MEDICAL MASTERS

At the helm of the only female-founded, women-owned, direct primary-care practice in the Western Suburbs are DR. CYNTHIA LAGONE and DR. ANNE FUREY SCHULTZ. These medical masters are the co-founders of Authentic Internal Medicine, and they guide patients through their concierge medical care.

What are you most proud of doing? We are most proud of building a medical practice that restores the relationship between physician and patient. We do this by limiting the number of patients in our practice. With easy access and longer visits, we get to know our patients, which matters to us, and to our patients’ health. We also bring our longstanding ties to the most renowned specialists at Northwestern Medicine to deliver personalized, comprehensive, and coordinated care. Additionally, we collaborate with local and national teaching kitchens to help prevent and manage diseases with lifestyle interventions. We are proud to be opening our healthy teaching kitchen in our office on October 5.

How should women support other women? We were only able to open our concierge medical practice with the steadfast support and guidance of a handful of strong female colleagues who paved the way before us. Their openness and willingness to share resources and connections were invaluable. These women have been outstanding problem solvers, mentors, sounding boards, and even our cheering section! With a shared mission, vision, and values we approach one another’s ideas with humble curiosity instead of judgment. By shifting our focus back to providing exceptional care to a smaller number of patients, we have found renewed meaning and purpose in our work and gratitude for our working relationships.

For more information, visit authenticinternalmed.com.