Practice Areas
Primary care
Monarca Health can offer day to day health care. Our providers will be your first contact and principal point for continuing your care, we can coordinate with other specialists and help you navigate the healthcare system if needed. We have the time to know you well and know what works for you and what doesn’t.
Monarca Health provides a wide scope of healthcare, including everyone above 18 years old to 120 years of age, all socio economic and geographical origins, patients seeking to maintain optimal health, who have acute illness, chronic diseases or chronic physical, mental and social health issues.
Internal medicine
We are specialist physicians who are trained to manage particularly complex or multisystem disease conditions. We have the capacity to investigate undifferentiated presentations that cannot be easily fitted within the expertise of a specialist that treats one organ, such as dyspnea, fatigue, weight loss, weight gain, chest pain, confusion or change in consciousness.
We have the capacity to manage serious acute illnesses that affect multiple organ systems at the same time in a single patient, and we can manage multiple chronic diseases or “comorbidities” that a single patient may have. We have been trained to care for patients with multiple simultaneous problems or complex comorbidities.
Hypertension control
High blood pressure, or hypertension, is hard on the heart and kidneys. It’s also linked to heart disease, stroke, and diabetes. Controlling your blood pressure is very important. We can help you to bring your blood pressure down with medications and/or lifestyle changes
Reversing and controlling diabetes
Lifestyle changes are a powerful tool for preventing, managing and even reversing diabetes. We can help you choose which adjustments or changes to make in order to live a longer and happier life.
Managing Cholesterol
Cholesterol is a wax-like substance produced by the liver that aids in building cell membranes and producing hormones. Our bodies produce plenty of cholesterol to meet our needs, so we don’t need to consume extra cholesterol. We have expertise to manage and lower your cholesterol levels.
Prevention of heart attacks
and other Cardiovascular Diseases
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the United States and around the world. Eating habits and other lifestyle factors play a key role in determining the risk of heart disease. We can help you find what we can do to prevent, delay, and even reverse heart disease and other cardiovascular events like heart attacks, strokes, TIA’s and ischemic cardiomyopathy (heart failure or weak heart due to artery blockages).
Post heart attack care
Living after a heart attack makes you a survivor. Here at Monarca Health we are ready to support you ease back to your life. We can help to understand why it happened and which lifestyle modifications may be useful in preventing another one in the future. We offer tips and resources that may guide you towards recovery and prevent future damage to your heart.
Post stroke care
A stroke occurs when the supply of blood to the brain is reduced or blocked completely. As different parts of the brain control different parts of the body, symptoms will depend on the part of the brain affected and the extent of the damage. Treatment is based on the type of stroke. Path to recovery is not linear, here at Monarca we can help you or your loved one walk this path. Knowing that a higher recovery is always possible, our brain is constantly changing all throughout life, we can support its healing and prevent future events.
Supportive cancer care
Cancer is a disease resulting from uncontrolled growth and division of abnormal cells. This diagnosis independent of its prognosis has the capacity to change the life of people and families. Our providers can offer support to hold this, and can guide you through different resources in order to navigate information, treatments, group support and therapy opportunities. We will take the time, when we see you in the office, to make sense of the whole picture and to talk to the specialists to make sure that the care is well coordinated. Our aim is to be there for you and your family to navigate this difficult diagnosis.
Allergies
An allergy is an abnormal immune response by the body to a substance, especially pollen, fur, a particular food, or dust, to which it has become hypersensitive. Allergies can range from a simple itchy nose to an anaphylactic reaction. There are different treatment options that we can explore with you here at Monarca Health; it ranges from over-the-counter and prescription medications to lifestyle changes like using air filters and avoiding triggers.
Skin diseases like acne, eczema, dermatitis, psoriasis
Our skin is the biggest organ in our bodies with three main functions: protection, regulation, and sensation. The skin is the first line of defense from external factors. Here at Monarca Health we offer different types of treatments for a variety of skin conditions including rash, itchy skin, skin fungus, infection or skin tags. Sometimes the skin is a manifestation of another organ malfunction or the expression of an internal disease. Our providers can guide you to find the best way to take care of this.
Women’s (and more) health
Monarca Health offers comprehensive care for women, two-spirit, genderqueer, non-binary and trans people. Our providers can work together with you to support you, understand your problems and make goals that work for you. We can do annual checks, decide whether you need or not need a mammogram, pap smears, sexual health related education, screening for sexually transmitted diseases, contraceptive counseling, hormonal replacement, care through menopause and many other pelvic and reproductive problems.
In Monarca Health our providers are open to people of all gender identities and sexual orientations.
Autoimmune diseases
Autoimmune diseases are chronic illnesses that occur when healthy cells are destroyed by the body’s own immune system. There are more than eighty different types of autoimmune diseases, including type 1 diabetes, celiac disease, lupus, psoriasis, multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis. A growing body of evidence indicates that lifestyle changes can positively impact certain autoimmune diseases. We can help you start your journey to live life more fully. Certain foods can help to reduce inflammation, swelling, and pain as well as medications when indicated.