Today we’d like to introduce you to Doctors Jennifer Miranda and Tatiana Ivan.
Jennifer and Tatiana, can you briefly walk us through your story – how you started and how you got to where you are today.
DrM: I started this practice in 2013 because I believe in placing the physician-patient relationship at the core in order to help patients achieve optimal health. I also believe that primary care physicians can do more than just check your blood pressure and treat strep throat. We should offer the most preventive and cutting edge approaches to diagnosing illness, promoting healthy lifestyles, finding genetic predispositions, and integrating helpful and novel treatment methods. In order to fully utilize my in-depth training in all disease states and provide these services to patients, I knew the practice needed to be private, unencumbered by insurance, and allow us to consistently make the best decisions for our patients’ health.
DrI: I joined Dr. Miranda in the Gables office because we share the philosophy that health is one’s most important and valuable asset, so every patient deserves the highest quality personalized care possible. We treat our patients as members of our own families and help them in all aspects of their health. My training and work at UCSF included both traditional and integrative approaches to wellness. As such, we focus on everything from nutrition and exercise guidance to genetic cancer screenings, to optimizing cardiac, immune, hormonal health, and even to cutting edge regenerative medicine treatments for injuries or arthritis.
DrM: We are always looking for new ways to help our patients. Most recently we began offering the ultimate preventive health package for proactive patients which includes whole genome sequencing, whole body MRI scanning, complete cardiac risk assessment, executive functioning and brain assessments, telemedicine and in person comprehensive evaluation and testing, and a dedicated health concierge. It’s exciting to be able to provide such high-level care to our patients.
DrI: We love our practice and our patients. It’s really refreshing to practice medicine in this way and be able to be truly invested in our patients’ health and wellness.
Overall, has it been relatively smooth? If not, what were some of the struggles along the way?
The most important journeys in life are never completely smooth, and that’s part of what makes them so meaningful and important.
DrM: One obstacle that I’m sure resonates with many people starting their own business dates back to when I first opened PURE. I had one employee, my medical assistant, and she took home a bigger salary than me for nearly two years as I reinvested everything back into the practice. We started early and stayed late even the night before my daughter’s birth, and took on all the roles in the office between the two of us. It was really challenging and honestly pretty fun at the same time.
We’d love to hear more about your work.
Dr. I: Dr. Miranda is a board certified internist and I am a board certified family physician. As such we specialize in primary care and see patients ages 14 and up, either in our office or on house calls. We both also focus on executive health physicals, women’s health, regenerative medicine, corporate wellness, and functional medicine. We are known for our multi-faceted approach to health which includes traditional medicine along with an in-depth look at how our nutrition, stress, lifestyle, and immune and hormonal systems affect our overall wellbeing. A prescription from PURE for someone with elevated cholesterol, borderline blood pressure, and a high stress job may include “doctor’s orders” to download a mindfulness app, eliminate processed carbohydrates and start a personalized anti-inflammatory diet, investigate heart risk further with a cardiac calcium scan, and start magnesium and omega supplements to reduce stress and bolster healthy lipids and brain function.
DrM: As far as the brand is concerned, when I first opened the practice it was to provide the highest level of health care possible. We have extended that with the addition of Dr. Ivan (whom I trust as my own physician), and many physicians trust us as theirs. Our brand, PURE, stands for the exceptional medicine and experience everyone deserves; it is the new standard in health and wellness.
When you look back, what are you most proud of?
DrM: My proudest moment of this journey was being able to purchase our office in Coral Gables and build out my vision for what PURE should be, thanks to the overwhelming growth and support from patients in the early years. It allows us to offer so much more to our patients in terms of services and convenience.
DrI: And the larger space also allowed me to join and us to take on more patients. Every time a patient tells us how we have impacted their lives by being their doctors, we are grateful to be here. Being able to truly help patients is really why we went into this and reminds us that what we are doing is important.
Contact Info:
- Address: PURE executive health & wellness
4100 Salzedo St, suite 4
Coral Gables, FL 33146
At the entrance of The Shops at Merrick Park - Website: www.purehealthmiami.
com - Phone: 786-227-6811
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