Becoming a patient is simple. Staying one is the point.
It is not simply access, though patients will have it, nor time, though they will have that too. It is what those things make room for: the full attention of a physician with four board certifications and more than twenty years of clinical judgment, applied without hurry to each patient's case. Here is what that looks like in practice.
From first call to ongoing care
The first conversation
It begins with a phone call. You tell Dr. Buddha a little about what you're facing; he tells you honestly whether he believes he can help. Not every patient is right for his practice, and not every practice is right for every patient. If it isn't the right fit, he'll do his best to point you toward someone who is.
The first visit — long by design
The first meeting is unhurried, usually well over an hour. Dr. Buddha wants the 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.
He doesn't diagnose from the doorway. Only after he understands the whole picture does he begin building a plan.
A plan that is yours alone
The plan draws on everything he has — 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. He coordinates with your existing specialists rather than replacing them. You will always understand what is being done, and why.
He stays
This, to Dr. Buddha, is the heart of the practice. You reach him directly — his patients have his number, and they use it. He follows up meaningfully, adjusts as your life and health change, and builds the kind of doctor–patient relationship that only exists when it has time to deepen. Visits happen at his Tuckahoe office, virtually across New York State, and in select circumstances, at home.
A word about money, plainly
Dr. Buddha does not participate in insurance plans. His patients pay for their care directly. Better to be straightforward about it here than to have it come as a surprise on a phone call.
Why practice this way? Because what his 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 theirs. Independence simply ensures that nothing dilutes it.
What care costs depends on what you need — a single consultation is different from ongoing care, and infusion therapies have their own costs. Before you commit to anything, Dr. Buddha will tell you exactly what your care would cost. No surprises, ever. Patients with out-of-network benefits may be able to submit claims to their insurer for partial reimbursement, and he is happy to provide the documentation for that.
The office on Main Street
Dr. Buddha sees patients at 69 Main Street in Tuckahoe, a private and welcoming medical office in the heart of the village, just a short walk from the Tuckahoe Metro-North station.
The setting reflects the philosophy of the practice — personal, unhurried, and designed to allow the time and space for thoughtful medical care.
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It starts with a phone call.
Tell Dr. Buddha what you're facing, and he'll tell you honestly whether he can help.