Dr. Bernstein is a family physician who joined Carena Medical Providers over 10 years ago, dating back to Carena’s time as an innovator in delivering house call visits. He was actively involved with Carena’s evolution into a leader in telemedicine care. In addition to leading the CMP group of physicians and nurse practitioners, he helped to develop Carena’s Virtual Practice Guidelines and Quality Assurance programs. He served on URAC’s Expert Panel for developing telemedicine standards and has presented on virtual urgent care guidelines and clinical outcomes at the annual ATA meetings. He received his BA in economics from the University of Virginia and his MD from the University of North Carolina. He also completed his MPH and a primary care research fellowship at the University of Washington. Since initially coming for his family medicine residency, he has lived in Seattle and been part of the medical community there for over 25 years.