Dr. Denise Davis
Telegraph Av
Berkeley CA
883-1046

Re: African-American Family doctors
Denise Davis (listed here at BPN) is a family doc - but not a pediatrician. We were pretty pleased with her over the years despite small problems like not billing the appropriate codes (office visit instead of preventative), X-ray orders and prescriptions that needed to be corrected, and sometimes inefficient but generally pleasant office staff. We found her consistently nice and quite proper.

But unfortunately she is changing her practice. She let us know a couple of months ago that as of August 2006 she would no longer be taking Blue Cross insurance. This was not such a big deal to us, she explained that they didn't reimburse enough money to her -- fair enough. The move actually spoke positively of her popularity (and no doubt BPN's role in that).

Then surprisingly last week we got another letter saying that she would also start charging an annual fee per person for all her patients on top of her $200+ visit charges starting in January. For us this would be almost $500/per year not refundable by insurance on top of our already significant out of pocket medical costs. Only a week earlier we had confirmed with the office the BC termination date of August, and at that time, under direct questioning, there was no mention of this fee. We probably would have stayed with her but had to question our loyalty. Businesses I know and have owned would never send a letter to clients the week between Christmas and New Year's announcing some sort of special annual club-like dues starting in January (with no opt out to boot). She did highlight in her letter a commitment to scheduling appointments promptly and her dedication to the emotional health of her patients. But this reasoning failed to convince me - though the irony of the latter line was smile-worthy. After checking with several doctor friends to see if this was some new trend -- 'no' -- we chose to move on. anon

A Parents Net subscriber who tried to make an appointment reported that this practice is no longer open for business. However another subscriber reported on 8/24/04 this is not the case and that the current phone number is 510-883-1046.

Re: African-American Family doctors (Dec 2002)
My former internist is African-American, and is a wonderful physician. She stopped taking HMO's, however (which is why she's no longer my doctor). Her name is Denise Davis, M.D. She used to be on San Pablo in Albany but moved from there. I believe her office is now on Telegraph Ave. in Berkeley. Also in San Pablo on Vale Rd. is Sharon Jones, M.D. I've heard good things about her.

Albany

In response to the request below, my current gp (Internist) is Denise Davis at Alta Bates med. practice in Albany. She's great! and takes a very holistic approach to medicine. (but may not be taking new patients). I recommend her very highly. Phone: 525-7887.

I have found a great doctor, Denise Davis. She's with the Alta Bates Medical group. Their offices are at 500 San Pablo Avenue right next to a big car wash and across from El Cerrito Plaza and the Wells Fargo bank. I don't know if she's taking new patients but the number of that practice is 525-7887.