AHN Executive Health and Wellness Program

Between business trips, early mornings, late nights, and plenty of stress with managing home life, it’s difficult for executives and company leaders to make time for a yearly physical. To maintain stamina and leadership acumen, executives must be at their physical and mental best.

The AHN Executive Health and Wellness Program provides important preventive medicine and targeted diagnostic testing. We combine various screenings and a comprehensive medical history combined with a complete health assessment to detect conditions like cardiac disease, cancer, and other serious medical problems even before symptoms appear.

Our dedicated and experienced team of health care providers practice in a state-of-the-art medical facility, providing a customized experience for each executive based on their health profile.

What we do

When you participate in the AHN Executive Health and Wellness Program, each of your executives will have a complete health assessment and consultation with one of our dedicated physicians. We keep the process simple and handle all the details.

You’ll provide our program director with the names and contact information of your eligible leaders, then we’ll send each a welcome packet explaining the program, along with a medical history form for them to complete. Our clinical care team works directly with your executives or their administrative assistants to schedule their annual exam, coordinate tests or personal requests, and provide a detailed itinerary for their visit so they'll know what to expect.

Following the executive medical exam, our physicians will provide results and recommendations, answer any questions, and help coordinate follow-up care with specialists or schedule additional testing as needed.

Ongoing care and guidance

This process may repeat each year to continually monitor and improve the health of your executive leadership team. Our customized services section lists common exams and diagnostic tests that are included in the program. These can be customized to meet the needs of each individual executive or your organization as a whole.

Insurance

Executive health services are not processed through your health plan. Any additional recommendations may be covered.

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Customized services

We create a customized assessment and recommendations based on each executive’s health profile taken from their medical history form. Our basic services include:

Complete physical exam. This includes a health information analysis, a complete review of medical history with physician counseling and lifestyle recommendations, and taking vital signs like blood pressure, pulse, height, weight, and body mass index.
Preventive laboratory testing. This includes a comprehensive metabolic panel, fasting lipid profile, complete blood count, urinalysis with microscopic examination, and thyroid function testing. We also get results for hemoglobin A1c, highly sensitive CRP, and vitamins D and B12.
Prostate cancer screening. This tests the prostate-specific antigen (PSA), which is a protein produced by prostate cells.
Hemoccult. This detects microscopic gastrointestinal bleeding from tumors, polyps, ulcers, and other conditions.
Chest X-ray. We often perform chest X-rays to determine heart size, as well as screen for lung cancer and other pulmonary diseases.
Spirometry/pulmonary function test (PFT). This test helps assess lung function and detect emphysema, bronchitis, asthma, and other airway problems.
Audiogram. This provides recommendations for preserving hearing and amplifying hearing as needed.
Resting electrocardiogram (EKG). This test records the electrical activity of the heart and provides indicators for a number of potentially serious heart conditions.
Nutrition consultation. This involves meeting with our registered dietitian, who will determine body fat composition and calculate personalized caloric energy equations.

Meet our team

Our specialists who participate in the AHN Executive Health and Wellness Program provide comprehensive, multidisciplinary care and complete health assessments for your organization’s leaders.

Sonia Dhawan, MD

Sonia Dhawan, MD, completed her medical education in India from the Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi. She completed her internship and residency training in internal medicine from the Western Pennsylvania Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Dr. Dhawan has been a practicing internist for the past fifteen years. Her clinical interests include preventive medicine, perioperative medicine, travel medicine, and cardiovascular risk reduction.

Dr. Dhawan is actively involved in teaching medical students and internal medicine residents at Allegheny General Hospital. She has been a diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine since 1999.

Lisa Guthrie, DO

Lisa Guthrie, DO, is a board-certified internal medicine physician offering comprehensive and compassionate primary medical care. Her clinical interests are preventive care, annual wellness exams, and management of chronic conditions.

Dr. Guthrie earned her medical degree from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and performed her residency at St. Francis Medical Center in Pittsburgh.

Dr. Guthrie has been practicing medicine for more than 14 years as a staff physician and most recently as a primary care physician in Cranberry Township.

Scott Vargo, MD

Scott Vargo, MD, is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Temple University School of Medicine. He is also director of the Center for Perioperative Medicine at the Allegheny Health Network.

Dr. Vargo earned his Bachelor of Science from the University of Pittsburgh and received his medical degree from Hahnemann University where he earned several scholarships for his clinical performance. He completed his residency and chief residency in internal medicine at Allegheny General Hospital. He practices internal medicine with Pittsburgh General Medicine Associates. His special interests include perioperative consultation, diabetes, heart failure/cardiac risk reduction, primary care, orthopaedics, and sports medicine.

Dr. Vargo is a member of the American College of Physicians and a diplomat of the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dr. Vargo is very active in residency education and has received numerous teaching awards including the Claude R. Joyner Award for excellence in teaching.