Welcome to Dr. Gary Seto's website!
Office address:
1800 Fair Oaks Avenue, Suite A
South Pasadena, CA 91030
Office phone: 626-441-3298
Cell phone: 626-755-0813
Fax: 626-513-8400
E-mail: drgaryseto@me.com
Flu Shots Now Available
Now that autumn is here, it is time to prepare for flu season. Every year the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that everybody age 6 months and older get the flu vaccine to protect against influenza. Because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, it is even more important to get the flu vaccine this year since there is the possibility that you can get infected with both COVID-19 and the flu at the same time, with potentially more serious consequences than for either one alone.
I have the 2020-2021 quadrivalent flu vaccine (covers 4 strains) in stock. Please schedule an appointment to get your flu vaccine while supplies last.
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My practice is accepting new patients by invitation only. Currently the only way to join my practice is to put your name on my waiting list. Click here if you want to add your name to the waiting list.
Before you make an appointment, please make sure you read the link "About My Practice" to understand how my practice works and to see if my practice is a good fit for you.
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**COVID-19 and Acute Care Visits**
If you are having a medical concern or problem, please book a "Telehealth Visit" for medical problems that can be taken care of either by phone or video call. If the problem appears to require an in-person visit, I can convert the appointment to an in-office visit. If you are not sure if a problem is suitable for a Telehealth Visit, you can send me an e-mail before booking an appointment.
**COVID-19 and Preventive Health Visits**
Because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, visits for preventive care and routine checkups had been postponed for the past several months. I have started booking appointments for routine checkups again but with some modifications to make this as safe as possible:
1. Not everyone needs an annual checkup. If you are feeling well, and are not taking any prescription medications on a chronic basis, then you can probably wait on getting an in-person visit for a checkup. Consider delaying this visit or booking a telehealth visit to discuss whether you need any routine screening tests.
2. If you are taking prescription medications for a chronic condition such as high blood pressure or diabetes, then you probably should get an routine checkup. Go ahead and book an appointment for a routine physical exam.
3. I am only booking a limited number of visits for routine physical exams per day, in order to allow time for additional cleaning between patients and to minimize the level of exposure to everyone.
4. I am splitting the routine physical exam into two parts to minimize the amount of time that patients spend inside my office. The history-taking part is conducted over the phone so you can either stay at home or stay in your car during this. This is followed by the physical examination part which is conducted in my office.
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Coronavirus (COVID-19)
The novel coronavirus, officially known as COVID-19, is a potential health threat to everyone around the world.
For most people, an infection with COVID-19 will either cause mild cold/flu-like symptoms or no symptoms at all. However, there are some people who are at higher risk of serious complications from a COVID-19 infection: the elderly; those with serious health conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, lung disease, cancer; those who are immunocompromised. Even if you are not in a high-risk group, you can still develop serious illness or even die from it, or you may transmit it to someone who is vulnerable so that is why EVERYONE needs to be careful to avoid infection.
If you think that you might have symptoms of COVID-19, please book a telehealth visit instead of an in-office appointment.
Since there is currently no vaccine or treatment for COVID-19, the best way we can prevent the spread of infection and protect those who are at high-risk is to practice social distancing and wear a mask covering your nose and mouth whenever you are around others. This can reduce your risk of infection, and protect everyone else around you.
1800 Fair Oaks Avenue, Suite A
South Pasadena, CA 91030
Office phone: 626-441-3298
Cell phone: 626-755-0813
Fax: 626-513-8400
E-mail: drgaryseto@me.com
Flu Shots Now Available
Now that autumn is here, it is time to prepare for flu season. Every year the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that everybody age 6 months and older get the flu vaccine to protect against influenza. Because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, it is even more important to get the flu vaccine this year since there is the possibility that you can get infected with both COVID-19 and the flu at the same time, with potentially more serious consequences than for either one alone.
I have the 2020-2021 quadrivalent flu vaccine (covers 4 strains) in stock. Please schedule an appointment to get your flu vaccine while supplies last.
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My practice is accepting new patients by invitation only. Currently the only way to join my practice is to put your name on my waiting list. Click here if you want to add your name to the waiting list.
Before you make an appointment, please make sure you read the link "About My Practice" to understand how my practice works and to see if my practice is a good fit for you.
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**COVID-19 and Acute Care Visits**
If you are having a medical concern or problem, please book a "Telehealth Visit" for medical problems that can be taken care of either by phone or video call. If the problem appears to require an in-person visit, I can convert the appointment to an in-office visit. If you are not sure if a problem is suitable for a Telehealth Visit, you can send me an e-mail before booking an appointment.
**COVID-19 and Preventive Health Visits**
Because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, visits for preventive care and routine checkups had been postponed for the past several months. I have started booking appointments for routine checkups again but with some modifications to make this as safe as possible:
1. Not everyone needs an annual checkup. If you are feeling well, and are not taking any prescription medications on a chronic basis, then you can probably wait on getting an in-person visit for a checkup. Consider delaying this visit or booking a telehealth visit to discuss whether you need any routine screening tests.
2. If you are taking prescription medications for a chronic condition such as high blood pressure or diabetes, then you probably should get an routine checkup. Go ahead and book an appointment for a routine physical exam.
3. I am only booking a limited number of visits for routine physical exams per day, in order to allow time for additional cleaning between patients and to minimize the level of exposure to everyone.
4. I am splitting the routine physical exam into two parts to minimize the amount of time that patients spend inside my office. The history-taking part is conducted over the phone so you can either stay at home or stay in your car during this. This is followed by the physical examination part which is conducted in my office.
-----
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
The novel coronavirus, officially known as COVID-19, is a potential health threat to everyone around the world.
For most people, an infection with COVID-19 will either cause mild cold/flu-like symptoms or no symptoms at all. However, there are some people who are at higher risk of serious complications from a COVID-19 infection: the elderly; those with serious health conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, lung disease, cancer; those who are immunocompromised. Even if you are not in a high-risk group, you can still develop serious illness or even die from it, or you may transmit it to someone who is vulnerable so that is why EVERYONE needs to be careful to avoid infection.
If you think that you might have symptoms of COVID-19, please book a telehealth visit instead of an in-office appointment.
Since there is currently no vaccine or treatment for COVID-19, the best way we can prevent the spread of infection and protect those who are at high-risk is to practice social distancing and wear a mask covering your nose and mouth whenever you are around others. This can reduce your risk of infection, and protect everyone else around you.
For the latest information about COVID-19, go to this link from the Centers for Disease Control:
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nCoV/index.html
There is a lot of misinformation being circulated about COVID-19, so please don't just automatically believe everything you read or hear. Please rely on information from official health agencies such as the CDC, or legitimate news sites. If you have any questions about COVID-19, feel free to contact me (preferably by e-mail) and I will do my best to provide an answer.
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Top Doc Honors
I am honored to have been voted by my peers as one of the Los Angeles area's Top Docs of 2019, as well as one of the Pasadena area's Top Docs of 2019.
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nCoV/index.html
There is a lot of misinformation being circulated about COVID-19, so please don't just automatically believe everything you read or hear. Please rely on information from official health agencies such as the CDC, or legitimate news sites. If you have any questions about COVID-19, feel free to contact me (preferably by e-mail) and I will do my best to provide an answer.
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Top Doc Honors
I am honored to have been voted by my peers as one of the Los Angeles area's Top Docs of 2019, as well as one of the Pasadena area's Top Docs of 2019.
#EndTheBan on Gun Violence Research
As everyone knows, there has been a lot of gun violence in the news for the past several years and it seems to be getting worse. As a family doctor, any issue that impacts the health of my patients concerns me. There were about 33,000 gun deaths in America last year, which would place it in the top 15 causes of death in the US. This is a public health issue, just like heart disease, cancer or smoking.
Everyone agrees that something should be done about it, but we can't seem to agree on what should be done. A large part of that is because of the lack of data on what approaches would work best in curbing violence. This lack of data is largely because of a 22 year ban on Federal funding for research on gun violence. Now, more than ever, we need to tell Congress to end the ban on gun violence research so that we can figure out the best ways to stop gun-related violence. If you agree, please contact your US Representative and Senator, and spread the word to others that we need to #EndTheBan.
You can find out more by visiting Everytown.org, a nonprofit organization that advocates against gun violence.
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What is the single best thing you can do for your health? Click here to find out.
As everyone knows, there has been a lot of gun violence in the news for the past several years and it seems to be getting worse. As a family doctor, any issue that impacts the health of my patients concerns me. There were about 33,000 gun deaths in America last year, which would place it in the top 15 causes of death in the US. This is a public health issue, just like heart disease, cancer or smoking.
Everyone agrees that something should be done about it, but we can't seem to agree on what should be done. A large part of that is because of the lack of data on what approaches would work best in curbing violence. This lack of data is largely because of a 22 year ban on Federal funding for research on gun violence. Now, more than ever, we need to tell Congress to end the ban on gun violence research so that we can figure out the best ways to stop gun-related violence. If you agree, please contact your US Representative and Senator, and spread the word to others that we need to #EndTheBan.
You can find out more by visiting Everytown.org, a nonprofit organization that advocates against gun violence.
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What is the single best thing you can do for your health? Click here to find out.
