Dr. Karen Hansen-Smith, MD

Dr. Karen Hansen-Smith practices family medicine at Hansen-Smith Family Medicine in Fresno. She has built her practice around one core belief, that listening is the most important thing a good doctor can do.

She takes the time to hear every concern a patient brings in, then walks through her diagnostic thinking and the treatment options so patients become real partners in their own care. Patients leave her office knowing they were actually heard.

Because Hansen-Smith Family Medicine caps its total patient count, Dr. Hansen-Smith is not stretched thin across thousands of patients. Most people are seen within one to two days of calling, without weeks of waiting for an opening or hours stuck in the lobby, and always by her rather than a substitute practitioner. Appointments are scheduled with enough time built in to cover every concern and to keep the office running without a backlog.