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Modern Family Medicine Enhanced Care

Premium, Personalized Medicine for Discerning Individuals

At Modern Family Medicine, we deliver the kind of care most patients only wish they had. As a luxury concierge practice with limited membership, we offer an elevated experience that blends traditional, functional, and holistic medicine.

Our philosophy is simple: time, attention, and expertise should be the foundation of your healthcare. You deserve a physician who listens, investigates thoroughly, and partners with you to achieve optimal health.

We go beyond the basics to offer a tailored approach that includes:

  • Comprehensive medical evaluations
  • Chronic disease management
  • Osteopathic manipulation and medical acupuncture
  • Targeted vitamin injections and supplement guidance
  • Cupping, trigger point therapy, and more
  • Functional medicine, biohacking strategies, and wellness support

 

This is not just healthcare. It’s an experience designed for people who value excellence, connection, and results.

Traditional Medicine + Holistic Care

Our Patients Are Family

Modern Family Medicine uses up-to-date technology with old-fashioned traditional family medical care in the heart of Old Town Scottsdale. “We treat our patients like family,” says Dr. Gartenberg, “We created a modern family medical office with high technological solutions in a friendly, warm and relaxing environment.” From Dr. Gartenberg’s vast experience working at Mayo Clinic and various medical facilities over the past two decades, she has gleaned experience on what patients need and want. “I educate patients and give them a choice on how to proceed with their health care treatments. I try to empower my patients to make positive decisions about their health.”

We embrace patients of all ages, races, ethnicities, religions, family dynamics, sexual preferences, etc. As a practice, we value diversity and celebrate our unique differences because underneath it all, we are all just the same. We all need a place to belong to and to fit in and not to be pre-judged by others.

Personalized Concierge Medicine and Functional Health Care in Scottsdale

 

PIMA: Personalized Integrative Medical Assessment

Looking for a functional medicine exam that truly connects the dots? The PIMA (Personalized Integrative Medical Assessment) was created by Dr. Gartenberg to reveal what standard checkups often overlook. It uncovers early signs of imbalance, root causes of symptoms, and patterns in your health that might otherwise go unnoticed.

This advanced assessment brings together the precision of modern evidence-based medicine with the insight of Functional Medicine, Chinese Medicine, and Ayurvedic Medicine. It also includes iridology, facial and tongue analysis, and a complete biopsychosocial review, offering a full 360-degree view of your health.

PIMA is more than a routine exam. It is a detailed and personal exploration of your body’s story. By detecting subtle shifts in your physiology and energy, it helps you stay ahead of illness, enhance vitality, and gain a deeper understanding of what your body needs to thrive.

If you are searching for a comprehensive, root-cause-based functional medicine assessment in Scottsdale, PIMA offers the perfect blend of advanced science and personalized healing.

  • Comprehensive physical exams for men and women and children
  • Comprehensive lab work offering the most up-to-date health screening tests targeted at specific age groups and individual risk factors
  • Pharmacogenomic evaluation of medications to customize medication management
  • Group medical visits where patients can learn from other patients with similar diagnoses
  • Genetic Testing
  • Virtual visits
  • Chronic disease management: Hypertension, Diabetes, Hyperlipidemia, Autoimmune, Thyroid nodules, Hashimotos, etc.
  • Quickie Sick SAME DAY or NEXT DAY visits
  • Time with your doctor
  • Rare disease management
  • Well-women exams with pap-smears and special event “Pappy HoursTM”
  • Well child exams
  • Executive physicals
  • Sports physicals
  • Employee physicals
  • Health Screening
  • Alternative Menopause Treatments
  • Family Issues/Counseling
  • Depression screening evaluation and treatment
  • Trigger point injections
  • Osteopathic Manipulation
  • Longer Appointment Times
  • Doctor Who Listens
  • Medical Acupuncture
  • Cupping
  • Well-women exams with pap-smears and special event “Pappy HoursTM”
  • IV Hydration therapy
  • ”Breathing Bar TM”
  • Vitamin injections
  • Phlebotomy Services on site with Sonoran Quest Labs
  • Customized Pharmaceutical-Grade Skin Care
  • Bio-identical Hormone Therapy
  • EKGs
  • Fee for Service Lab testing
  • Functional Medicine
  • Integrative Medicine

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Unlike traditional primary care practices

Modern Family Medicine’s unique facility is unlike most primary care medicine offices. A relaxing private meditation atrium is incorporated into the lay out of the building for patients and visitors to relax and enjoy a quiet cup of tea or practice a meditation exercise. We also have yoga classes and host community events, such as our annual Pappy Hour TM in late October each year.

We hope you and your modern family will come experience quality medical care with Elissa B. Gartenberg, D.O. and her energetic caring staff at Modern Family Medicine.

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Elissa B. Gartenberg

Elissa B. Gartenberg, D.O.

Board-Certified Family Medicine Physician | Mayo Clinic Trained | Integrative and Concierge Care

Board-Certified Family Medicine Physician
Mayo Clinic Trained
Integrative and Concierge Care

Dr. Elissa B. Gartenberg is a distinguished, board-certified family medicine physician who blends the best of traditional evidence-based care with holistic and functional medicine approaches for discerning patients seeking a private personal health optimization.

Educated at some of the most prestigious institutions in the country, Dr. Gartenberg earned her bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Michigan and completed advanced pre-medical and graduate biology coursework at Harvard University. She received her Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine from Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2002 and went on to complete her internship with Henry Ford Health Systems. She then pursued her residency at the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Arizona, where she received elite training in family medicine.

In addition to her conventional medical background, Dr. Gartenberg has formal training in medical acupuncture through the Helms Institute at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine—equipping her to offer therapeutic modalities that address the mind, body, and spirit.

She has taught classes both at University of Arizona College of Medicine and Southwest Naturopathic Medical School which is now Sonoran University of Health Sciences. She is an avid speaker and often gives lectures for various medical associations and the local community.

With over two decades of clinical experience, Dr. Gartenberg is known for her compassionate, personalized care. She partners with patients to uncover root causes of illness, focusing on prevention, lifestyle, and long-term well-being rather than symptom suppression. Her practice is deeply grounded in both scientific rigor and holistic insight—ideal for those seeking proactive, relationship-based healthcare. 

She has been a longtime advocate for wellness education, serving as the State of Arizona’s Tar Wars Coordinator to promote youth tobacco prevention and mentoring medical students in clinical training. Outside of medicine, she is an avid writer, speaker, hiker, singer, and devoted mother.

Today, Dr. Gartenberg leads a private concierge medical practice in Scottsdale, where she offers her patients dedicated attention, longer visits, and a tailored wellness strategy that evolves with their needs. Her practice is purposefully small and highly exclusive, designed for individuals who value exceptional care, direct physician access, and a commitment to lifelong vitality.

We provide advanced health screenings, routine medical care, personalized attention wherever you are or whenever you need your doctor. 

In 2025, Dr. Gartenberg created PIMA: Personalized Integrative Medical Assessment which combines a very comprehensive analysis based on evidence-based medicine and alternative therapies such as Functional Medicine, Chinese Medicine, Ayurvedic Medicine, Iridology, biopsychosocial analysis, facial and tongue analysis. This assessment offers the most thorough analysis for a patient’s health that can identify very early changes in health that can easily be missed by routine medical exams. 

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