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Mara Gordon is a family physician in Camden, New Jersey, and NPR's Real Talk With A Doc columnist.—Mara Gordon, NPR, 4 May 2026 Davis encourages patients to view their family physician as a partner in maintaining good health.—NBC news, 1 Apr. 2026 The country is experiencing a significant shortage of doctors in primary care, leaving millions without a family physician and contributing to longer emergency room waits and poorer health outcomes.—Ahmad Mukhtar, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2025 More than a third of counties in the United States do not have an ob/gyn, a family physician or a certified nurse-midwife.—Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 17 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for family physician