“We understand that life doesn't always adhere to a 9-to-5 schedule, and it can be frustrating when healthcare services are unavailable after standard weekday hours.”
PICTURE THIS:
It's a Saturday afternoon, and your child falls ill. Their regular doctor's office is closed for the weekend. Now, you're faced with a tough choice—wait until Monday or go to an urgent care center without their medical history?
HOW WE HELP:
At Family Practice of Cadillac, we're here to help. We offer extended weekday hours until 8 pm and we are open on weekend mornings. You no longer have to wait or compromise on care. We provide comprehensive, family-centered healthcare when you need it, ensuring peace of mind for your family, anytime you need us.
LONG TERM BENEFITS:
1. Experience Better Healthcare: Build long-term relationships with healthcare providers who understand your unique health needs, fostering trust and ensuring consistent, high-quality care for you and your loved ones.
2. Gain Peace of Mind: Gain peace of mind knowing that you have a trusted healthcare partner open beyond standard hours, allowing you to address health concerns promptly, leading to quicker diagnosis and treatment for you and your family.
3. Empower Informed Choices: The world of wellness can feel confusing and overwhelming, but with Family Practice of Cadillac, you can make informed decisions about your healthcare. Our professionals help you understand your options with friendly conversation and expert knowledge.
Office Hours
Open 7 Days a Week
Same Day Appointments
Monday: 8:00 am 8:00 pm
Tuesday: 8:00 am 8:00 pm
Wednesday: 8:00 am 8:00 pm
Thursday: 8:00 am 8:00 pm
Friday: 8:00 am 8:00 pm
Saturday: 8:00 am 1:00 pm
Sunday: 9:00 am Noon
Is Our Family Practice Right For You?
Family Practice of Cadillac combines general medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, geriatrics, minor surgery, gynecology, and social sciences. Here at Family Practice we establish life long relationships with all of our patients. Our specialty is treatment for everyone no matter the stage of life. The physicians create life long relationships with each patient to help provide better healthcare throughout your life.
View Our Services
Preventive Health
Our goal is to ultimately prevent disease, disability, and death. The best way to do this is through yearly appointments and screenings to make sure our patients are healthy and to catch any issues that may not be obvious.
Annual Wellness Visits
An annual wellness visit is a specialized health assessment performed by our wellness nurse. These visits are encouraged for patient who are typically 70 years of age or older to review medications, perform screenings of memory, fall risk and more, update vaccination record, prepare a prevention plan and assist with end-of-life planning.
Urgent Care
Are you experiencing an issue that is non-life threatening but needs attention now? Call the office first and talk with our on-call doctor. We help direct you in the best course of action, whether to call in the morning for a doctor appointment or to head to the urgent care for immediate assistance.
Patient Portal
We encourage our patients to enroll with the Patient Portal. We provide communications with our patients in many forms; written, verbal and electronic. The patient portal offers our patients a convenient option to renew prescriptions, review test results, connect to a televisit, pay a bill or send a message to the doctor even when the office is closed. Contact the office if you are interested in enrolling in patient portal.
Meet our Experienced Team of Doctors
Now accepting New Patients
Sergei V. Shumaster, M.D.
Dr. Shumaster graduated from Northern Illinois University with a major in Biology. He received his medical degree from St. Matthews University School of Medicine on Grand Caymen Island in the British West Indies.
In 2018 he completed his family medicine residency at Munson Medical Center through Michigan State University College of Medicine. Dr. Shumaster is board certified by the American Board of Family Medicine.
Dr. Shumaster was born in Perm, Russia. He grew up in the Chicago area and has family in Northern Michigan. While his primary language is English, he is also fluent in Russian.
Dr. Shumaster joined Family Practice of Cadillac in May 2018. He resides in Cadillac with his girlfriend Jessica and their two dogs, Kody and Bella. He enjoys automotive and motorcycle restoration, soccer, cooking, and weight-lifting.
Sergei V. Shumaster, M.D.
Elizabeth S. Hicks, D.O.
Dr. Hicks earned her medical degree from Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine in Vallejo, California. She completed her family medicine residency at Spratanburg Regional in South Carolina and Community Health Center of Branch County in Coldwater, Michigan.
Dr. Hicks is board certified by the American Osteopathic Board of Family Physicians.
Dr. Hicks’s clinical interests include treating the whole family from birth to old age, women’s health, minor procedures, and osteopathic manipulative therapy (OMT).
Before joining Family Practice of Cadillac in September, Dr. Hicks practiced in the Reed City area for the past two years. She is welcomed to Cadillac along with her husband, Travis. She enjoys gardening, cooking, and the great Michigan outdoors.