Page 8 - Lifestyles in Palm Beach Gardens - February '25

Page 8, Lifestyles in Palm Beach Gardens
Concierge Care Is A Family Affair

When Kim Hoffman TGH Concierge Health is part of Tampa General’s fellows receive specialty training at the academic health
began experiencing commitment to connecting the Palm Beach County and system in areas ranging from general internal medicine
complications following an Treasure Coast communities to innovative care. TGH to neurosurgery.
emergency appendectomy Concierge Health patients receive the highest level of Tampa General is the highest-ranked hospital in the
at a community hospital in primary care, with after-hours access and personalized market in U.S. News & World Report’s 2024-2025 Best
Palm Beach County, Tampa care plans. TGH Concierge Health includes same-day or Hospitals, with two medical specialties ranking among
General Hospital’s (TGH’s) next-day appointments, after-hours communication with the top 20 in the nation and eight medical specialties
Dr. Laurie Rothman was the concierge physician or staff, annual executive-level ranking among the top 50 best hospital programs in the
the first person she called. physical examinations, and more. United States.
“She answered on the first Since 2020, Tampa General has been creating a “Dr. Rothman has been there for all my ups and she’s been
ring,” says Hoffman. “I framework of state-of-the-art services for patients in the there for the downs, and it’s been quite the journey,” says
was upset and concerned Palm Beaches and on the Treasure Coast, with the expertise Hoffman. “But we’ve come to the other side, so everything’s
about what the doctors at Kim Hoffman and innovation of a preeminent academic health system. going pretty well right now. I’m so very happy.”
the hospital were telling One of the leading academic health systems in the For more information about TGH Concierge Health,
me. She reassured me that she’d speak with them and nation, Tampa General has been affiliated with the USF please visit TGH.org/ConciergeHealth or call (561) 739-
that everything would be okay. I was incredibly grateful Health Morsani College of Medicine at the University of 4TGH (4844).
and relieved knowing she was there for me, and would South Florida since the school was created in the early
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determine the next best course of action.” 1970s. Today, more than 700 medical school residents and
Hoffman has been a happy patient of Dr. Rothman’s
for more than 12 years. A friend recommended her after
Hoffman moved to Florida. “They told me that I would
love her, and I do!” Dr. Rothman has been practicing
medicine in Palm Beach County for more than 20 years.
Recently, when Dr. Rothman joined TGH Concierge
Health, a service of TGH Primary Care, Hoffman jumped
at the chance to reunite with her trusted primary care
physician. In fact, she not only signed herself up with
TGH Concierge Health, but also her husband and two
adult sons. Diagnosed with several different autoimmune
disorders, Hoffman has a complicated medical history.
She says Dr. Rothman is truly at the center of her care
– a master of coordinating and communicating with
multiple medical specialists so everyone is on the same
page. Hoffman notes that Dr. Rothman excels at breaking
down information into ways she can understand. “She
remembers everything,” notes Hoffman.
Along with coordinating Hoffman’s health care, Dr.
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being, ensuring preventative measures like specialized
blood tests for her adult sons, one of whom has type 1
diabetes. “When our younger son is home from college, Sponsored by
he can easily reach out to Dr. Rothman to get a refill on a
prescription. She is like an old-fashioned family doctor,”
notes Hoffman. “She treats patients holistically.”
Prior to joining TGH Concierge Health, Dr. Rothman
served the brave men and women in law enforcement as For tickets visit
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Department. She is also a member of the Florida Medical
Association, the American Academy of Family Physicians
and the American Board of Obesity Medicine.

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