"Make Your First Call A House Call"
949-675-6759
This old fashion idea of bringing personal patient care to you. Dr. Bar states, "I make house calls so that you can get medical attention with minimal interruption to your daily life. You will no longer have to drive when your children are not feeling well, sit for hours in a waiting room, with other sick people just to spend a few hurried minutes with a doctor. I will spend as long as needed with your child and answer all your questions in a unhurried manner."
Dr. Bar offers convenient medical care for most common illnesses and minor injuries. Dr. Bar explains, "I bring diagnostic equipment and medications directly to you. For more serious conditions, I can directly admit patients to the hospital or can refer them to the qualified specialist without losing valuable time."
Published Sunday, June 24th, 2007
Business Spotlight: ER at your Door 24/7
Last Year, Iman Bar found herself unexpectedly on call.
The pediatrician, who operaters a clinic on Costa Mesa's Westside, was at the birthday party of one of her children's friends when a boy fell in the back yard and suffered a nasty cut to his head. The family was ready to drive him to the hospital, but as fate would have it, Dr. Bar had her emergency kit in the car and mended the wound promptly.
From that moment came a business idea. Dr. Bar, who has seen patients at her Harbor Boulevard office since 2000, began making house calls shortly after the party - and a year later, she still has her phone on her 24/7, ready for a summons.
"I thought, 'I would like to serve my community by providing service in their homes, rather than have them wait in the ER,'" said Dr. Bar, a native Egyptian who moved to the United States in 1990.
Now, Dr. Bar's business, Newport Concierge Pediatrics, extends across a five-mile redius around her residence in Newport Beach. She only gets one or two calls in a typical week, but she's primed for almost any urgent care - including cuts, burns, bee stings, ear infections, and even advice on child care for nervous first-time parents.
Given her background, Dr. Bar isn't overwhelmed by much. She worked as a pediatrician in Egypt before crossing the Atlantic to earn her doctorate at Emory University in Georgia. At one point, she said, she treated the prince of Kuwait when the royal family fled to Egypt during the Gulf War in 1990.
The experience reminded Dr. Bar - who now lives in Corona Del Mar - how all patients become alike in the doctor's office.
"He we a prince who, like anyone else, had an ear infection," she said.
MICHAEL MILLER may be reached at michael.miller@latimes.com.
Dr. Iman A. Bar, 359 San Miguel, Suite 202, Newport Beach, CA 92660
Phone: 949-675-6759
