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Elbio R. Sabao, MD, PhD

Emergency Physician

2078 El Portal Dr Merced CA, 95340

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Dr. Elbio Sabao is a family practitioner practicing in Merced, CA. Dr. Sabao specializes in comprehensive health care for people of all ages. In addition to diagnosing and treating illnesses, family practitioners also put focus on preventative care with routine checkups, tests and personalized coaching on how to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Dr. Sabao possesses immense general knowledge on maintaining health and today, family practitioners provide more care for the underserved and rural populations than any other medical specialty.

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Fellowships

  • Mercy Medical Center (Emergency Medicine)

Professional Society Memberships

  • American Academy of Family Physicians

Hobbies / Sports

  • Cooking

Elbio R. Sabao, MD, PhD's Practice location

Benchmark Physicians

2078 El Portal Dr -
Merced, CA 95340
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Get to know Emergency Physician and Family Medicine Practitioner Dr. Elbio R. Sabao, who serves the population of Merced, California. Dr. Sabao graduated with his Medical Degree from the University of Buenos Aires in Argentina in 1992, giving him over two decades of experience in his field. After obtaining his Medical Degree he completed his general surgery residency in Argentina before relocating to the United States where he completed his family medicine residency with Adventist Health System. Wanting to further his training he completed his emergency medicine fellowship with the Mercy Medical Center. Dr. Sabao is certified by the American Board of Family Medicine. To stay up to date in his field he remains a professional member of the American Academy of Family Physicians. He currently practices as an Emergency Physician and Family Medicine Practitioner with Benchmark Physicians and is affiliated with Mercy Medical Center, Hospital Bella Vista, Good Samaritan Hospital. He holds an expertise in Family Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Hospital Medicine, and Independent Physician Contractor. When not working Dr. Sabao enjoys cooking in his free time. Emergency Medicine is the branch of medicine concerned with the care of illnesses or injuries requiring immediate medical attention. As first-line providers, emergency physicians manage patients of all ages with undifferentiated ailments of all types. They are primarily responsible for initiating resuscitation and stabilization and beginning investigations and interventions to diagnose and treat illnesses in the acute phase. Emergency physicians generally practice in hospital emergency departments, pre-hospital settings via emergency medical services, and intensive care units, but may also work in primary care settings such as urgent care clinics. Emergency physicians may subspecialize in disaster medicine, medical toxicology, ultrasonography, critical care medicine, hyperbaric medicine, sports medicine, palliative care, or aerospace medicine. Family medicine is the medical specialty which provides continuing, comprehensive health care for the individual and family. It is a specialty in breadth that integrates biological, clinical and behavioral sciences. The scope of family medicine encompasses all ages, both sexes, each organ system, as well as every disease entity. The specialist is called a family physician or family doctor.

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EMANUEL MEDICAL CENTERl

825 DELBON AVE TURLOCK CA 95382

Head southwest on El Portal Drive 1470 ft
Turn left onto Parsons Avenue 2502 ft
Turn right onto East Olive Avenue 5258 ft
Turn left onto G Street 1.5 mi
Turn right onto West 16th Street (CA 99 Business) 1439 ft
Turn left onto Martin Luther King Jr Way 1008 ft
Take the ramp on the right onto CA 59 904 ft
Merge left onto CA 59 23.8 mi
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Keep right at the fork 158 ft
Go straight onto Lander Avenue (J14) 1.2 mi
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Continue slightly right onto West Olive Avenue (J14) 926 ft
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Turn right onto East Hawkeye Avenue 2624 ft
Turn left onto North Olive Avenue 1164 ft
Turn right onto Delbon Avenue 538 ft
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MERCY MEDICAL CENTERl

333 MERCY AVENUE MERCED CA 95340

Head southwest on El Portal Drive 1470 ft
Turn right onto Parsons Avenue 2485 ft
Turn left onto East Yosemite Avenue 2621 ft
Turn right onto Paulson Road 2134 ft
Turn left onto Cormorant Drive 1540 ft
Turn right onto Mercy Avenue 626 ft
Turn left 553 ft
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JOHN C FREMONT HEALTHCARE DISTRICTl

5189 HOSPITAL ROAD MARIPOSA CA 95338

Head northeast on El Portal Drive 552 ft
Turn right onto McKee Road 2.0 mi
Turn left onto East Santa Fe Avenue 1886 ft
Turn left onto CA 140 35.1 mi
Turn left onto Smith Road 1505 ft
Make a slight right onto Hospital Road 552 ft
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