Kurt M. Tamaru, MD, FAAFP – Founder of Virtual Care Under Guardiant Health
Get to know Family Physician Dr. Kurt M. Tamaru, who serves patients throughout an Innovative New Health Care Start-up
After 25 years of practicing, building, and operating care delivery systems across the United States, Dr Tamaru has embarked on an innovative and new way to provide proactive and responsive care to high need populations. As theFounder and CEO of Guardiant Health based in Moorpark, California, this unique virtual primary care service company provides 24/7 proactive monitoring, diagnosis, and medical care and intervention for older adults with chronic illness or high needs. Using bluetooth technologies and other digital/mobile communications, Guardiant provides an extra layer of protection and accessible proactive medical care to prevent adverse or undetected advancing illness through active engagement, passive monitoring technologies, and a dedicated clinical team skilled in chronic disease and health lifestyle management. Their mission is to keep seniors healthy, happy, and independent at home.
Before embarking on his professional journey, Dr. Tamaru graduated with his medical degree from the Stritch School of Medicine at Loyola University of Chicago, and completed his internship in general surgery at the University of California Davis- East Bay Program. He then went on to complete his internship and residency in family medicine at the University of Southern California. Later, he obtained his Master of Business Administration degree from the University of California, Irvine – The Paul Merage School of Business.
Distinguished as a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians (FAAFP), Dr Tamaru is a Diplomate of 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. In good standing with a number of professional organizations, Dr. Tamaru has also been recognized for his vast experience having developed new lines of business and services for major health care companies like CareMore, Anthem, Optum, and United Health Group.
About Guardiant Health: Guardiant is a technology enabled medical service company using monitoring and digital telehealth capabilities integrated under a single communications platform providing an early warning and intervention system for better management of chronic medical conditions. The goal is not to replace traditional “brick and mortar” service delivery systems or family care providers but rather to fill the gap between routine visits to the physician and home where many conditions first start to worsen. Early detection of these warning signs and immediate interventions can reduce unnecessary doctor visits, trips to urgent care clinics, emergency rooms and hospital admissions. Many of these early warning signs can be treated by the Guardiant clinical team in the comfort and security of a patient’s home. The utility of this technology is self evident and has been dramatically demonstrated in the context of Covid and its health risk to seniors.
Learn More about Dr. Kurt M. Tamaru:
Through his findatopdoc profile, https://www.findatopdoc.com/doctor/686086-Kurt-Tamaru-Family-Practitioner, through Guardiant Health, https://www.guardianthealth.com/leadership or LinkedIn at: linkedin.com/in/kurt-tamaru-m-d-m-b-a-0276468
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