About Dr. Verma
Varun Verma, M.D.
Fourteen years as a hospital physician taught me something I couldn’t ignore: most chronic disease doesn’t suddenly appear in the hospital. By the time patients are sick enough to be admitted, the process has usually been unfolding quietly for years.
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Background
A commitment to service from the start.
My path in medicine began with a commitment to serve those who needed it most. I completed my Internal Medicine residency at NYU and Bellevue Hospital, one of America’s oldest public hospitals, caring for underserved patients in New York City.
That commitment extended globally. I provided medical care in Haiti and Nepal, in resource-limited settings where early intervention and prevention were often the only tools available. Those experiences shaped how I think about medicine: the earlier you act, the more you can change.
The pattern I couldn’t ignore
14 years. The same story, every time.
As a hospital physician, I cared for patients at Jefferson Health, Cooper University Hospital, Mount Sinai, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and UCSF. Hospital medicine gives you enormous respect for what modern medicine can do when someone becomes seriously ill. It also changes the way you think about the years that came before.
Different cities, different systems, but the same story. Warning signs visible for years. Risk factors “watched” instead of addressed. Blood pressure that was “borderline,” blood glucose that was “a little high,” cholesterol that could “wait.” Until a crisis made change unavoidable.
That realization changed everything. I left hospital medicine and built a practice focused on the years before the crisis, catching risk early enough to change the outcome rather than managing the damage after it’s done.
Medical work in Haiti
Training and credentials
The foundation behind the practice.
Board certifications
Internal Medicine and Obesity Medicine
Residency
Internal Medicine, NYU and Bellevue Hospital Center
Hospital experience
Jefferson Health, Cooper University Hospital, Mount Sinai, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, UCSF
Global health
Medical care in Haiti and Nepal, serving underserved communities
Licensed in
New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and California
How I practice
How I think about your health.
Protocols guide us. You define the destination.
Research and evidence tell us where to start. Your labs, your history and how you actually feel tell us where to go. The doctor-patient relationship is something I hold sacred.
Understand the cause, not just the number.
A testosterone level, an A1C, a blood pressure reading: none of these mean much without context. I do the workup to understand why before I prescribe anything.
Prevention is medicine, not wellness.
I prescribe FDA-approved medications when they’re medically indicated and follow the evidence. This is physician care, not coaching, supplement sales or optimization theater.
People deserve a space to actually talk.
In a 90-minute first visit, patients often tell me about fatigue, weight, energy and stress they never mentioned to their last three doctors. That’s what unhurried time and real continuity make possible.
Health Improvement Institute
If any of this resonates, let’s talk.
A no-pressure conversation about what’s going on and whether this is the right fit for you.
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