He received his medical degree in 1974 from Temple University in Philadelphia. He completed his Family Practice residency with Indian Health Services, PHS Hospital, in San Carlos, AZ and Keams Canyon, AZ in 1978. He then attended Stanford University for his residency in Pediatrics from 1978-1979. Dr. Zitman became board certified in Family Medicine in 1978, and has sub-specialties in Pediatrics, Allergy and Asthma, and disaster planning. From 1986-1988, Dr. Zitman attended the University of San Francisco – College of Professional Studies, where he received a Masters in Public Business Administration. He is an upstanding member of the American Academy of Family Physicians. Additionally, Dr. Zitman has taught as a clinical professor at Stanford University for twenty years.

Click here to learn more and to read some FAQs about membership.

What to do if you’re interested in becoming a member:

• Using the link below, please complete and submit a Membership Agreement form. After Dr. Zitman countersigns your agreement, a representative of MDprime, Dr. Zitman’s program manager, will contact you to confirm your membership and a welcome packet will be sent to you in the mail. Please call MDprime at (408) 438-6521 with any questions.

Click here to complete and submit a Membership Agreement

• A note about the Privacy Authorization Agreement (attached to the Membership Agreement, pages 7-9) – The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), a federal law requiring healthcare providers to safeguard patients’ Protected Health Information (PHI), outlines ways in which healthcare providers can and cannot use PHI. In practice, HIPAA prevents healthcare providers from using unsecured/non-HIPAA-compliant email services (e.g., Gmail, AOL, Yahoo, etc.) to communicate with their patients. This means that as a member of Dr. Zitman’s Personalized Care Program, he will not be able to initiate communication with you through these email services. By filling out the Privacy Authorization Agreement, you acknowledge and agree: (1) that using non-HIPAA-compliant email services is an unsecured method of communication; (2) that your PHI might be at risk of interception by using these services; and (3) if you would still like to initiate communication with your doctor using these email services, in spite of the foregoing information, you do so on your own accord.