Mariela Bernal Irizarry, MD

I'm most passionate about thorough care, listening to the patients, making sure they feel understood and that I've addressed each and every one of their concerns. I want to provide them with the level of care that I would hope for my mom and dad to receive.

I chose family medicine because I enjoy taking care of all ages. When I started my practice, I delivered babies, cared for them as newborns and saw the whole age spectrum, all the way to older folks. I really do view every person as created in God's image and I take seriously God's injunction to care for every patient as part of our service to Him. As my practice has aged, our patient base has aged with it. I'm caring for a lot more seniors in my practice. When my patients come to see me, especially at the 65 Prime Plus clinic, I want them to know that we've set aside adequate time to be able to talk with them, to go over their history, review their medication list and really delve into the issues they're concerned about.

I was always taught that patients don't care what you know until they know that you care. It's always been my goal to make sure my patients know that everything I do with them and for them is because I care about them, their families and their health.