Concierge Primary Care

Overview

When you’re ill, you want to be able to schedule time with your preferred physician on short notice and at a time that works for you. When you’re well, you want your physician to take the time to help you define your path to your best health.

The UCI Health Concierge Primary Care program is designed for people like you – people who want consistent access to comprehensive care and who are interested in integrative treatments and lifestyle changes to help you achieve your best health. Our annual membership-based program limits the number of members, giving you and your physician more time to focus on your overall wellness and preventive care.

Principles

Our integrative health model combines the best of conventional and complementary medicine to help you achieve your best health. Your physician focuses on you as a whole person, considering your lifestyle, genetics and environment in assessing your health, whether there is an immediate health concern or the goal is to prevent future issues. This whole-person approach helps your physician identify the root cause of any health issues, as well as opportunities to improve wellbeing through evidence-informed integrative practices, leading to personalized treatment plans for you that address mind, body and spirit.

Amenities

As a member of the UCI Health Concierge Primary Care Program, you can expect an enhanced healthcare experience, where you and your doctor work together on your specific needs, identifying a personalized care plan that works for you and immediately addressing any health issues as soon as they arise.

  • Exclusive access
  • Office appointments scheduled within 48 hours of the request (including access to same-day office appointments when available)
  • Extended office visits
  • Telehealth options
  • Our providers’ caseload is limited to ensure they are able to dedicate more time to you as a patient
  • Direct provider access:
    • During concierge practice office hours (Monday through Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.), you may call our main office line and the office will respond before the end of the day.
    • After normal office hours, you may contact the physician directly via cell phone and MyChart messaging.

Services

Your concierge membership includes but is not limited to the following complimentary annual services:

  • Body composition analysis
  • Personalized nutritional counseling session with a registered integrative dietitian
  • Comprehensive stress management consultation
  • Consultation with a certified health coach
  • Massage therapy session

Additional amenities:

  • Onsite integrative specialists in acupuncture, physical therapy, massage, dermatology, gastroenterology, pain management and cardiology at the Newport Beach location
  • Exclusive members-only invitations to our health and wellbeing lectures, Tai Chi classes
  • Individual lab reports with targeted suggestions to improve your health

Coordinated Care

  • We offer coordination of urgent appointments.
  • We provide secure, web-based communications via MyChart.
  • We work closely with the UCI Health hospitalist team to ensure a smooth transition from inpatient to outpatient care.

Why Choose Us?

We believe you should never feel alone in your health journey. If you or a loved one are living with a chronic or complex condition, or even if you are healthy and want to take steps to prevent disease, a close relationship with a trusted primary care physician can make a difference.

At the Samueli Institute, your concierge physician combines the best of conventional and complementary practices to help you maintain your health. As part of the only academic medical center in Orange County, your physician is connected to the most comprehensive panel of expert conventional and integrative providers in Orange County. You can expect an enhanced healthcare experience, with your physician utilizing these relationships to help you develop a personalized plan that supports your health goals. Your concierge physician will address health issues as they arise and partner with you on prevention strategies that incorporate evidence-informed integrative practices and lifestyle changes to help you pursue optimum health and wellbeing.

Location

UCI Health — Newport Beach
2161 San Joaquin Hills Road
Newport Beach, CA 92660

Our Physicians

Marcela Dominguez
Marcela Dominguez, MD

Primary Care Concierge Physician, Integrative Medicine, Family Medicine

Ryan Herring
Ryan Herring, MD, MPH

Concierge Staff Physician

Dr. Marcela Dominguez

Dr. Marcela Dominguez is a board-certified family medicine practitioner who specializes in integrative approaches to patient care. Investigating underlying causes of illness and restoring normal function is her focus and passion. Dr. Dominguez has over 23 years of experience practicing customized integrative medicine. She focuses on providing personalized, comprehensive, customized, whole-person care.

Dr. Dominguez earned her medical degree from UC San Diego and completed a residency in family medicine at Long Beach Memorial Medical Center. Expanding her medical expertise and care, Dr. Dominguez completed a fellowship in Integrative Cancer Therapies. She also has completed a fellowship with the Medical Association for Pediatric Special Needs to better help younger patients with more severe medical issues. She also has advanced training in water–damaged building illness.

After 15 years of private practice and integrative concierge service, Dr. Dominguez transitioned to UCI Health to assist in creating their first concierge primary care program within the UCI Health Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute.

When Dr. Dominguez has free time, she loves playing beach volleyball, tennis, hiking, skiing and spending time with her family.

Dr. Ryan Herring

Dr. Ryan Herring is a dual board-certified Preventive Medicine and Lifestyle Medicine physician who specializes in concierge primary care through the Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute.

He provides comprehensive care with expertise in evidence-based lifestyle medicine interventions that treat root causes of disease. He utilizes an integrative medicine approach to help patients develop a personalized toolbox of therapies to optimize health and wellbeing. Additional areas of interest include obesity medicine, group medical visits, and culinary medicine. 

He earned his medical degree from the University of Illinois College of Medicine and completed a residency in Preventive Medicine at Loma Linda University Health. His residency provided an educational pathway to additional board certification in Lifestyle Medicine. He is also currently completing training through the Institute for Functional Medicine.  

Learn more about Dr. Ryan Herring here.

Membership

Complimentary initial appointments are offered Monday through Friday. To schedule your complimentary initial appointment, call 949-386-5700.

Please note:

Only a limited number of memberships are available to protect patient time with physicians.

Memberships are non-transferable.

Annual membership fee covers concierge services listed above only. You and your insurance carrier are responsible for all charges for all other services provided by UCI Health.

Per Federal regulations, the Samueli Institute will bill your insurance, as appropriate, for your annual physical examinations, office visits and procedures.

Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute accepts a variety of insurance plans or private pay. Your visit may be subject to a copay and deductible. Please contact us at 949-386-5700 for more information.

I truly appreciate Dr. Dominguez’s approach to concierge medical care for so many reasons. As I am a strong believer in preventive care combined with a mind-body approach, I have found Dr. D’s practice to be a great fit for me. She approaches each patient uniquely with personal attention and care. It is a special doctor who will take the time to research and provide answers to some of the complex questions that have come up through this past year. Having a doctor who is current on preventive health is equally important especially now while we are understanding the importance of individual immune health.

– Evalyn Daniel Putnam, patient

I have been a patient of Dr. Dominguez since 2008, and my husband and I happily signed up when she became a concierge physician. She always takes a comprehensive and customized integrative medical approach for any medical concern we may have. She is passionate about developing a close relationship with all her patients and advocating for the best medical care. She also makes herself available by cell phone, email and same-day medical appointments to address our medical concerns. Any patient who is looking for comprehensive and exceptional integrative care should consider becoming a concierge patient of Dr. Dominguez.

– Holly Hoffman, patient