3 Thoughts From Our Opening Month

A note from our founder, Alex Stoller

It’s been just over a month since we opened the doors of our first True Health location. We’ve fully moved into our incredible new space, seen our first patients in person, put on educational events, and even held a party or two. It’s been a whirlwind, but in the middle of all that I wanted to take a minute to share a few thoughts I’ve had during our first month being open.

The first is how grateful I am for all the patients who are coming on this journey with us, and for the exceptional team of clinicians that has come together to transform primary care. We’ve found ourselves in the right time and place to make an enormous impact on health across Chicagoland, and it’s an honor to have this opportunity to advance care like never before. It’s not one we take lightly.

The second thought is how excited I am about the community we’re building. Having the opportunity to meet some of our patients over the past months has been incredibly energizing. The curiosity, dedication, and passion of the people joining our practice are what healthcare providers dream about. As clinicians, we always provide the best care, guidance, and advice to our patients, but the greatest impact of our lifestyle medicine system is unlocked by patients putting them into practice. Everything we’ve seen shows that you are an exceptional group of patients who do just that, which means we’re going to see some incredible results together.

The final thought on my mind this month is how different what’s happening at True Health feels from other medical experiences. And I mean that both professionally, and personally.

We have all been patients at one point or another, waiting months for an appointment to sit in a cold doctor’s office and have a rushed 15-minute appointment. But when I walk into True Health, a space designed to be warm, inviting and look nothing like a doctor’s office; when I hear about how quickly people can get in to see our clinicians and how much longer the appointments are, it dawns on me that this is truly an experience unlike what any of us have experienced before.

This is a new look for healthcare, optimized for what patients need today, using the most advanced techniques and the highest standard of care. The way I put it to myself more often is: this is what medicine was meant to be. 

That’s why I’m not just a founder, I’m also a True Health patient. I’m here as part of our community, on this journey toward optimized health with all of you. I can’t wait to see what we accomplish together, and I’m excited to show the world that  better healthcare is possible for all of us: in Chicagoland, and beyond.