Dr. Darshan Shah: Bridging the Gap in Healthcare with a Parallel Model Focusing on Longevity and Vitality

Lisa Schwartz

Dr. Darshan Shah
Bridging the Gap in Healthcare with a Parallel Model Focusing on Longevity and Vitality

Dr. Darshan Shah earned his MD at 21 through the accelerated program at the University of Missouri, Kansas City. He trained in general surgery and trauma in California, performing over 10,000 operations. His current project is Next Health, a health optimization and longevity center built on the belief that health is not the absence of disease, but the abundance of vitality. Their mission is to empower people to achieve optimal vitality & longevity through personalized, data-driven health optimization.

We are so inspired by Dr. Shah. He not only identified a missing piece in our healthcare system, he created a complete parallel model to bridge that gap. We were able to visit a Next Health Clinic recently and were just blown away to see what true healthcare can and should be.

For more information on the work Dr. Shah is doing, check out Next Health, the Extend Podcast, and follow him on Instagram.

Points of interest in the episode: 

03:45  We were excited to record this podcast on location at Dr. Shah’s Extend Podcast studio in Southern California
04:18  The Starretts got to meet Dr. Shah when he included them in a recent event he put on
04:55  Dr. Shah’s background becoming a doctor at 21
05:28  The shortcomings of the medical system became immediately apparent
09:00  Childhood factors that led to an early MD
12:48  The system isn’t set up to focus on health, but rather is great for treating major illness and injury
15:03  Personal agency over our own health is critical
15:29  Next Health is health-focused rather than disease-centric
19:25  Next Health explained
22:05  The courage to make the shift
28:35  Opening the first clinic
34:15  The Wellness Wheel
36:18  The western medical system is good at diagnosing and treating chronic disease
38:20  Next Health addresses root causes of disease and longevity and anti-aging
46:20  Bloodwork ranges are not set up for health, they are set up for ‘not sick’; Dr. Richard Lee
47:43  Become the boss of your own biology
49:40  You should understand 10 biomarkers
51:40  Body composition is not always an indicator of health
55:00  Even people that go to the gym, might not get a lot of movement throughout the day
56:05  How do we implement health practices for our kids
57:45  The role of technology
59:00  Longevity circuit at Next Health
60:25  GLP-1s
64:27 The information gap; Extend Podcast
66:50  The Pareto Principle or 80/20 rule
68:00  Next Health has 100 locations planned
72:15  Dr. Shah’s socials

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