Becoming my patient is simple. Staying my patient is the point.
Concierge medicine is a phrase used loosely these days, so allow me to be precise about what it means here. It is not simply access, though you will have it, nor time, though you will have that too. It is what those things carry: the full attention of a physician with four board certifications and twenty-five years of clinical judgment, applied without hurry to your particular case. Here is what that looks like in practice.
From first call to ongoing care
We talk first
It begins with a phone call. You tell me a little about what you're facing; I tell you honestly whether I believe I can help. Not every patient is right for my practice, and not every practice is right for every patient. If we aren't the right fit, I'll do my best to point you toward someone who is.
The first visit — long by design
Our first meeting is unhurried, usually well over an hour. I want your whole story: the medical history, of course, but also how you sleep, what you eat, what you've already tried, what worries you, and what you hope to get back. Bring your records and your medication list — and bring your questions.
I don't diagnose from the doorway. Only after I understand the whole picture do I begin building a plan.
A plan that is yours alone
The plan draws on everything I have — conventional medicine, supervised ketamine or medical cannabis where appropriate, integrative and lifestyle approaches, and honest referrals when someone else's hands are the right ones. I coordinate with your existing specialists rather than replacing them. You will always understand what we're doing and why.
I stay
This, to me, is the heart of the practice. You reach me directly — my patients have my number, and they use it. We follow up meaningfully, adjust as your life and health change, and build the kind of doctor–patient relationship that only exists when it has time to deepen. Visits happen at my Tuckahoe office, virtually across New York State, and in select circumstances, at home.
A word about money, plainly
I do not participate in insurance plans. My patients pay for their care directly. I want to be straightforward about this, because it's better you hear it from me than discover it on a phone call.
Why practice this way? Because what my patients purchase is not appointment slots. It is the judgment built across four board certifications, fellowship training, hospital leadership, and a career devoted to the hardest cases — brought to bear, unhurried, on yours. Independence simply ensures that nothing dilutes it.
What care costs depends on what you need — a single consultation is different from ongoing concierge care, and infusion therapies have their own costs. When we speak, I will tell you exactly what your care would cost before you commit to anything. No surprises, ever. Patients with out-of-network benefits may be able to submit claims to their insurer for partial reimbursement, and I'm happy to provide the documentation for that.
A quiet room on Main Street
I see patients at 69 Main Street in Tuckahoe — a calm, private office in the heart of the village, an easy walk from the Tuckahoe Metro-North station. No crowded waiting room, no fluorescent hurry. You will not sit for forty minutes past your appointment time; when you arrive, the time is yours.
I share the office with Dr. Peter Zheng, a board-certified pain management and rehabilitation physician, and my friend and mentor. When a patient needs acupuncture, PRP, or an interventional procedure, the right specialist is quite literally down the hall.
exterior or entrance
It starts with a phone call.
Tell me what you're facing. I'll tell you honestly whether I can help.