What is the mission of your practice?
The mission of my practice is to serve as an available, trusted physician partner who will collaborate with you and with others involved in your care to address your healthcare needs in the best way for you.
What type of medical care do you specialize in?
I am an internal medicine physician for women in perimenopause and menopause.
My practice specializes in comprehensive, whole-person care for women in midlife. I help women optimize their quality of life by prioritizing the doctor-patient relationship and applying the integrated expertise of internal medicine, lifestyle medicine, and updated menopause care to each person.
What are your fees?
The practice operates on a retainer basis of $6,500 for 10 hours of service over a 12-month period.
What does working with you look like in general?
We start by establishing a shared understanding of your comprehensive concerns, goals, and priorities. We then move into an action plan to address the highest-priority issues first.
During an active phase of working through issues, we are in touch as often as needed — for example, weekly for several weeks. Once we are in a period of stability, we move into a quarterly cadence, meeting to review progress, reassess priorities, and set 1-month and 3-month action plans.
A general example of using 10 hours over a year is approximately 4–5 hours in the first quarter, followed by approximately 1–2 hours in each of Q2, Q3, and Q4.
How is service time used?
Service time includes the work I do on your behalf, including visits, emails, medical record review, lab and test review, care coordination, referrals, prescriptions, documentation, and communication with other clinicians involved in your care.
Do you take health insurance?
No. My practice is intentionally independent of health insurance.
This allows me to work directly for you, spend the time needed to understand your health comprehensively, and provide the level of access, thoughtfulness, and coordination that is difficult to deliver in a traditional insurance-based practice.
Can I use flex spending (FSA) or a health savings account (HSA) to pay for your services?
Some patients may be able to use FSA or HSA funds for eligible medical services, depending on the rules of their specific plan.
I have health insurance. Can I still use my insurance for labs, medications, specialists, etc?
Yes. When clinically appropriate, I order medications, labs, tests, imaging, and specialist referrals that may be covered by your insurance plan.
Your insurance coverage for those items depends on your specific plan, network, deductible, and benefits.
How will you see my past medical records or my lab/test results?
I have electronic access to many medical records from the major health systems in Greater Boston.
Are you knowledgable about mid-life health and wellness?
Yes. I am a Menopause Society Certified Practitioner and am board-certified by the American Board of Lifestyle Medicine. I am also board-certified in internal medicine.
Just as importantly, I have personally applied these science-based principles to my own health and wellness and am grateful to be in the best health of my life.
I have a PCP and I don’t want to leave that insurance-based practice. Can I still work with you?
Yes. I would be delighted to serve as a member of your healthcare team.
I can help listen, explain, clarify, prioritize, and contribute to your optimal health while coordinating with your existing primary care physician and specialists as needed.
What healthcare system are you affiliated with?
I practice as an independent physician. I work for my patients, not for health systems or insurance companies.
With regard to referrals, I have a network of trusted colleagues across Greater Boston and will refer to them when you ask for my recommendation. If you have insurance network requirements or existing specialists across any system, I will coordinate and communicate with those clinicians as needed.
If you are in the emergency department or hospital, I can serve as an active guiding presence to help you understand what is happening, clarify decisions, and coordinate next steps.
What are your credentials?
Stanford University, BA
Harvard Kennedy School of Government, MPP
Brown University School of Medicine, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School, Internal Medicine Residency Program
Board Certified, American Board of Internal Medicine
Menopause Society Certified Practitioner
Board Certified, American Board of Lifestyle Medicine
I am interested! What are the next steps?
Let’s meet. A Meet & Greet is our opportunity to determine whether my practice is a good fit for your needs.
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