The patient-doctor relationship is the central focus of membership model health care. Your doctor knows you and your values. Annual fees help us move beyond fee-for-service and procedure based heath care. We use enhanced communication strategies to develop a more thoughtful and personalized primary care experience.

Yes. You do still need medical insurance. It is needed so that you can access laboratory testing, radiologic imaging, subspecialty care, and emergency room or hospital-based services.

A personalized approach to your health care. You have longer appointments and can communicate directly with your doctor when you need them. Annual exams are 90-120 minutes so that we can thoroughly review preventive health strategies. Instead of being limited to short in-person office visits, we can use a variety of tools to communicate with each other. If we cannot handle something through phone calls or electronic messages then you can see your doctor the same day or the next day. You receive efficient, enhanced, and supportive primary care service.

It is an abbreviation of Combined Internal Medicine & Pediatrics. After completing 4 years of medical school, a Med-Peds resident completes 4 years of residency that leads to eligibility for certification in each specialty. Physicians who are trained in and pass examinations managed by the American Board of Pediatrics and the American Board of Internal Medicine are well-equipped to care for patients and families across the full age-spectrum.

https://medpeds.org/what-is-med-peds/

https://associationmedpeds.org/about/history/

We have many options! Traditional in-person appointments, phone calls, telemedicine through Doximity, emails and text messages.

We use an electronic medical record operated by Elation Health which includes a patient portal.

I am in network with Medicare, Aetna, Blue Cross & Blue Shield, Carefirst, Cigna, and Johns Hopkins.

I am not part of the Humana, Kaiser or Cigna Medicare Advantage.

I am a participating, non-network provider for Tricare. I have agreed to accept payment directly from TRICARE and accept Tricare's Maxiumum Allowable Charge (TMAC) less any applicable patient costs paid by beneficiary as payment in full.

Preventive medicine is the practice of promoting preventive health care to improve the healthy and quality of life for individuals, families, communities and populations through disease prevention and health promotion.

https://www.acpm.org/about-acpm/what-is-preventive-medicine/

The scientific understanding of metabolism, obesity and chronic disease has greatly improved within recent years. Additional tools are now available for managing these health challenges for children and adolescents in addition to adults. As a physician who is board-certified in Pediatrics, Internal Medicine, and Obesity Medicine, I am in a unique position to treat adiposity associated chronic disease across all ages. Treatment involves goal-setting, behavioral modifications, stress management and potentially FDA-approved medications which are now available for ages > 12 years. https://obesitymedicine.org/

This science conceptualizes obesity as a chronic disease characterized by adiposity-based complications. It is the most prevalent disease in our society

https://doi.org/10.4158/EP161688.PS

Certification as a diplomate of the American Board of Obesity Medicine signifies specialized knowledge in the practice of obesity medicine and distinguishes a physician as having achieved competency in obesity care. https://www.abom.org/