B. Patrick Harpole, M.D.

401 Gregory Lane, Suite 238
Pleasant Hill, CA 94523

Phone: (925) 680-8700
Fax: (925) 680-8722

My view of Medicine is that the human spirit and human body are splendid self-healing organisms. Through coaching in lifestyle medication and the judicious use of medication we can improve your health and long-term survival (i.e. immunizations; treating high cholesterol, high-blood pressure, obesity and diabetes to prevent heart attacks or stroke) or hasten the body's recovery from infectious illness through the appropriate use of antibiotics.

My father and uncle were both general practitioners. My other Uncle was a physical therapist, and my brother and cousin are both physicians. We care about people and seek to relieve their illnesses and ameliorate their suffering.

Education

Jesuit High School Preparatory. Portland, Oregon.
Graduated in 1963 - honors curriculum which included four years English, four years Latin, two years Greek, physics, chemistry, and calculus - member of debating and track and golf teams.

University of San Francisco. San Francisco, California.
1963 - 1966. Accelerated three year pre-med program.

University of Oregon Medical School. Portland, Oregon.
September 1966 - June 1970. Received B.S. and M.D.

St. Elizabeth's Hospital. Brighton, Massachusetts.
Summer of 1968, Surgical Externship.

St. Vincent's Hospital. New York, New York.
July 1970 - June 1971 - Rotating two interships which emphasized surgery.
Saint Vincent’s Hospital is famous the developing the first coronary care unit and the first ambulance with a physician “on-board”. Source of current “paramedic” service.
I defibrillated a stock broker at Stock Exchange on Wall Street.

Contra Costa County Medical Services. Martinez, California.
July 1973 - July 1975. Family Practice Residency.
Residents completing this program are fully trained to take care of 95% of medical/surgical problems encountered by patients. I have delivered innumerable babies, performed surgeries (hysterectomy, gall bladder, and laparoscopic tubal-ligations, reduced dislocated joints and set fractures.

Experience

United States Air Force.
July 1971 - June 1973. Two Years active duty including service as a flight surgeon and three months training in Aerospace Medicine at Brooks Hospital in San Antonio, Texas.
I flew supersonic in a fighter aircraft (F-106).

Family Practice.
Over thirty-five years of private practice Pleasant Hill, California.

Certification

- Licensed in California.

- Board Certified in Family Practice - 1975 Re-certified in 1981, 1987, 1993 and 2000. 2006 which lasts until 2012.

- Passed National Boards - 1970.

- Member of American Academy of Family Physicians.

- I have been in solo private practice since the completion of my residency in August 1975.

- I am on the active staff at John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek, California, Mt. Diablo Medical Center in Concord, California.

- Chairman of Family Practice at John Muir Medical Center, 1995.

- Also enjoy sailing, skiing, and traveling.

- Re-certified in 2006