The Practice Ethos

The core value of our practice is the primacy of the doctor-patient relationship. As a primary care doctor, the most powerful instrument in my armamentarium is the trusting and meaningful relationship with my patients.

This relationship is built, maintained, and strengthened over time through an ancient analog ritual – the conversation. Meaningful conversation demands adequate time, full attention, and a caring attitude. There are no shortcuts.

I own the practice and have complete control. This hard-earned independence allows me to operationalize my ideals. 

These days we focus on Primary Care and Gay Men’s Health related issues.

The Office Culture

Our office has great energy. We are organized, respectful, and professional. We are available. We get right back to you. 

We are an island of sanity in the stormy seas of the Kafkaesque healthcare bureaucracy. We are tenacious and get things done. 

We are lean and flexible. We were here for our patients when COVID-19 hit and we delivered the best primary care in NYC during the pandemic.

We take our job seriously.

We also have a sense of humor.

The Practice Model

The Direct Primary Care model is a relationship-based retainer model. Similar to how you may pay for the services that your accountant, attorney, architect, editor, graphic designer, stylist, or trainer provides.

The structure is straightforward. The membership fee is $189 a month. Your Annual Physical is one full hour and is included in this fee. A routine office visit is a full half hour and is $85. There is generally no charge for a phone or email consultation.

You’ll use your health insurance to pay for the expensive healthcare costs: medications, labs, imaging, specialists, procedures, hospitalizations, and so on.

We work for you – not the shareholders of the health insurance corporations. We are out-of-network with them. We do not take money from drug companies. We are liberated from the perverse incentives plaguing the healthcare industry.

Our practice serves people from all walks of life. The fees are fair and affordable.

We keep the practice small and have been quite full for years. That being said – openings do become available from time to time. Sometimes people move far away.

If you are interested in joining us, please click the link below to complete the Interest Form. 

The Doc

I live in Brooklyn with my wife and two children.

I am into books, music, and long-distance running.