219_TAM_Layout 1 2 / 14 / 19 12 : 03 PM Page 1 Having recently opened a direct primary care practice in Bala Cynwyd , Dr . Roger Stumacher offers a high level of service designed to maximize patients ’ return on the investment in their health . HETERMCONCIERGE evokes vivid im - ages of people who go to great lengths to provide the acme of care , T the zenith of service . This extraordinary ThePinnacle level of time , treatment , and attention is ex - actly what Roger E . Stumacher , M.D . , has B Y in mind with his new medical practice . Dr . Stumacher , who is board certified in D E B R A W A L L A C E internal medicine , built his medical career P H O T O G R A P H Y B Y on the strong belief that a physician should ofCare J O D Y R O B I N S O N educate and advocate for his patients . Now , after 12 years in practice , the 42 - year - old University of Pennsylvania prior to entering Seeking a Better Way physician is using his training , dedication , the family business . As a young boy , Dr . While leaving an established institution as and commitment to patient care at his new Stumacher watched his father , an infectious prominent as Main Line Health to open a private concierge practice in Bala Cynwyd , disease specialist named Russell J . Stu - private practice for fewer patients would where he will provide direct primary care macher , M.D . , inspire his medical students terrify some practitioners , Dr . Stumacher in partnership with Total Access Medical . at what was then known as Graduate Hos - believes it has given him “ the opportunity Direct primary care means having ac - pital in downtown Philadelphia . “ It was to practice the medicine that I am trained cess to a personal physician during “ off ” fascinating to hear him explain a case to a to practice . ” After 12 years in a health hours , such as weekends and nights , no patient or another physician , and awe - in - system , and having seen the limitations of rushed office visits , and an end to the spiring to watch him teach , ” Dr . Stumacher insurance - driven medicine , he wanted to parade of doctors who do not know the recalls . “ find a better way . ” patient or the patient’s medical history . It Although the elder Dr . Stumacher died “ I want to do as much as I can for my also means having the flexibility to see a in 2003 — at the same time his son was patients , ” he says . “ The benefit is that your doctor when it best fits a patient’s schedule , graduating from the University of Pennsyl - doctor is knowledgeable about you , about as opposed to the other way around . As of vania School of Medicine — he left an indelible medicine , and about the system . We want Sept . 4 , the day his new practice opened impression on his son and his approach to each patient to feel that the medical process its doors , Dr . Stumacher is providing this patient treatment . goes not only in a way that they desire , but level of high - quality , personalized care to “ I think about my dad all of the time , also in a way they understand . ” a limited number of patients . and I try to practice in a way that would Dr . Stumacher is of the mind that a Dr . Stumacher suggests this innovative make him proud , ” he says . “ I think — I doctor who has time to think and care model of practice is reminiscent of the hope — that I have , and I think that my about patients will do just that : think and days when doctors made house calls . His father would agree that this change will care . The problem : Time is a precious primary motivation : to give each patient help me to continue to do so . ” commodity in traditional Western medicine . all of the time he or she needs , whether it Regardless of where Dr . Stumacher Despite a practitioner’s training , experience , is during a well visit or in providing the hangs his stethoscope and white coat at desire , and expertise , even the most well - complex care required to treat a chronically the end of the day , his philosophy remains meaning and talented professional can ill patient . The practice will be limited to rooted in trust and communication . get hampered by time constraints , not to 400 to 600 patients , compared with the “ It is all about making meaningful , mention overwhelming caseloads and ex - 2,100 in his previous productive , enduring relationships , and ternal pressures of the practice . Basically , these understanding people , ” he says . “ It’s about healthcare system . patients are given un - being there throughout their lives . One of limited access to their the greatest things about being a doctor is Making a doctor — for physical , that I can try to put a little good into my Difference ROGER emotional , and psycho - small area of the world . I can go to sleep A lifelong resident of STUMACHER , M.D . logical issues — in line at night knowing that I did my best that the Greater Philadelphia TOTAL ACCESS MEDICAL with Total Access Med - day to at least try to make a difference in Area and an alumnus 191 Presidential Blvd . , ical’s motto : “ Modern somebody’s life . The trust that my patients of Lower Merion High Suite C133 medicine , old - fash - put in me to do that is my privilege and School , Dr . Stumacher Bala Cynwyd , Pa . ? ioned care . ” my reward . ” studied medicine at the ( 484 ) 270 - 1904 SUBURBANLIFEMAGAZINE.COM TotalAccessMedical.com FEBRUARY 2019 | 17