Gary Schaffel, M.D. Email & Phone Number

Dr. Schaffel is a board-certified internal medicine physician with an expertise in cardiac risk factors and stroke prevention. With hospital privileges at Northwestern Lake Forest and Highland Park Hospitals, Dr. Schaffel offers the North Shore an alternative model to traditional medicine. Forward Focus Concierge Medicine provides a unique type of primary care; patients pay an annual membership fee and in turn Dr. Schaffel limits the size of his practice in order to get to know and understand each individual patient and best advocate for their health.

Listed skills include Healthcare, Nutrition, Prevention, Medicine, and 17 others.

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  Principal And Managing Partner

  Forward Focus Concierge Medicine

  Jan 2007 - Present - Lake Forest, Il

  Forward Focus Concierge Medicine offers "today's medicine, with yesterday's values". Patients of Forward Focus benefit from outstanding, personalized health care through comprehensive annual physicals, a proactive approach to preventive care, and 24 hour access to Dr. Schaffel. In addition, Forward Focus offers:• Extended and unhurried office visits• Same or next-business day appointments with little or no wait-time• Direct access to Dr. Schaffel’s personal email address and… Show more Forward Focus Concierge Medicine offers "today's medicine, with yesterday's values". Patients of Forward Focus benefit from outstanding, personalized health care through comprehensive annual physicals, a proactive approach to preventive care, and 24 hour access to Dr. Schaffel. In addition, Forward Focus offers:• Extended and unhurried office visits• Same or next-business day appointments with little or no wait-time• Direct access to Dr. Schaffel’s personal email address and private cell phone number• Follow-up phone calls to review lab and imaging results• Physician advocacy and coordination with carefully-chosen specialists• Reminder calls for exams, follow-up procedures and testing• Focus on prevention and health promotion• Personalized electronic medical information management• State-of-the-art communications• Courteous and professional staff• Timely emails on medical topics of interest• Telephone evaluation management• Coordination of travel-related health needs• Care transition planning• Management of home-care professionals• Insurance claims are filed on your behalf by our staff Show less