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The Framework First-to-Market Private Health Management Concept Debuts in Houston
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n a city known for big ideas, Houston’s intimate Sydenham Clinic is rethinking healthcare to optimize life and longevity. The just-opened family office for health – set against the treetops of the storied River Oaks neighborhood – is a first of its kind concept that meshes the best of cutting-edge executive health and premier concierge medicine with curated wellness and lifestyle management. Sydenham Clinic aims to fill a gap in health and medical care with customized solutions and support systems unavailable through traditional insurance-based health systems. Whether it be acute care at the clinic, after hours home visits, rapid turnaround lab work, infusion therapy, Covid testing or global emergency care coordination, Sydenham creates personalized solutions that minimize disruptions to clients while taking preventative approaches to help members have stronger immunity development, cognitive health and overall productivity. Not only does the clinic manage the health of prominent Houston residents, but the firm also
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represents high profile national and international patients seeking to work with the top specialists in the Texas Medical Center. As an independent firm, the clinic is able to refer to specialists from all the major health systems and independent providers thereby collaborating with the most progressive minds in medicine and provide members priority access to the most renowned specialists and medical institutions in Houston and the world – including Mayo Clinic, Johns Hopkins, HSS and Cleveland Clinic. Looking to the past for the future, the clinic honors Thomas Sydenham, the father of English medicine who emphasized the value and importance of detailed observations, meticulous medical record-keeping and proactive physician-patient partnerships. It was founded by CEO Aanchal Bhatia – President of Texas Medical Concierge, psychologist, author and philanthropist. Bhatia’s business partner and Co-Founder Shaheed Kajani is global real estate and hospitality private equity veteran. Joining Bhatia and Kajani on Sydenham Clinic’s founding board is
Despo Papafote Caldwell, an e nt r e p r e ne u r and a successful investor in the medical industry. The team has also brought on Dr. Terry Rice, who brings more than 30 years of experience as a physician and educator to her role as the Medical Director. A specialist in internal medicine, Dr. Rice’s career includes past leadership roles as Medical Director and Associate Professor at MD Anderson Emergency Center, Deputy Director of Ben Taub General Hospital Emergency Department and Delta Airlines’ Medical Director of Concourse Health. With a cap of less than 1,000 members, Sydenham Clinic is launching with two program offerings. The Omnia Program is an elevated version of the executive physical with comparable baseline and diagnostic testing offered at Houston’s major hospital systems but goes beyond the conventional by also incorporating genomics, hormonal evaluation, sleep monitoring, nutrigenomics, environmental toxic exposure,
• Integrating the Montessori method into the public school curriculum • Currently offering Pre-K thru 8th • Open enrollment until positions fill
cognition matrix and physiological fitness evaluation. The Concierge Program is the signature offering where Sydenham serves as your medical attaché with benefits that, in addition to Omnia, include 24/7 primary care, access and coordination to a network of the world’s most renowned medical specialists, the consolidation and management of medical records plus a personal integrative nutritionist. The physician-patient relationship is the cornerstone of a proactive partnership in the health and wellness journey of each member. The team dedicates hours of time getting to know each member and researching recommendations of medicine, supplements, foods, therapies and lifestyle advice based on their unique genome, hormonal, nutritional and lifestyle matrix.
• Comprehension Stem Program • Character & Leadership Development • High Tech – 7 computers per classroom
2319 N. GRAND BLVD., PEARLAND, TX. 77581 www.hmps.net | 281-485-2500 September 2020
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