We’re extremely proud of our doctors. They’re professionals on the cutting edge of their fields, working with ZocDoc to improve the healthcare system in our country. In this ongoing feature, we’ll speak with one of our fabulous doctors to help you get acquainted with what ZocDoc has to offer. Today we speak with Dr. Alan Bain.

It turns out that heart disease is a bigger problem than just about anyone expected. Yesterday the CDC reported that almost half of all adults in the United States have one or more of the following: high cholesterol, high blood pressure, or diabetes. Very often, heart disease is preventable -  it's just a matter of choice. From 1999 -2006 (the years covered by the CDC report), it looks like we were making some questionable choices. Today, we're making some new ones. Here are our plans for preventing heart disease:

Today ZocDoc was featured in CNN Money and in TechCrunch. Both pieces mentioned something we're pretty excited about over here...

When ZocDoc launched primary care on Valentine’s day last month, we were hopeful that patients would show our physicians some love. What happened surpassed even our most optimistic scenarios: within 15 minutes of making doctors available on ZocDoc, the first patient booked an appointment. Thanks go to all of our users who have kept us (and the ZocDoc doctors) busy since then. With offices in the Upper West Side, Upper East Side, Gramercy, Tribeca, and SoHo, patients could find a doctor on ZocDoc in many neighborhoods from day one. Doctors love the service as well – many were initially in disbelief that joining ZocDoc is free for them, and were pleasantly surprised how quickly ZocDoc connected them with their patients.

Starting today, ZocDoc encourages medical professionals who want to be part of our first roll-out wave to apply for ZocDoc. The first doctors on the system will be primary care physicians, family practitioners, and general internists in Manhattan (for coverage in other areas, see "Where Next, ZocDoc?").