Northwestern Medicine Human Longevity Clinic
The Human Longevity Clinic is Northwestern Medicine's Streeterville programme for measuring how a person is ageing across several organ systems at once. Ten physicians are named, led by medical director Baljash S. Cheema, MD, MSCI, MSAI. The half-day visit covers VO2 max, a DXA scan, epigenetic clocks, retinal imaging and pulse wave velocity, and testing repeats at six months.
The care team
Every clinician the operator publishes by name, with their role exactly as the operator states it.
Baljash S. Cheema, MD, MSCI, MSAI
Director, AI-Based Analytics, Potocsnak Longevity Institute, Human Longevity Laboratory (HLL). Heart Failure and Heart Transplantation.
Douglas E. Vaughan, MD
Irving S. Cutter Professor Emeritus, Department of Medicine, and Chief Academic Officer, Northwestern Medicine. Cardiology. The team page prints this physician's name with an asterisk; the only asterisk note on that page reads: "This physician serves in a research capacity and is not available for clinical appointments within the Human Longevity Clinic."
Sindhu K. Aderson, MD
Named on the clinic's team page as Family Medicine.
Petra P. Angelova, MD
Named on the clinic's team page as Internal Medicine.
Steven M. Armbrust, MD
Named on the clinic's team page as Family Medicine.
Mirela Savcic, MD
Named on the clinic's team page as Internal Medicine.
Cia-Mattae Sevier, MD
Named on the clinic's team page as Family Medicine.
Binisa Shah, MD
Named on the clinic's team page as Family Medicine.
Manjot K. Gill, MD
Named on the clinic's team page as Ophthalmology, Retina Specialist.
John T. Wilkins, MD, MSc
Cardiology. The team page states that this physician serves in a research capacity and is not available for clinical appointments within the Human Longevity Clinic.
Everything Northwestern Medicine Human Longevity Clinic lists
12 tests and services across 7 kinds of care
Whole-body baseline, Heart & circulation, Brain & cognition, Genetics & biological age, Strength, fitness & body composition and Advanced diagnostics & emerging care.
Advanced laboratory testing & biomarkers
Labs & biomarkers- Advanced lipid panel
- Measures ApoB, Lp(a) and particle counts, which a standard cholesterol panel misses.
Advanced heart imaging
Imaging & screening- Pulse wave velocity test
- Measures arterial stiffness, a marker of vascular aging.
Genetics, inherited risk & biological age
Labs & biomarkers- Biological age testing
- Estimates aging pace from epigenetic markers.
Fitness, strength & body-composition assessment
Fitness & tracking- DEXA scan
- Measures bone density, lean mass and visceral fat precisely.
- VO₂ max testing
- Measures cardiorespiratory fitness, the strongest exercise predictor of longevity.
- Strength, mobility & balance testing
- Measures grip strength, movement quality and fall risk.
Brain & cognitive assessment
Imaging & screening- Neurocognitive testing
- Baselines memory, attention and processing speed.
Preventive screening & executive assessment
Imaging & screening
Lifestyle & performance planning
Lifestyle & programs- Health & nutrition coaching
- Ongoing behavior, nutrition and training guidance.
In the clinic's own words, not yet matched to a category we can compare across clinics.
The testing panel
As the clinic describes it. Marker counts are not measured the same way from clinic to clinic, so they are not comparable between profiles.
What the clinic publishes
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Practical information
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