Dr. Gurpreet K. Padam is the founder and Chief Medical Officer of Home Based Medicine, a medical practice providing primary care, palliative care, and consultation services to older adults and homebound individuals across the San Francisco Bay Area. She brings over two decades of clinical experience as a board-certified physician in both Family Medicine and Lifestyle Medicine, with special expertise in geriatric care, hospice, and serious illness management.
Before founding Home Based Medicine, Dr. Padam served as Chief Medical Officer for San Mateo Primary Care and Apollo Health Care Center. Prior to that she served as Palliative Care Medical Director at Kaiser Permanente Redwood City Medical Center, where she guided interdisciplinary teams in delivering compassionate, high-quality end-of-life care in the inpatient, outpatient and home based settings.
Dr. Padam’s clinical work is grounded in her broader commitment to social justice and health equity. She co-founded the Sikh Family Center, a national organization focused on addressing gender-based violence, community wellness, and culturally appropriate care in the South Asian community. She also helped establish the Guru Nanak Free Medical Clinic in San Jose, CA, one of the first Sikh-led free health clinics in the U.S.
She currently serves as a Commissioner on the San Mateo County Commission on Disabilities, where she advocates for access, dignity, and equity in services for individuals with disabilities. She is also a Board Member of the San Mateo County Medical Association and RotaCare Bay Area, where she supports efforts to expand care for underserved populations. She is an educator through the Applied Compassion Training program at Stanford University’s Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education (CCARE). Dr. Padam frequently speaks on topics such as trauma-informed care, end-of-life decision making, physician burnout, and the role of culture and compassion in medicine.
Dr. Padam is also a writer whose work bridges medicine and the humanities. Her creative nonfiction has appeared in anthologies such as Her Name is Kaur, Kaurs Re-imagine and in pieces like “The Last Morning Glory My Father Saw” and “Why a Hanging Man Dances,” which explore mortality, memory, and the physician’s emotional landscape.