Dr. Mukesh Satodiya opened Apex Inside Medication of Tampa three years in the past to serve the neighborhood and neighborhood that he lives in and loves. The first care observe is positioned within the Cory Lake Skilled Middle on Cross Creek Blvd. in New Tampa, minutes from Wesley Chapel.
Working with a variety of grownup sufferers is one thing that Dr. Satodiya appreciates about his location and clientele.
“It’s a blended inhabitants, a mixture of ethnicities, working folks to retired, 18-year-olds to seniors,” he says. “A broad spectrum from the medical observe viewpoint.”
Dr. Satodiya’s 15+ years of practising drugs, alongside together with his extremely personable strategy, serve his various clientele nicely. Board-certified in Inside Medication, he earned a Bachelor of Medication, Bachelor of Surgical procedure (MBBS) diploma from B. J. Medical Faculty in Ahmedabad, India, in 1999. He accomplished his residency coaching in inside drugs in 2007 at Monmouth Medical Middle in Lengthy Department, NJ.
His earlier expertise consists of working in each a hospital setting, in addition to with a company medical observe. Dr. Satodiya says that having his personal observe permits him to concentrate on the extent of affected person care, which is what issues most to him. Born and raised in India, his determination to turn into a health care provider was impressed by his view of it as a noble occupation targeted on serving to others.
“Our major goal is to supply extra private care, slightly than treating a sure variety of sufferers per day,” explains Dr. Satodiya. “Most of our sufferers like that we’re not an enormous workplace, they usually know me personally, in addition to the workers. And we all know them.”
That additional degree of interplay and accessibility makes it simpler for sufferers to really feel comfy reaching out to the workplace after they have wants or considerations. Dr. Satodiya and his workers make certain to at all times get again to sufferers promptly.
“They may hear again shortly,” he says. “Both from my medical assistant or I’ll name them again and discuss to them myself. And, if we have to see them, we see them as early as attainable, both the identical day or the following day.”
He is aware of these are essential issues that sufferers usually discover irritating about their experiences at bigger medical places of work with a number of suppliers. Administrative particulars and targets set by insurance coverage corporations or company places of work, usually will be the precedence in these forms of environments.
“It’s simple for anyone to set these targets and deadlines and say these are the issues we have to concentrate on,” Dr. Satodiya says. “Then, between all these different influences, typically the standard of look after the affected person shouldn’t be the perfect.”
Sufferers undoubtedly discover the distinction within the care at Apex Inside Medication. For instance, affected person Joe Spoto came upon in regards to the Apex workplace a few years in the past, and has been with Dr. Satodiya ever since.
“I’ve caught with him as a result of he listens to you,” Spoto says. “He doesn’t rush you thru your appointment. You’re not simply restricted to 1 matter in case you have a couple of factor occurring. And, he’s good! I’ve had docs that rush you in and rush you out, however he’s been nice. I actually admire him.”
Dr. Satodiya understands that offering main care requires greater than a cookie cutter strategy. That’s why the workplace tailors the size of appointments to permit him to have an satisfactory period of time with every affected person.
“Particularly after we speak about senior care, we do want extra time typically,” explains Dr. Satodiya. “[The elderly] have plenty of considerations, they’re taking many medicines they usually might have extra medical issues. Typically 30 or 35 minutes shouldn’t be sufficient to deal with every thing that we want.”
Professional Care For Seniors
An professional in senior care, Dr. Satodiya understands the frequent points many elders face. He helps his sufferers enhance their high quality of life and works to maintain them below management every time attainable. He sees the remedy of his sufferers as excess of simply prescribing medicines.
“Schooling additionally is essential, as a result of only a medicine shouldn’t be going to assist them utterly,” he says. “I attempt to ensure [my patients] find out about their medical situations and what else they’ll do, moreover simply taking their medicine — whether or not it’s food plan, bodily exercise or if there may be some monitoring or testing they’ll do at residence — to allow them to deal with themselves higher. We educate them on what to observe for, together with potential unintended effects and the way can we decrease their medicine doses. That’s at all times higher, as a result of there are much less unintended effects and issues for the affected person.”
One other precedence at Apex Inside Medication is offering assets to sufferers. For instance, some senior sufferers have restricted assets at residence or could also be residing by themselves. Dr. Satodiya encourages them to name and attain out to the workplace every time they’re not sure of one thing, and he connects them to info and useful organizations.
He says, “We inform them the place there are senior facilities, neighborhood church buildings and different social locations that may make them really feel good and assist them make new pals, slightly than simply at all times staying by themselves.”
Whereas Apex Inside Medication sees sufferers ages 18 and up, the workers usually finds that seniors are having extra challenges, together with navigating insurance coverage, understanding the medicine they’re taking, in addition to scheduling different procedures.
“Let’s say they want X-rays or labs,” explains Dr. Satodiya. “The youthful inhabitants can go surfing and discover that stuff by themselves. However, some seniors have restricted entry to info. I prepare my workers to assist them, give them extra choices and information them.”
Sufferers can have blood attracts, urine exams, blood sugar checks, flu exams, Covid exams in addition to electrocardiograms (EKGs) on-site at Apex, which additionally gives medical weight reduction applications. When there’s a time delicate follow-up that must be carried out off-site, the workers will name and assist arrange the appointment for them.
“That approach it is going to be simpler for the affected person to go and get it carried out, slightly than them having to determine it out by themselves,” Dr. Satodiya says.
He recommends folks not wait till they’ve issues to go to. Preventive care is right since small issues taken care of early will help keep away from future issues. He additionally says that common check-ups are essential for folks of all ages. Even when somebody is feeling wonderful and doesn’t have any signs, there might nonetheless be underlying situations that haven’t reached a degree that’s noticeable.
“There are specific undiagnosed situations within the early phases that don’t have any crimson flags you possibly can see,” explains Dr. Satodiya. “We encourage folks to do their annual check-up. Younger adults, seniors… we stay in a really trendy society the place folks don’t have time for themselves. Whether or not they’re doing good or not, they could not know that they’ve very excessive ldl cholesterol or hypertension and it’s not going to trigger any signs till it’s one thing severe like a stroke or coronary heart assault. In the event that they let it go untreated and undiagnosed it might already be inflicting harm to their kidneys or their coronary heart.”
Dr. Satodiya additionally says he tells all of his sufferers to get extra bodily energetic day by day, and places that into observe himself. He walks, rides a bicycle and performs volleyball and badminton to remain energetic. He additionally enjoys spending high quality time together with his household. He recommends everybody get out in nature and do one thing that makes them really feel good bodily and mentally, slightly than worrying about what number of energy are being burned.
“In case you can’t do quite a bit, simply do one thing!” he says. “It may be one thing easy, like strolling round the home or the neighborhood.”
Apex Inside Medication of Tampa is accepting new sufferers and Dr. Satodiya want to see extra folks coming to go to for normal check-ups, not simply when one thing is flawed.
Apex Inside Medication of Tampa is positioned at 10353 Cross Creek Blvd., Suite D, within the Cory Lake Skilled Middle. It’s open Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. (closed for lunch from noon-1 p.m.), and night appointments can be found. The workplace accepts a number of main medical health insurance plans. To make an appointment or for extra info, name (813) 725-4983 or go to ApexIMT.com.
