healthspanSF

healthspanSF is a concierge primary care practice in the Noe Valley neighbourhood of San Francisco, at 1286 Sanchez St, run as part of the WholeFamily MD Collective. Concierge primary care means patients pay the practice directly for longer appointments and closer access to their doctor, rather than going through a standard insurance visit.

The practice is run by Dr. Patrick Sanger, who holds both a medical degree and a doctorate, and who describes training at Yale, the University of Washington and UCSF in internal medicine, a doctorate in biomedical informatics, which is the study of how health data is collected and used, a National Institutes of Health research fellowship, and board certification in clinical informatics.

The stated focus is healthspan, which the practice defines as the length of time a person stays healthy enough to do what matters to them, rather than lifespan alone. Care is aimed at the leading causes of death and disability, with an emphasis on preventing long-term disease and on sustained changes to daily habits and fitness.

This is a single-physician practice taking patients in person in San Francisco, and the site notes a waiting list usually measured in weeks. Prices are not published on the site.