Biography and Education

                                  
           Bonnie Rathjen, MD            Phone: (925) 462-3664        Fax: (925) 462-3666
4900 Hopyard Road, Suite 100, Pleasanton, CA 94588

Dr. Rathjen  was born and raised in Portland, Oregon, then attended Stanford University 
where she earned her undergraduate degree in Human Biology.
She attended Oregon Health Science University OHSU in Portland, Oregon
where she earned her MD degree.  Her medical school ranks #1 in the nation in Primary Care, which
is Dr. Rathjen's specialty.

Dr. Rathjen completed her Internal Medicine Internship at University of California, Irvine in Southern California,
and completed her Internal Medicine Residency for 2 more years at Kaiser Santa Clara in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Dr. Rathjen first worked at UC Irvine and Cal Poly Student Health Centers, then in the Urgent Care Medicine Clinics at Kaiser, Santa Clara for 2 years where she treated more than 20,000 patients during this time!
Next she worked with a gynecologist in private practice next to Stanford University in Palo Alto.
All of these work experiences contributed to her success in opening her own practice in Pleasanton in 1986.
At that time, there was no hospital in Pleasanton or San Ramon. The two closest hospitals were Valley Memorial Hospital in Livermore and Kaiser and John Muir Hospitals in Walnut Creek.
Dr. Rathjen was the 1st woman physician in Primary Care Medicine in Pleasanton!