Attia's Elite Medical Model

Andrew shares a story about his experience becoming a patient at Peter Attia's exclusive medical practice.

"I've been on the waitlist for Peter Attia's private practice for like 3 years. He only has 50 patients. It's super expensive - I pay an absurd amount of money upfront. They do this thing where they psychologically test you before they allow you to become a patient.

Peter calls me and says, 'Andrew, there was something concerning in your personality test. I'm worried that you won't have good follow through. Will you do what I say? Will you execute on the plan?' I'm like, 'Peter, no, you got it all wrong. I pay attention to my diet, I track everything, I wear a glucose monitor, you don't have to worry about me.' He says 'Okay cool.'

Last month I pulled him aside and said, 'Peter, look, be honest with me - did I actually have something in my psychological test?' He goes 'You did.' I was like 'Is that even a real test?' and he's like 'Yeah.'

What a great strategy because now I'm like the dream patient. I'm terrified of getting booted out because of this thing he said. It's a lot of money, hundreds of thousands of dollars, but if you're gaining 5 or 10 years of life, what is that worth? They have a neurologist, cardiologist, exercise physiologist working with you. It's this team of people and they caught a bunch of issues with cholesterol and other stuff that I may not have caught otherwise."