Free Consultation — New Patient Special Disclaimer

Last updated: September 2026

• This complimentary consultation includes a review of your health history and a discussion of your symptoms and goals with our doctor. If, following the consultation, our doctor recommends further examination or care, reasonable examination fees will apply and will be disclosed prior to the commencement of services, whether by phone with our staff or by email correspondence. Treatment fees are discussed with the doctor prior to the commencement of services. Please be advised that our staff are not qualified to estimate the cost of care over the telephone. You are under no obligation to proceed with any recommended services.

• This offer does not apply to automobile accident or personal injury cases, or to any visit requiring forensic, medical-legal, or attorney-directed documentation. Patients presenting with injuries related to a motor vehicle collision or other personal injury claim will be scheduled under our standard personal injury evaluation protocol, which includes the appropriate diagnostic and documentation services for their case.

Were you injured in a collision?

Motor-vehicle-collision, personal-injury and workers'-compensation patients are not scheduled under this introductory offer — they are scheduled under our standard personal injury evaluation protocol, which includes the diagnostic testing and documentation those cases actually require. It is a more thorough visit than a complimentary consultation, and in most cases it is billed to the at-fault carrier, Med Pay or your attorney's lien rather than to you.

Questions about the offer

Call our Novato office at (415) 898-6888 to book the consultation — it costs you nothing. If Dr. Douglas DeSalvo then recommends an examination, our staff will give you that fee by phone or email before you commit. The cost of ongoing care is discussed with the doctor, not estimated over the phone, and a Good Faith Estimate is available on request.