April 2, 2025
Located at Valley Health System’s Ridgewood campus, the Earl A. Wheaton, Jr., MD, Family Care Center provides comprehensive outpatient primary care, prenatal care, and specialty care for patients of all ages, from infants to seniors.
The Center’s 33-room, newly updated, state-of-the-art facility provides a comfortable, family-centered environment where patients of all ages can receive adult medical services, pediatric care, and women’s health care. The Center is located at 223 North Van Dien Avenue in Ridgewood. To schedule an appointment, please call 201-689-3900, option 1. Walk-in care is not available at this time.
All members of the community are welcome, including those who are self-pay or with no medical insurance, as well as those covered by NJ Medicaid, Medicare, NJ Hospital Care Payment Assistance Program (Charity Care Assistance), Medicare with Charity Care, and private health insurance plans that Valley participates in. Please call in advance at 201-689-3900 to confirm Valley accepts your insurance.
Physical exams, immunizations, preventive health screenings, treatment for acute and chronic illnesses, patient education, men’s health care, and counseling are among the primary care services provided.
Pediatric nurse practitioners provide newborn care; immunizations; school, camp, and work physicals; vision and hearing screenings, and treatment for acute and chronic illnesses for children of all ages. Gynecologists provide women’s health services, including gynecologic exams; Pap and HPV tests; family planning; prenatal and postnatal care; childbirth education; breast exams; and testing, treatment, and education for sexually transmitted infections.
Specialty care is provided by urologists, maternal-fetal medicine specialists, and gynecologic oncologists. Referrals for diagnostic testing, additional specialist care, and special needs services for children can be provided. Social workers are also at the center every day.
“Along with a variety of multispecialty independent providers, the Center provides extensive educational training for the next generation of internal medicine physicians,” says Dawn Calamari-Brinkrode, DO, the Center’s Clinical Director. “These resident physicians work alongside seasoned primary care internal medicine providers, with the unique ability to provide extended time with patients, while personalizing treatment plans. This model allows for continuity of care while developing strong physician-patient relationships.”
The Center’s associates assist patients in signing up for Medicaid and other services. Patients who require lab work, X-rays, other diagnostic imaging studies, and rehabilitation therapy can easily access them at the same location.
“We embrace Dr. Wheaton’s focus on providing holistic, personalized care for patients throughout the spectrum of their lives and on improving the health of the community,” says Dawn E. Calamari-Brinkrode, D.O., Medical Director of the Family Care Center and Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency at Valley. “For more than 42 years, Valley was Dr. Wheaton’s home as an internist, rheumatologist, medical education leader, and officer of the Medical Staff. We are proud to continue his devotion to educating future Valley physicians through the center’s graduate medical education program which has been developed in partnership with the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.”
The Earl A. Wheaton, Jr., MD, Family Care Center is located at the Ridgewood Campus of Valley Health System at 223 North Van Dien Avenue in Ridgewood. To schedule an appointment, please call 201-689-3900 and select option 1.