Dr. Samidha Shreyas Bhat, MD, MBA

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Get to know Family Physician Dr. Samidha Shreyas Bhat, who serves patients in Jacksonville, Florida.

Dr. Bhat is a caring family physician at Dedicated Senior Medical Center, seeing patients at the office in Jacksonville, Florida. She specializes in geriatric care, and has taken care of adults and children in her previous jobs. She is skilled at office procedures like knee and shoulder injections, cryotherapy to name a few. 

She has loved caring for her own patients, especially seniors. “They often share amazing life experiences, which help me understand them and take care of them. I find that listening well can help avoid unnecessary testing—and help me personally” she said.

Dedicated Senior Medical Center is a family-owned primary and specialty care practice committed to delivering superior healthcare to Medicare-eligible seniors. Its care model now serves tens of thousands of seniors all across the country.

Becoming interested in medicine as a child, Dr. Bhat watched her grandmother practice Ayurvedic Medicine and was supported by her parents and husband through her journey.. She earned her Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery degree from Mahatma Gandhi Mission Institute of Health Sciences in 2003. After relocating to the United States, she was involved in research and was able to publish a paper. She went on to complete her residency in Family Medicine at UPMC McKeesport in Pennsylvania. During her residency, she was able to write a chapter for a medical textbook with support of her faculty members. She also graduated with her Master of Business Administration degree from the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh in 2019. 

Licensed to practice medicine in Florida and Pennsylvania, the doctor is board-certified in family medicine by the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM). The ABFM is a non-profit, independent medical association of American physicians who practice in family medicine and its sub-specialties.

Professionally, Dr. Bhat is a member of several medical organizations, including the Pennsylvania Academy of Family Physicians (PAFP), the American Academy of Family Physicians, and the South Asian Women Physicians of North America. She also serves on a committee for PAFP for Continuing Professional Development.

Family medicine is a medical specialty devoted to comprehensive health care for people of all ages. The specialist is called a family physician or family doctor. A family physician is often the first person a patient sees when seeking healthcare services. They examine and treat patients with a wide range of conditions and refer those with serious ailments to a specialist or appropriate facility.

Away from work, Dr. Bhat loves to spend time with her husband and kids, run, dance, travel and enjoy her workout routines. She hopes to visit the Caribbean Islands someday for snorkeling and scuba diving with her family.

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