For the January 2021 edition of SRQ Magazine, we interviewed 2020 Top Doctors on current topics. Below is an excerpt from this published in the In Conversation marketing feature in which Daniel M. Cooper, MD, FACC of Cooper Concierge Cardiology and Internal Medicine shares his insight on preventative care.

HOW DOES YOUR ROLE IN CONCIERGE MEDICINE PROMOTE PREVENTATIVE CARE? 

A lot of times in cardiology, when that was my focus, we would already get patients well into their acute heart emergency, not having had the chance to do that prevention. We could have been implementing a medical strategy before the emergency situation happened. So one of the things that I find in my practice at this point is that I can modify things or have patients access me before we realize that their first heart attack has happened. One of the rewarding things is for them to come up to me and say, "you know, I'm in my fifties, but my dad had a heart attack at age 50, and I'm getting to that age, and I'm not sure if I'm doing everything right." You might assess them and find that they have silent heart disease that was  previously unrecognized. So it's that it is actually quite rewarding for me to be able to get ahead of the problems.

This is an excerpt from the In Conversation with Top Doctors published in the January 2021 edition of SRQ Magazine. Click here to see the full article. 

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