About Our Doctors

Joel Jaffe, M.D.

Doctor Jaffe graduated from Swarthmore College in 1965 with a B.A. in Philosophy and did post-graduate study at the Sorbonne, Paris. After receiving his M.D. in 1970 from Temple University School of Medicine, he completed a rotating internship at Highland General Hospital in Oakland, California. He spent two years as co-founder and general practitioner at the Rockridge Medical Center and then 2½ years at the Contra Costa County Hospital as a member of the Emergency Room staff and a family practice physician. There he received specialty clinic training in gynecology, dermatology and otolaryngology. He has been co-medical director of Citizens Medical Group for over 25 years.
Doctor Jaffe is trilingual / Spanish / French.


Larry Brandis, M.D.

Doctor Brandis completed his undergraduate training at UCLA, his medical studies at the Chicago Medical School, and finished his internship and residence in Internal Medicine at the UCLA-affiliated hospitals. Doctor Brandis also did training in cardiology at the Royal Post Graduate Medical School in London, England. He is board certified in Internal Medicine and also a member of the American College of Emergency Physicians, having been the director of Emergency Services at Canoga Park Hospital and was previously on the ER staff of Cedars-Sinai, St. John's, Panorama Community and West Valley Hospitals. For the past 15 years Doctor Brandis has devoted himself full time to primary care at Citizens Medical Group and is co-medical director.
Doctor Brandis is bilingual / Spanish