Clinical Practice
How longevity medicine is delivered: practice models, cases and standards.
Ferritin below 30 is the new line
The 2026 American Society of Hematology guidelines in Blood Advances keep ferritin as the best first test. They move the adult low cutoff from below 15 to below 30.
Where can I find a longevity doctor?
We hear this question more every week. From patients: “Who is the best in New York?” From colleagues: “Do you know someone who works on hormones and longevity?” From a friend: “I need a cardiologist who goes deeper than the guideline.”
How to Design a Patient Journey for a Longevity Clinic
Three weeks ago this series started with why doctors are making the move. Then 26 physicians said what not to do. Last week, the systems. This week, the patient’s year, on one page.
Is Your Clinic Longevity-Ready?
Longevity medicine should be more than a menu of tests and therapies. It should be physician-led, grounded in evidence, transparent about uncertainty, measured by outcomes, and supported by systems that protect patients and clinical judgment.
Why More Doctors Are Moving Into Longevity Medicine
Issue 102. I started watching Best Medicine on Netflix yesterday - don’t judge please. A heart surgeon leaves Boston for a village practice. He was used to treating the organ, fixing the patient, next.
Inside Shanghai and Seoul's top longevity clinics
I just spent two weeks in Shanghai and Seoul, meeting physicians and leaders and walking through their clinics and hospitals. Here is my honest summary, the opportunities and the challenges:
What's a Longevity Doctor? 10 Traits
When I started medical school, I wanted to save lives. Surgery, transplants, the adrenaline of the ER. I trained to treat disease. But by the time I saw most patients, the damage was already done.
How to become a Longevity Doctor
This week, I was in rooms with physicians who believe deeply in the future of longevity medicine. What I heard wasn’t about hype or protocols, they are asking for standards to help them:
Longevity Tour: 50 Lessons from 5 Cities
1. Longevity medicine mirrors emergency medicine in the 1970s: early, undefined, debated but inevitable. 2. Three years ago these conversations were speculative. Today they are clinical, technical, and operational. 3.
10 core challenges longevity doctors are facing right now
Last week, I met with 25 physicians passionate about evidence-based longevity medicine. What I heard wasn’t about the promising interventions, it was about the reality of building a new field from scratch.
What is longevity medicine? From origins to futurism
The desire to live longer and better is as old as humanity itself. From the Epic of Gilgamesh to the Taoist search for immortality and the Greek idea of bios kalos, meaning “the good life,” every civilization has sought to stretch time.
longevitydocs Concierge
Finding a trusted longevity doctor is harder than it should be. Many people waste time searching online, bouncing between clinics, and wondering if they’re really getting the best care. It’s overwhelming, and often discouraging.
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