The short answer is “Internal Plastic Surgery.” The com­monly used term is Anti-Aging Medicine. Since I am not anti-anything, my signs now read Morgan Medical Centre of Integrative Medicine.

When people ask what I do, I tell them I am an integrative medicine physician. Most are confused. The purpose of inte­grative medicine is to have func­tion accompany our longevity.

I prescribe pharmaceutical medications, but I also assess my patients in a panoramic way. I attempt to help you get on less medication if possible, lose fat, and attain your ideal weight. I restore hormones, neurotransmit­ters, muscle, quality sleep, libido, memory, and energy which natu­rally decline with aging.

Integrative medicine requires acquiring a medical degree (MD or DO) in Family Medicine or Internal Medicine. I chose Family Medicine because I wanted to treat patients wholistically. I trained with doctors in every spe­cialty – surgery, pediatrics, obstet­rics/gynecology, endocrinology, cardiology, orthopaedics, psychia­try, etc. This training enabled me to understand the work done by the myriad of specialists my patients consulted.

Most baby boomers do not want to take multiple medica­tions, nor do they want to age internally or externally. My patients do look younger second­ary to becoming lean, sleeping well, and replacing what is deplet­ed with aging.

The first visit involves a his­tory that takes an hour. I order many tests, and review the work of previous physicians. We enter a collaborative effort to help you achieve your goals. Integrative medicine is a specialty that involves regeneration of func­tion, whether it is due to aging, chemotherapy, poor nutrition, environmental toxins, and/or the multitudinous other factors that contribute to disease.

Harvard, Dartmouth, Yale, and Columbia have a Fellowship in Integrative Medicine, the new specialty. To learn this specialty fifteen years ago, I needed to travel extensively and study with Europeans and Americans “who thought outside the box.” My plan is to have my medical school have an integrative medicine fel­lowship with my assistance.

When I was a medical resi­dent, my patients did NOT pres­ent with ten to twenty symptoms. Most of my patients DO present with 10-20 symptoms and have seen many specialists. I endear the fact that many patients travel long distances for my medical counsel.

Integrative medicine physi­cians are able to do acute crisis care medicine. We are able to pre­scribe any medication, adminis­ter vaccinations, perform minor surgery, order medical tests – and send you to a specialist who does sophisticated procedures to deter­mine the medical mystery in the event you are still unwell.

I prefer to regenerate, preserve, and extend optimal function. Medicine is my most passionate hobby. The global point is that our chronological age and bio­logical age do not need to be the same. I ask patients “how old are you, and how old do you feel?” The goal is to die old, feeling as young as possible. So many dis­ease states can be prevented.