THE PRIVATE PHYSICIAN PROGRAM
Personalized Medicine. Direct Access. A Physician Who Knows You.
One physician for your primary care, preventive health, and long-term well-being, with direct communication and personalized care built around your life.
LIMITED MEMBERSHIP AVAILABILITY
Healthcare Should Work Around Your Life
Your health is too important to be managed through rushed appointments, long wait times, and disconnected medical advice. When you have questions about your health, you should be able to communicate directly with a physician who knows your history, understands your goals, and helps guide your care. The Private Physician Program offers a different approach. Dr. Charlie Seltzer serves as your personal physician, managing your everyday medical needs while taking a proactive approach to your long-term health. From prescription management and preventive medicine to specialist coordination, nutrition, and metabolic health, your care is built around you. Instead of navigating the healthcare system alone, you have a physician helping connect the pieces.
What’s included in your membership
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Direct Physician Access
Communicate directly with Dr. Seltzer through secure texting and phone calls, including after-hours and weekend availability under the program's communication guidelines.
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Priority Appointments
Unlimited same-day appointments when available, priority scheduling, and unlimited clinically appropriate visits throughout your membership year.
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Primary & Preventive Care
Comprehensive medical care, annual health assessments, prescription management, chronic condition monitoring, and a proactive approach to your long-term health.
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Specialist Coordination
Dr. Seltzer helps coordinate referrals, review specialist recommendations, interpret test results, and connect the different aspects of your medical care into one comprehensive plan. Our practice does not receive referral fees, commissions, or financial compensation for referring patients to outside providers.
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Metabolic & Weight Management
Personalized medical guidance for metabolic health, weight management, and prevention, including medication management when medically appropriate. Weight loss is not required to join the program.
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Nutrition & Exercise Guidance
Individualized nutrition and strength-training recommendations tailored to your goals, fitness level, and schedule. Access to our private training facility and personal training services is available separately for an additional fee.
How it works
getting started with personalized medical care is simple
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01 Speak with our care coordinator
Learn about our program, membership options, and next steps.
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02 Begin your physician relationship
Meet with Dr. Seltzer to review your history, needs, and health goals.
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03 Enjoy ongoing personalized care
Direct communication, priority scheduling and coordinated care throughout your membership.
Your Physician
Meet Dr. Charlie Seltzer
MD, CSCS
Board-Certified in Internal Medicine and Obesity Medicine
Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist
Dr. Charlie Seltzer is board-certified in Internal Medicine and Obesity Medicine and is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist.
His approach to medicine combines traditional medical expertise with a deep understanding of nutrition, exercise, weight management, and preventive health.
Having experienced his own challenges with weight management, Dr. Seltzer understands that lasting improvements in health require realistic, individualized approaches rather than one-size-fits-all recommendations.
Through the Private Physician Program, he offers patients a more personal medical relationship, with direct communication, proactive care, and a physician who helps coordinate the bigger picture of their health.
His goal is simple: to make healthcare more accessible, more personal, and better suited to each patient's life.
What Our Patients Say
Real experiences from patients of Dr. Charlie Seltzer
“Dr. Seltzer is one of the only doctors I have seen in my existence that actually listened to me. I felt seen and heard. I was provided a care plan that was actually helpful and opened up doors for me on my healing journey. Laid back and to the point yet friendly. Knows what he is doing. One of few I trust and would recommend.”
Chaize F.
“Dr. Seltzer is fantastic! He is one of the best doctors I have ever seen. He always has your best interest at heart and clearly listens to his patients. He and his practice seriously have improved my life.”
— Grace
“I have been working with Dr. Seltzer since 2014 and in that time we have been through a lot. He's gotten me through some of the hardest things I've ever had to deal with and made sure through it all I knew he was in my corner.”
— meg P
Patient experiences are individual and do not guarantee specific medical outcomes.
Frequently asked questions
Everything you need to know about the The Private Physician Program.
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Yes. Dr. Seltzer can manage many of your routine and ongoing primary care needs, including medication management, preventive care, and specialist coordination. Certain examinations, vaccinations, and procedures are not performed at our office, so we recommend maintaining access to an in-network provider for those services.
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We offer flexible payment options to fit your needs. During your initial conversation, our care coordinator will explain membership pricing, payment options, how insurance applies, and what is included.
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Yes. Members have direct access to Dr. Seltzer through secure messaging and phone communication, including evenings, weekends, and holidays. Communication follows the program's response-time guidelines and is not intended for emergencies.
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Yes. Dr. Seltzer sees patients in person at his Center City Philadelphia office and also offers virtual appointments and direct communication for patients outside the Philadelphia area. Availability may vary depending on your location and applicable medical licensing requirements.
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No. Many patients join for direct physician access, primary care, preventive medicine, and ongoing medical oversight. Weight management, nutrition, and exercise guidance are additional services available when appropriate, but they are not required.
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Your membership includes Dr. Seltzer's professional services as outlined in the program. Costs for medications, laboratory testing, imaging, specialist appointments, hospital care, vaccinations, and other services provided by outside facilities are not included.
Our care coordinator will explain what's included and discuss the membership's payment options before enrollment.
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Our private training facility and personal training services are available separately, subject to availability, for an additional fee. These services are not included in the Private Physician Program membership.
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Membership is a 12-month commitment, with annual and monthly payment options available. Membership does not automatically renew, and no cancellation notice is required at the end of the term. Our office will contact you approximately 45 days before your membership expires to see whether you would like to renew.
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While Dr. Seltzer manages a wide range of primary care and medical concerns, certain services are not performed in our office. These include vaccinations, blood draws, ear examinations and earwax removal, eye examinations, Pap smears, EKGs, rapid infectious-disease testing, imaging procedures, IV treatments, and most minor surgical procedures.
When these services are needed, Dr. Seltzer can help coordinate care with an appropriate outside provider. We recommend maintaining access to an in-network clinician for services not offered at our office.
For the complete list, please reach out to the office.
A More Personal Approach to Your Health Starts Here.
Whether you're looking for direct access to your physician, better coordination of your medical care, or a more proactive approach to your long-term health, we're here to help.
Limited membership availability