619_TAM_Layout 1 7 / 16 / 19 10 : 53 AM Page 1 Having recently opened a direct primary care practice in Bala Cynwyd , Dr . Roger Stumacher offers a high level of service designed to maximize patients ’ return on the investment in their health . HETERMCONCIERGE evokes vivid im - ages of people who go to great lengths to provide the acme of care , T the zenith of service . This extraordinary ThePinnacle level of time , treatment , and attention is ex - actly what Roger E . Stumacher , M.D . , has B Y in mind with his new medical practice . Dr . Stumacher , who is board certified in D E B R A W A L L A C E internal medicine , built his medical career P H O T O G R A P H Y B Y on the strong belief that a physician should ofCare J O D Y R O B I N S O N educate and advocate for his patients . Now , after 12 years in practice , the 42 - year - old Stumacher , M.D . , inspire his medical stu - terrify some practitioners , Dr . Stumacher physician is using his training , dedication , dents at what was then known as Graduate believes it has given him “ the opportunity and commitment to patient care at his new Hospital in downtown Philadelphia . “ It to practice the medicine that I am trained private concierge practice in Bala Cynwyd , was fascinating to hear him explain a case to practice . ” After 12 years in a health where he will provide direct primary care to a patient or another physician , and system , and having seen the limitations of in partnership with Total Access Medical . awe - inspiring to watch him teach , ” Dr . insurance - driven medicine , he wanted to Direct primary care means having ac - Stumacher recalls . “ find a better way . ” cess to a personal physician during “ off ” Although the elder Dr . Stumacher died “ I want to do as much as I can for my hours , such as weekends and nights , no in 2003 — at the same time his son was patients , ” he says . “ The benefit is that your rushed office visits , and an end to the graduating from the University of Pennsyl - doctor is knowledgeable about you , about parade of doctors who do not know the vania School of Medicine — he left an indelible medicine , and about the system . We want patient or the patient’s medical history . It impression on his son and his approach to each patient to feel that the medical process also means having the flexibility to see a patient treatment . goes not only in a way that they desire , but doctor when it best fits a patient’s schedule , “ I think about my dad all of the time , also in a way they understand . ” as opposed to the other way around . As of and I try to practice in a way that would Dr . Stumacher is of the mind that a Sept . 4 , the day his new practice opened make him proud , ” he says . “ I think — I doctor who has time to think and care its doors , Dr . Stumacher is providing this hope — that I have , and I think that my about patients will do just that : think and level of high - quality , personalized care to father would agree that this change will care . The problem : Time is a precious a limited number of patients . help me to continue to do so . ” commodity in traditional Western medicine . Dr . Stumacher suggests this innovative Regardless of where Dr . Stumacher Despite a practitioner’s training , experience , model of practice is reminiscent of the hangs his stethoscope and white coat at desire , and expertise , even the most well - days when doctors made house calls . His the end of the day , his philosophy remains meaning and talented professional can primary motivation : to give each patient rooted in trust and communication . get hampered by time constraints , not to all of the time he or she needs , whether it “ It is all about making meaningful , mention overwhelming caseloads and ex - is during a well visit or in providing the productive , enduring relationships , and ternal pressures of the healthcare system . complex care required to treat a chronically understanding people , ” he says . “ It’s about ill patient . The practice will be limited to being there throughout their lives . One of Making a Difference 400 to 600 patients , compared with the the greatest things about being a doctor A lifelong resident of the Greater Philadelphia 2,100 in his previous practice . Basically , is that I can try to put a little good into Area and an alumnus of Lower Merion these patients are given unlimited access my small area of the High School , Dr . Stu - to their doctor — for physical , emotional , world . I can go to sleep macher studied medi - and psychological issues — in line with Total at night knowing that I cine at the University Access Medical’s motto : “ Modern medicine , did my best that day to of Pennsylvania prior ROGER old - fashioned care . ” at least try to make a to entering the family STUMACHER , M.D . difference in some - business . As a young body’s life . The trust that boy , Dr . Stumacher Seeking a Better Way TOTAL ACCESS MEDICAL my patients put in me watched his father , an While leaving an established institution as 191 Presidential Blvd . , to do that is my privilege infectious disease spe - prominent as Main Line Health to open a Suite C133 ? and my reward . ” cialist named Russell J . private practice for fewer patients would Bala Cynwyd , Pa . ( 484 ) 270 - 1904 SUBURBANLIFEMAGAZINE.COM TotalAccessMedical.com JULY 2019 76 |