SARATOGA EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS, P.C.
MISSION
Saratoga Emergency Physicians, P.C. (SEP) is committed to the
promotion and maintenance of the public's health and well being.
Through its medical services, SEP recognizes its responsibility to
intervene in the acute emergency with a human response, and with
high standards of medical care. The inpatient service, Saratoga
Inpatient Physicians (SIP), supports this mission while providing
medical care and treatment to hospitalized patients and Saratoga
Family Physicians (SFP) supports this mission while providing
comprehensive primary care services to outpatients.
PHILOSOPHY
As a hospital-based provider of episodic and inpatient care,
SEP recognizes the value of attracting practitioners of the
highest caliber. SEP provides a professional environment for each
of its members and employees to make use of their skills and
interests in the pursuit of satisfying careers. This goal is
pursued through the establishment of democratic processes and
mutual cooperation. It is our belief that policies and practices
which are respectful of the social, emotional and physiologic
needs of its members will serve to stimulate professional interest
and growth, prolong careers, and ultimately, serve those who turn
to us for their medical care.
HISTORY
SEP
was incorporated in 1989, as a professional corporation composed
of physicians committed to providing emergency medical care. That
same year SEP began its operation as a fee-for-service emergency
medicine
group at Saratoga Hospital and Nursing Home. In 1993, SEP expanded
its practice to include the Emergency Department at St. Mary's
Hospital in Amsterdam, NY. St. Mary’s was staffed for eleven
years until the group elected to leave that site. In 1997, SEP
began providing coverage in the Emergency Department at Nathan
Littauer Hospital in Gloversville, NY. Later that year, the group
initiated an inpatient "hospitalist" program called Saratoga
Inpatient Physicians (SIP) at Saratoga Hospital. During 1998, SEP
began staffing an urgent care center in cooperation with Saratoga
Hospital in the Saratoga Springs area. In January of 2005, SEP
opened an independently owned site, Urgent Care of Southern
Saratoga in Clifton Park, NY. In 2006, SEP began doing the
pre-surgical H&P’s for podiatric and dental services at the
Saratoga Surgical Center. In April of 2007, SEP in collaboration
with Saratoga Hospital opened a third Urgent Care Center in Malta,
NY. Also in 2007, SEP brought Intensivists on board in order to
provide most of the night intensive care coverage at Saratoga
Hospital, and the practice took over the medical direction of the
Child Advocacy Center at the Saratoga Center for the Family and
began training Nurse Practitioners to become Pediatric Forensic
Examiners. In February of 2008, in collaboration with Saratoga
Hospital, SEP formed a primary care practice called Saratoga
Family Physicians (SFP) to improve access of care and provide a
safety net for the primary care physicians to practice in today’s
environment. In June of 2008, SEP started providing night shift
in-patient coverage at Saratoga Hospital.
The
group consists of career-oriented physicians and their supervised
physician assistants and nurse practitioners. All physician
members belong to the active medical staff at their primary
hospital and all make valuable contributions to the hospital
through medical staff activities. Additionally, physician members
provide medical leadership for local EMS organizations, and
contribute their efforts to community organizations outside of the
medical field. SEP sponsors many local civic and charitable
events.