About Pandora Family Medicine
Pandora Family Medicine is a small, independent practice on Baltimore Avenue in University Park, MD. Dr. Rachel Gougian founded it to be the kind of place where your doctor actually knows you. Same physician every visit. Enough time to talk. No corporate system behind the scenes deciding how many minutes you get. We see patients for primary care, physician-guided weight loss, and immigration medical exams. We also serve patients in English and Spanish, and we welcome Medicare and Medicaid.
Dr. Rachel Gougian is the founder of Pandora Family Medicine and the physician you will see every time you come in. She is board certified in family medicine, holds a Diplomate certification in obesity medicine, and is a USCIS-designated Civil Surgeon with thousands of immigration medical exams completed. That combination is uncommon in a single practice.
Before medical school she studied health policy at Carnegie Mellon University, which shaped how she thinks about access to care. She wanted to build a practice that was genuinely reachable for the people who live nearby, not just the ones with the easiest insurance.
Three areas of depth, practiced side by side in one small office.
Board certification in obesity medicine means weight is treated as a medical condition, not a willpower problem. Dr. Gougian prescribes GLP-1 medications including Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, and Zepbound, as well as phentermine and Qsymia when appropriate. She also helps patients work through prior authorization with their insurance so the medication is actually affordable.
Weight loss servicesAs a Civil Surgeon, Dr. Gougian completes the I-693 for green card applicants from across the region. She has completed thousands of these exams. You will only receive the vaccines you actually need, based on your records and immunity testing, not a blanket list applied to everyone.
Immigration medical examCheckups, chronic conditions, mental health, in-office procedures, and the aesthetic services Dr. Gougian chose for herself first. Primary care is the foundation. Everything else grew from it.
All servicesDr. Gougian opened Pandora Family Medicine because she wanted to practice the kind of medicine that is hard to do inside a large health system. Enough time with each patient. A real relationship. The ability to say, "I remember what we talked about last time." That is not a luxury. It is just how primary care should work.
The aesthetics side of the practice started, as she puts it, as a selfish pursuit. She wanted access to treatments she trusted, performed by someone who understood her skin and her health history together. It made sense to offer the same to patients.
The practice was built to grow. Over time, Pandora Family Medicine expects to welcome additional clinicians who share the same approach. The size will change. The feel will not.
We are on Baltimore Avenue in University Park, between Hyattsville and College Park. Easy to reach from both directions, with parking nearby.
6300 Baltimore Ave, University Park, MD 20782
6300 Baltimore Ave, University Park, MD 20782301-200-0960
301-200-0960Contact us through the website to send a message or request an appointment.
office@pandoramedicine.com
