When i relocated to Sarasota from Northern New Jersey in 2019, I needed to find a physician for some prescription renewals. Via on line research, neighbors in my new community and the local community blog in the over 55 community where I live, I elected to contact Dr. Gelvin's office. He was accepting new patients. Initially, I had regular visit with general examination. Dr. Gelvin renewed my prescriptions. I then scheduled my annual physical for later that year. This was prior to Dr. Gelvin affiliating with MDVIP. I was impressed with his thoroughness and time spent with me compared with my last internist who was part of a Weill Cornell Physician Group in New York. When Dr. Gelvin announced that he was affiliating with MDVIP so that he could have a more manageable number of patients that he could spend enough time with to provide a higher quality level of care, I discussed the program with my wife. We agreed that based on my strong positive feeling about Dr. Gelvin and the difficulty of finding physicians taking new patients in the Sarasota area, I should sign up for MDVIP and see how it worked out. Going forward, I was very impressed with Dr. Gelvin's approach to having all testing completed before the annual physical meeting. And the time that Dr. Gelvin spends with me completing the physical in amazing. With my last internist in New York at Weill Cornell, I was lucky to have a 15 minute visit, and test results were given over the phone. Dr. Gelvin spends an hour or more completing the annual physical. Dr. Gelvin sends bloodwork for the annual physical to the Cleveland Clinic for a thorough analysis. This resulted in identifying an excess of a small calcium that was a potential problems for blocking an artery. Resultant follow-up with a cardiologist has enabled me to manage the problem with statin.
