Modern medicine has only managed to maintain life expectancy in the setting of rising rates of chronic disease (cancer, heart disease, metabolic disease).

"Preventive Care” today does not prevent anything, it detects and reacts to manage disease. There are no prescriptions to stay healthy.  This is not the fault of primary care, but rather the constraints imposed by the current health insurance model which results in patients often being overmedicated, disempowered, and chronically ill.

More seniors are aging at home. We should all plan (and want to be) self-reliant into our 80s and 90s.

True preventive care should have a 40+ year planning horizon.

Your health needs are currently managed by siloed industries: traditional health care, diet and nutrition, pharmaceuticals, supplements, fitness and exercise, mental well-being, etc. 

You are left to figure out on your own how to truly integrate all of these disciplines resulting in a mediocre strategy – and standard medical care is reactive to the results.

Your health plan should be comprehensive, personalized, and proactive with results that are quantifiable.

SDPM provides clients (not just patients but the whole individual) with the tools, techniques, and resources to truly own their health.

But YOU have to take responsibility. It takes hard work and we can’t do the work for you. But we can help!

Fact: there are 4 major causes on death in the US:

• Atherosclerotic disease (cardiovascular disease and cerebrovascular disease)

• Cancer

• Neurodegenerative disease (Alzheimer’s disease being the most common)

• Metabolic Disease: diabetes, insulin resistance, fatty liver disease, etc…

We have developed a model of prevention with focus on 4 pillars of healthy aging:

• Healthy Habits: proper nutrition and exercise protects from all 4 causes of death

• Lean Muscle Mass Maintenance: delays natural decline in metabolic rate, limits joint degeneration and chronic pain

• Joint Mobility: injury prevention and stability

• Stress management: sleep and self care to reduce cognitive decline, inflammation, and downstream effects of excess cortisol.

But it takes a Marathon Performance Mindset: Prevention starts when you are young. Momentum Matters!

Performance Medicine is prevention and preparation to maximize “HealthSpan”, or quality of life up to end of life:

• We are not “bio-hackers” trying to test the limits of human performance.

• Nor are we a “Longevity” clinic selling serums promising to extend lifespan. 

We are physicians who employ evidence-based medicine with cutting-edge metabolic and functional testing to optimize metabolic and functional health at all stages of adult life , enhance everyday performance, and maximize quality of life well into the expected life span:

• Proactively manage a 40+ year planning horizon | Functional testing and annual global risk assessment starting at age 35, possibly younger

• Minimize age-related physical decline to avoid frailty and support long-term independence

• Aggressively manage and minimize long-term metabolic risk to prevent and possibly reverse disease

• Reduce cancer risk

• Protect against injury and help heal injuries more quickly

• Inherently enhance longevity

We offer the most comprehensive approach to health and wellbeing. We work to avoid illness and prevent chronic disease wherever possible, but we also manage disease aggressively to minimize downstream consequences.

With quantifiable metrics and expert knowledge of the human condition, SDPM helps you implement strategies, practices, and techniques that will maximize your own life performance, health and wellbeing in the immediate and long term.

We utilize  advanced biomarkers, physical and functional testing, mobility assessments, wearables, behavioral psychology, nutrition, longevity science.

We are medication minimalists, but very much NOT anti-medication. In many cases appropriate use of prescription medication is often necessary to prevent consequences of genetic predisposition to disease or minimize progression of disease (e.g.  coronary artery disease).