New patients
Your first appointment
Every new patient starts with the New Patient Assessment, in the office or by video. It is a long first visit with Dr. Berkel, and it covers four things.
- Understand your health story. Your history and the medicines you take.
- Identify risk factors. What to watch for, given your age and history.
- Review current concerns. What is bothering you now.
- Create a personal plan. What to deal with first, and the next steps.
- Price
- $425
- Paid when you book, office or video
- Length
- Booked as 45 minutes; with everything included it usually runs an hour.
- Where
- The Paramus office, or by video in New Jersey or California
- Separate
- Lab work, prescriptions, forms and follow-up visits are separate.
- Insurance
- A billing sheet at the end of the visit, to submit for reimbursement
- If you cancel
- The full amount becomes a credit toward a future visit, good for one year. Visits are not refunded.
- After that
- After that, Dr. Berkel sees every patient at least once a year.
Where appointments happen
Office visits
677 Yorktown Place, Paramus, New Jersey 07652. Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
Video visits
You need to be physically in New Jersey or California during the visit. A video visit gets its link with the booking.
House calls
Dr. Berkel comes to your home, inside Bergen County. House calls are booked and prepaid online. A house call adds a mobile service fee, shown when you book.
Care and services
Annual Wellness Visit
Your yearly physical: a check on what to watch for, based on your age, your history and the care you are already getting.
Immigration Exam
The medical exam USCIS requires with a green card application, completed by Dr. Berkel as a designated civil surgeon. In the Paramus office, New Jersey only.
Menopause & Hormone Health
Dr. Berkel reviews your symptoms, your history and your lab results, then talks through the options.
Weight Management
A medical assessment of your weight, then a plan built on your history and your goals.
Post-Hospital Follow-Up
A visit in the days after you leave the hospital: what happened there, what changed in your medicines, and what comes next.
Meet Dr. Berkel
Dr. Berkel is a board certified internist who has cared for adults for more than 15 years. She studied at Michigan State University, earned her MD at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, and completed her residency at UMDNJ University Hospital in Newark, now part of Rutgers.
She is on staff at The Valley Hospital, Valley Health System. She is the only physician in the practice, so every appointment, from the first one on, is with her.
“Every decision should be guided by one unwavering principle: First, do no harm.”
Patient reviews
What patients say
“Dr. Berkel was amazing. I felt very comfortable with her. She was extra thorough, caring, understanding and informative. I would definitely recommend her.”
- Overall rating
- 4.78 out of 5across 130+ verified reviews
- Bedside manner
- 4.89 out of 5
- Patient satisfaction
- 96%
Booking and payment
- Choose the visit and a time. On the booking page, pick the visit and an open time in Dr. Berkel’s calendar.
- Pay when you book. Your confirmation shows the time and the place. A video visit gets its link with the booking.
- Ask for a billing sheet. Dr. Berkel sends it at the end of the visit for you to submit to your insurer for reimbursement. Whether your plan pays you back depends on your plan.
Insurance
The practice does not bill insurance for these visits. Ask for a billing sheet, and Dr. Berkel sends it at the end of the visit for you to submit to your insurer for reimbursement.
If you cancel
The full amount becomes a credit toward a future visit, good for one year. Visits are not refunded.
Calling the practice
A live operator answers every call, 24 hours a day, and takes a message. The operator can’t book or change visits. Booking is online. Office hours are Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
Book an appointment, or call (973) 340-0160.
Visits are paid when you book. Ask for a billing sheet, and Dr. Berkel sends it at the end of the visit for you to submit to your insurer for reimbursement.
Paid when you bookBilling sheet for your insurer