Personal Health MD
Personal Health MD is a concierge primary care practice in Boston's Back Bay, founded in 2011. Board-certified physicians keep panels of about 150 patients, with prevention-focused annual physicals and a broad on-site procedure list. Diagnostics span cancer DNA blood screening, whole-genome testing, and in-home sleep monitoring. People come here for a whole-body baseline and early cancer screening.
The care team
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Lisa McGonigal, MD, MPH
Board certified in Family Medicine and Preventive Medicine; Lifestyle Medicine (ABLM)
Published qualificationsThe practice’s accepting physician.
Richard Donahue, MD, MPH
Board certified in Family Medicine
Published qualificationsAssociate Physician, Brigham and Women’s Hospital; MPH, Harvard.
Care at Personal Health MD
What people come here for, the kinds of care Personal Health MD 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.
- Bioimpedance body composition
- Estimates body fat and muscle using electrical impedance.
- Coronary CTA with plaque analysis
- Maps soft plaque AI-analyzed before it calcifies.
- Electrocardiogram
- Records the heart's electrical rhythm.
- Environmental toxin panels
- Tests for heavy metals and pollutants.
- Genetic & genomic testing
- Reads DNA for inherited risk and drug response.
- Gut microbiome testing
- Profiles gut bacteria to guide digestive care.
- Multi-cancer early detection blood test
- Screens one blood draw for signals of 50+ cancers.
- Sleep testing
- Diagnoses apnea and sleep disorders, at home or in lab.
- Specialty medical infusions
- Prescription infusion treatment for a diagnosed condition, given in-office.
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Practical information
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