Category Archives: Fifth Avenue Concierge Medicine

Fifth Avenue
Concierge Medicine
International Medicine

Invitation to my Grand Rounds Talk at Mount Sinai, Wednesday, October 9, 2013, 8am

Please join us for our next Neurology Grand Rounds on Wednesday, October 9th at 8 AM in Davis Auditorium (Hess Center for Science and Medicine) at 1470 Madison Ave between 101st and 102nd streets. Refreshments will be served at 7:30 AM so please feel free to arrive early.

Title: “Panic, Separation Anxiety, Suffocation False Alarms and Endogenous Opioids: Can panic research inform clinical neurology?”

Presenter: Dr. Maurice Preter, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry,
Columbia’s College of Physicians and Surgeons;
Associate Professor of Neurology (Adj.),
SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
Continue reading

Posted in Affective Neuroscience, China, Events, Fifth Avenue Concierge Medicine, Health, keto, News, Psychiatry/Neurology, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Flatworms Recall Familiar Environs, Even after Losing Their Heads: Scientific American

Flatworms Recall Familiar Environs, Even after Losing Their Heads: Scientific American. Highly recommended reading. As it turns out, one does not have to go all the way down the evolutionary ladder to be reminded that even brain-impaired or brain-damaged individuals … Continue reading

Posted in Affective Neuroscience, Aging, development, epigenetics, Fifth Avenue Concierge Medicine, Forensic Neuropsychiatry, Health, keto, News, Psychiatry/Neurology | Tagged , , , , , , , , |

Metabolic Fate of Pharmaceuticals: A Focus on Slow Metabolizers

Very interesting and timely PowerPoint focusing on (now increasingly preventable) adverse outcomes, not on metabolism-related lack of efficacy. >>It has been shown that variability in drug metabolism can have a substantial effect on clinical outcomes in patients. The impact of … Continue reading

Posted in epigenetics, Fifth Avenue Concierge Medicine, Forensic Neuropsychiatry, Health, keto, News | Tagged , , |

The Pros and Cons of Concierge Medical Care | NYCityWoman.com

The Pros and Cons of Concierge Medical Care | NYCityWoman.com A thoughtful and balanced, and (yes) enthusiastic discussion of what it means to have a personal physician in U.S.A. anno 2013. Written by Sally Wendkos Olds, happy patient of Margaret … Continue reading

Posted in Aging, China, Events, Fifth Avenue Concierge Medicine, Health, keto, News | Tagged |

Simvastatin impairs exercise training adaptations.

Simvastatin impairs exercise training adaptations. Mikus CR, et al. Show all J Am Coll Cardiol. 2013 Aug 20;62(8):709-14. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.02.074. Epub 2013 Apr 10. Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina. Abstract OBJECTIVES: This study sought … Continue reading

Posted in Complementary - Alternative Medicine, Fifth Avenue Concierge Medicine, Forensic Neuropsychiatry, Health, keto, metabolic | Tagged , , |
Maurice Preter, MD

Maurice Preter, MD is a European and U.S. educated psychiatrist, psychotherapist, psychopharmacologist, neurologist, and medical-legal expert in private practice in Manhattan. He is also the principal of Fifth Avenue Concierge Medicine, PLLC, a medical concierge service and health advisory for select individuals and families.