MDVIP Physician Testimonials

Read what some of our MDVIP - affiliated physicians have to say……

Professional Satisfaction
Personal Satisfaction
Financial Security

Professional Satisfaction

“If somebody calls with a problem or a question they get seen quickly that day or next, whereas before they couldn’t get in for 3 or 4 days, and that was the midnight ER visit with phenomena that could have been avoided if they had gotten in a few days earlier.”
      - Steven Drell, M.D.            Profile

“Having practiced as an internist in solo practice in 12 – 15 year block, I saw quality of care erode because of the time crunch in a large practice. That’s what all internists face, the care of all interferes with the care of all. This way, we get back to quality encounters and I believe patients seeking that service are well-served by letting us have the time to reflect in terms of each encounter over the course of time we attend to them.”
      - Andre Sanschagrin, M.D.            Profile

“I don’t think anyone goes into internal medicine wanting to see 40 patients a day, but that’s where the business of internal medicine is taking people. I think we’ve found a very good way to turn that scenario on its head and practice the way we were taught to practice.”
      - James Taylor, M.D            Profile

My decision to go into this model was really based on a lot of things. My parents were physicians so I knew about doctor/patient relationship. My decision to go into internal medicine was not to make a lot of money, it was to be preventative, deliberative in my dealings with patients, collaborative, good diagnostician. Certainly in the last 10 years my dissatisfaction was not financial, although that played a role, it was that I was no longer an internist, unless I made a change I could not return to being the kind of physician that I’d sacrificed my life to be. In summary, yes, I’m a better physician and that’s all that counts.”
      - Tim Tyrrell, M.D.            Profile

“I feel like a physician again. I have time to talk with my patients, properly assess their problems, and appropriately follow-up when necessary. I have learned things about my patients that I never knew after seven years in practice. I make a difference in my patients’ lives. I am less stressed at the office and I have time and energy to be a better father and husband. I now remember why I became and internist! I’m able to practice preventive care the way I was trained to. I have control over my life again.”
      - Jonathan B. Berger, M.D., F.A.C.P.            Profile

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Personal Satisfaction

“Charting would be your after-the-fact nightmare in large practice with 24-40 patients a day would fall into after hours time frame, and in that regard, my family was a victim. I’ve seen that go away and it’s been a pleasure to re-capture that component of my day.”
      - Andre Sanschagrin, M.D.            Profile

“I do have time to spend more time with my family. If I know something’s going on, I can get away. My daughter was a senior on the volleyball team, I made all 22 games, which is something I couldn’t do before. And, if my wife or kids want to meet me, it can be arranged, whereas before, I could do it, it couldn’t happen, and now it does happen.”
      - Steven Drell, M.D.            Profile

“I have a schedule that allows me to spend at least a day a week teaching Harvard medical students. I have an afternoon where I can do good deeds.”
      - Stephen Glasser, M.D.            Profile

It’s a great level of satisfaction. I would never go back. You could never get me to go back and practice the way I was. I would pursue another career.”
      - David DeAtkine, M.D.            Profile

“I investigated a lot of models and this one really struck me as one that was not motivated by seeing more patients per day, but doing the best job I could do with each individual patient. One of the surprising things for me was that I saw fewer patients, did a better job with each patient, and my income actually increases, so it was quite a pleasant surprise for me and a very positive response.”
      - Jon Yardney, M.D.            Profile

“With more time, I’ve become the physician I’ve always wanted to be - confident, advocate, and healer. Few physicians are so lucky.”
      - Bernard Kaminetsky, M.D.           

“It’s nice to have an organization who is doing all of this for me because I certainly couldn’t be doing this myself. My staff is infinitely happier – incredibly happy with the work we are doing. It’s such a pleasure to not have people putting up barriers between my patients and me. I can coordinate care a lot better… I can call the physical therapist…I can teach people about antibiotic treatment and I can take the time to talk to a patient…the educational component is critical.”
      - Mark Gocke, M.D.            Profile

“[In] my prior practice with large volumes, I’d wake up in the middle of the night and hit my head and say ‘did I order the right test, did I do the right thing, did I really take as good of care of my patients as I could have’. Now at the end of the day, I close my books, I walk away and I know I’ve done the best job I can do for each individual patient.”
      - James Taylor, M.D.            Profile

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Financial Security

“The impetus for becoming a MDVIP physician is professional satisfaction, increased gratification of practicing medicine, and delivering great care. But it would be disingenuous to say that there aren’t tangible financial benefits as well. We are certainly doing better than we did before, and that is certainly an added benefit we’re quite happy with.”
      - Harold Solomon, M.D.            Profile

“When I converted my practice to MDVIP and my income more than doubled, rather than changing my lifestyle, I took that money and put it away for retirement. So I will be able to retire comfortably and it would not have been so, were it not for MDVIP.”
      - Harold Solomon, M.D.            Profile

"MDVIP has impacted us positively financially. We’ve had a significant increase in our income and my husband has been able to let go of previous billing hassles he previously had to deal with."
      - Ellen Sanschagrin, Spouse of Andre Sanschagrin, M.D.            Profile

"MDVIP has been an amazing thing for us. Win / win all the way. He has 600 patients, an office that’s much smaller, overhead lower, monetarily for them it’s better and monetarily for us it’s better. We have 3 kids in college and I went back for my masters so we have a lot of tuition to pay, and it’s been just amazing... It’s been a 360 degree turnaround. His view of what was coming was dismal and he knew we had children to put through college and it was going to be difficult. I don’t think he saw retirement as an option at all. Now we’ll be more prepared when it comes and hopefully it won’t be for a while, a long while."
      - Sharon Drell, Spouse of Steven Drell, M.D.            Profile

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