Gifford Family Practice

Gifford Family Practice

514 9th Street 

(Entrance on 8th Ave)

Brooklyn, NY 11215

718-832-5747

Fax 1-718-690-9234

egifford1@gmail.com

Cell phone for after-hours urgent matters only: 917 974 7757

DO NOT TEXT!  Phone calls ONLY. 

Best Practices for reaching Giff

In order of preference:

During office hours:

-Secure Patient Portal

https://giffordfamilypractice.myupdox.com

-Email at egifford1@gmail.com

-Call 718 832 5747 and leave a message.

After office hours:

There is only one way to reach me after office hours:  Call my cell phone.  I do not check email or portal messages outside of office hours. 

Please call outside of regular office hours for urgent matters only.

917 974 7757.  Calls only.  The only noise my phone makes is a ring when it is called.  I do not have a text or email alert on my phone.

Link to the secure patient portal:

https://giffordfamilypractice.myupdox.com



Make an appointment by

clicking here.

If you need an urgent appointment for the same day and nothing is available online, send me an email.

Please come on time for your appointment as I rarely run behind schedule.  

Insurances accepted:

Cigna: All plans.

BCBS PPO only--no HMO plans.



Gifford Family Practice is conveniently located right by the 7th Avenue F stop.  Exit on the 8th Avenue end of the platform and you have arrived.

Office hours

Monday 10-5

Tuesday 1-7

Wednesday 10-12

Thursday 10-5

Friday 10-5

Book as usual through AppointmentQuest. At the exact time of your appointment you will receive an email from my Updox account with a link. The link will contain instructions to initiate the video visit. Note that you do not need a special app and you do not need to be signed into Updox. If you do not click the link within 10 minutes, it will time out. As always, I will be confirming your information, so please have your insurance card handy. You can pay for visits via the Paypal button on my website’s Online Billing and Payments page or from the link in my email signature.  Let me know if you are experiencing financial hardship and fees will be waived.

Here is a document from Updox with more information about video medical visits:

https://help.myupdox.com/help/how-to-use-video-chat-for-patients