Founders Of Concierge Medicine Open River Oaks Practice Where Doctors Spend Unimagined Time With Each Patient

The finest and most exacting concierge medical care has finally arrived in Houston, with two of the city’s leading physicians helming the practice. If time is money, then the value of this investment is unparalleled. Unlimited time and uninterrupted focus on each patient are the calling cards that place MD² (pronounced MD squared) in the upper stratum compared to many physician practices, which can find doctors burdened with thousands of patients. “I would say that we are the most powerful internal medicine network in the country, if not the world,” says MD² CEO Peter Hoedemaker, who was in from the firm’s headquarters in Seattle to discuss the new River Oaks clinic.

As is standard in MD²’s medical centers across the country, two doctors operate the Houston clinic. Internist Dr. Karen Baerenstecher and cardiologist and internist Dr. Harold Condara Jr. will take care of no more than 50 families each at their new office/clinic at 2001 Kirby Drive in River Oaks. With such a limited number of patients, the doctors can take calls at any time, schedule appointments around patients’ schedules, conduct all manner of tests on site, and spend unimagined time with each patient. Their cellphones are available 24/7...