St. Bernards Healthcare has opened its Longevity Center focusing on preventive, team-based medicine. There was minimal startup cost for the Center that is housed in a previously unoccupied space within St. Bernards Clopton Clinic building, media manager Mitchell Nail told Talk Business & Politics.
The center is expected to see anywhere from 25-50 patients per day, Nail said.
Led by Barry C. Tedder, a board-certified lipid specialist with more than three decades of experience as an interventional cardiologist, the clinic provides personalized care that addresses the root causes of heart and metabolic problems.
At the Longevity Center, patients will have access to advanced testing, including detailed cholesterol analysis, cardiovascular imaging and genetic screening. The results will help create tailored care plans that guide nutrition, exercise planning, medication management and coaching to support long-term health goals.
Tedder provided many of these services to his patients while working as a cardiologist.
“For far too long, we’ve treated health problems rather than their causes,” Tedder said. “Through a proactive approach that looks at prevention of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, Alzheimer’s, stroke and more, we can help people live longer, healthier lives by addressing each patient’s individual risk factors for disease. Ultimately, healthier individuals make healthier communities.”
The team at the center includes Tedder, Sarah Thomas, APRN, and health coach Leslie Wester, as well as five or so nurses, technicians and a clinical pharmacist. Together, they will manage complex conditions such as a family history of high cholesterol, high triglycerides, insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome.