Northwestern Medicine Human Longevity Clinic
The Human Longevity Clinic is Northwestern Medicine's Streeterville programme for measuring how a person is ageing across several organ systems at once. Ten physicians are named, led by medical director Baljash S. Cheema, MD, MSCI, MSAI. The half-day visit covers VO2 max, a DXA scan, epigenetic clocks, retinal imaging and pulse wave velocity, and testing repeats at six months.
The care team
Every clinician the operator publishes by name, with their role exactly as the operator states it.
Baljash S. Cheema, MD, MSCI, MSAI
Director, AI-Based Analytics, Potocsnak Longevity Institute, Human Longevity Laboratory (HLL). Heart Failure and Heart Transplantation.
Douglas E. Vaughan, MD
Irving S. Cutter Professor Emeritus, Department of Medicine, and Chief Academic Officer, Northwestern Medicine. Cardiology. The team page prints this physician's name with an asterisk; the only asterisk note on that page reads: "This physician serves in a research capacity and is not available for clinical appointments within the Human Longevity Clinic."
Sindhu K. Aderson, MD
Named on the clinic's team page as Family Medicine.
Petra P. Angelova, MD
Named on the clinic's team page as Internal Medicine.
Steven M. Armbrust, MD
Named on the clinic's team page as Family Medicine.
Mirela Savcic, MD
Named on the clinic's team page as Internal Medicine.
Cia-Mattae Sevier, MD
Named on the clinic's team page as Family Medicine.
Binisa Shah, MD
Named on the clinic's team page as Family Medicine.
Manjot K. Gill, MD
Named on the clinic's team page as Ophthalmology, Retina Specialist.
John T. Wilkins, MD, MSc
Cardiology. The team page states that this physician serves in a research capacity and is not available for clinical appointments within the Human Longevity Clinic.
Care at Northwestern Medicine Human Longevity Clinic
What people come here for, the kinds of care Northwestern Medicine Human Longevity Clinic offers, and its specific tests and services.
What people come here for
Kinds of care
Tests and services
- Advanced lipid panel
- Measures ApoB, Lp(a) and particle counts, which a standard cholesterol panel misses.
- Biological age testing
- Estimates aging pace from epigenetic markers.
- DEXA scan
- Measures bone density, lean mass and visceral fat precisely.
- Electrocardiogram
- Records the heart's electrical rhythm.
- Health & nutrition coaching
- Ongoing behavior, nutrition and training guidance.
- Hearing test
- Screens for hearing loss across frequencies.
- Lung function test
- Measures how much and how fast you can move air.
- Neurocognitive testing
- Baselines memory, attention and processing speed.
- Pulse wave velocity test
- Measures arterial stiffness, a marker of vascular aging.
- Retinal imaging
- Photographs the back of the eye, where vascular change shows early.
- Strength, mobility & balance testing
- Measures grip strength, movement quality and fall risk.
- VO₂ max testing
- Measures cardiorespiratory fitness, the strongest exercise predictor of longevity.
More care this clinic lists, in its own words.
Practical information
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