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As a Family Medicine physician, I enjoy working both inside and outside of the hospital with patients of all ages. I have found that taking care of families as a unit instead of separate individuals has made my practice of medicine more rewarding. I particularly love working with parents and infants and am passionate about breastfeeding and giving families the support they need to be successful.
My typical week is spent split between Family and Pediatric Health Center and Paradise Medical Office, both clinics within the county Health Services Agency clinic system. I also teach resident physicians, leading OB lectures and working in labor and delivery and the newborn nursery delivering babies and taking care of them afterwards, in addition to caring for adults admitted to the hospital. I serve as the Family Medicine department chair for Doctors Medical Center in Modesto as well which involves attending some monthly meetings and advocating for change in the hospital setting.
I often visit the hospital and several different clinic settings in one day and like to listen to educational podcasts during my short drives from place to place. I can be found with coffee in hand (always) and odds are high that I was called or paged overnight or spent the night delivering babies instead of sleeping.
RaeLeigh Payanes
I am also a Family Medicine Physician, working in and out of our local hospital at Doctors Medical Center. I take calls for labor and delivery and enjoy hospital medicine rounds teaching residents there. After delivery, mothers and babies will follow up with me in my clinic. Taking care of mother and baby after they’ve been sent home from the hospital instills continuity of care that I deeply value. This allows me to keep taking care of my patients after special milestone in their lives.
My typical week is spent between teaching at Paradise Medical Office and more recently the Modesto Livingston Health Center where I practice full scope Family Medicine. Prior to that, I’ve served 3 memorable years at HSA’s McHenry Medical Office. I have an area of concentration and passion to Women’s Health and contraceptive care because I am passionate about women having access to safe and compassionate care.
A new role I’ve taken on recently is becoming a Core Faculty member for VCME, the residency program I graduated from in 2020, which means I spend some time in meetings and mentoring current residents. My goal with this new role is to enhance their ambulatory clinic experience in a more meaningful way.
Karen Rayos
