Aesculapian Anti-Aging Institute

Anti-aging? Aesculapian?

These words may not be ones heard frequently with relationship to a medical facility, but at the Aesculapian Anti-Aging Institute of Memphis, ideas of health and beauty converge in a dynamic, scientific environment all designed to help patients feel better inside and out. Aesculapius was a Roman God of Medicine, although historians speculate that his legend grew from the works of a real Greek physician, and his name modified, symbolizes the marriage of these two sciences at the Aesculapian Anti-Aging Institute.

Anti-aging is the science of preserving and prolonging functional life, while Aesthetics is the science of beauty. At the Anti-Aging Institute, we believe in three navigational references including, In God We Trust, Do Unto Others As You Would Have Them Do Unto You and Maximize Yourself.

At the Aesculapian Anti-Aging Institute we focus on the third premise, not because it is the most important, but because it is where the practice of medicine can impact the life-long pursuit of preserving health.
The practice of Anti-Aging Medicine has two arms which should interface and compliment each other. The first arm is medical and represents a life-long commitment to such things as exercise, calorie restriction and weight control. We visualize the medical pursuit of anti-aging in five levels:

• Healthy Diet and Exercise are key components to a longer, healthier life as first brought to national attention by Jack LaLanne in the 1950s.
• Evaluation of vitamin and nutritional status with presently a complex issue due to problems with food sources and management
• Hormone considerations, depending on an individual’s hormone status, symptoms and genetic history
• Evaluation of known DNA mutations that may result in decreased life or functionality
• The management of stress through the use of relaxation techniques, sleep management and spiritual wellness.

The goal of anti-aging medicine is to provide early detection, prevention, treatment or the reversal of age-related dysfunction and disease, thus enhancing and extending life.
Many individuals these days also choose to enhance their appearance as part of their pursuit of a healthier lifestyle. Aesthetics, or the science of beauty, has gained immense popularity over recent years mainly because of improved products, advanced biotechnology through the use of lasers, and increased media attention. The most popular aesthetic consultations include:

• Botox injections for the treatment of facial lines such as crow’s feet and smile or frown lines
• Filler injections designed to correct moderate to severe facial folds, wrinkles and to enhance lips.
• Laser therapy which includes hair removal, acne treatment, skin resurfacing, rosacea treatment, skin tightening, photodamage age spots, and pigmented lesions
• Body sculpting such as Mesotherapy and Lipo-Dissolve
• Cosmetic vein therapy such as sclerotherapy and laser ablation
• Advanced-formula skin care products which help protect, prevent and correct skin for the best health and appearance.

Our evaluation is designed to educate patients about all available options and to help them determine their own goals and interests as related to our services.

The Anti-Aging medical arm begins with a full medical exam. The aesthetic pathway may be entered directly without going through the medical examination.

The two arms, however, do compliment each other.

More importantly, the physicians in this office will personally see the patient and will perform all procedures. In addition, both of our physicians are board certified in Internal Medicine with training in Anti-Aging. Dr. Holbert is board certified in Anti-Aging medicine.

We are excited about several developments at Aesculpian Anti-Aging Institute, especially an ongoing National Institutes of Health study that is aimed at chelation for removal of coronary artery plaques. If entrance requirements can be satisfied, a patient may participate in the study.

As a global population, our life expectancy is increasing at a rapid rate. Over the last two centuries, the average life span in the U.S. has increased by fifty years. With advances in medical science, sanitation, and infection control, the previous leading causes of death such as pneumonia, dysentery and influenza have now transformed to the more degenerative age-related diseases such as heart disease, cancer, and stroke.

Because of this shift, 90 percent of our healthcare dollars are now spent treating these diseases in the last few years of life.

The purpose of anti-aging medicine is to delay the onset of the aging process in order to provide a greater number of middle, healthy years but not to extend life in order to live longer as an “older” person. As modern medical science and technology advances, hopefully the very notions of age, disease, life and death will evolve as well.

We invite you to visit us and our facility, the only Anti-Aging Institute in Memphis.

James M. Holbert, Jr., M.D., Ph.D.(2), MBA, ABAAM, ABCMT, ABM, FACP, FACCP, FSCCM, FASCP, FASCO, FASH, FCAP, FRSH