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Community Stars

I am again delighted to share more world changing work by my friends, Tad and Dianne Taube. This month the El Camino Hospital Foundation announced that Tad and Dianne Taube and Mary and Doug Scrivner have committed $10

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The Village Square

Namaste! In January, my “Village Square” was expanded beyond our usual Village Doctor network as I found myself at 18,000’ in the Himalaya. Wow, indeed. But relevant to the reach of The Village Doctor, and beyond the usual

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Understanding Conflict

Conflict and You My friend Meredith Robertson of The Courage to Become writes, “Conflict of any kind is difficult. Love, work, familial…you name it, it all hurts. It makes us doubt ourselves, question our reality, and wonder if

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The Village Hub

  The Happiest of Holidays to you all! There is a lot going on in The Village Doctor community this month! Please read on about food, faith, and… shopping! In the spirit of festive tables, and healthy diets,

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Joy and Sadness, Hope and Love

Cancer is this month’s theme, so in that spirit, a big shout out to the Canary Foundation at Stanford for their work on early cancer detection. Founded by Woodside’s own Don Listwin, the Canary Foundation has drawn attention

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Three Generations of Excellent Dentistry

Congratulations to Dr. Ryan Starr, who joins his Dad, Dr. Jeffrey Starr, who runs the family dental practice on Middlefield Road, in Palo Alto. I should add that Dr. Jeffrey Starr joined HIS Dad, Dr. James Starr, in

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Summer Punch!

New Punch Magazine We are delighted to support TVD friends Sloane Citron, Mickey Nelson, and Sally Randall in their launch of their lovely new monthly magazine, Punch, the Spirit of the Peninsula. Punch aims to “capture the heart

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Community Shoutouts

I’m at risk of running out of “thank you’s” to Tad and Dianne Taube who recently dedicated a total of $14.5 million to the study of two major problem areas for young people: addictions, including cigarettes, alcohol, drugs

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PurpleStride Walk to End Pancreatic Cancer

I am constantly inspired by the accomplishments, in the face of significant challenge, of our TVD community. Please join me in supporting Cathy Quon and the PurpleStride community and their fundraising walk to end pancreatic cancer. The link

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The Village Square

Namaste! In January, my “Village Square” was expanded beyond our usual Village Doctor network as I found myself at 18,000’

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Summer Punch!

New Punch Magazine We are delighted to support TVD friends Sloane Citron, Mickey Nelson, and Sally Randall in their launch

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