Preventing Illness Through Root Cause Medicine: James Keppel's Journey Building Sarana Health
We call it the healthcare system. But for many, it’s more of a “sick care” system. Despite decades of medical advances, providers are focused on treating symptoms rather than solving root causes, and patients often get lost in clunky, impersonal systems.
After facing his own health crisis, entrepreneur and designer James Keppel found himself struggling to get the answers and treatment he needed. He decided to take the situation into his own hands and was able to improve his health drastically.
Realizing that many others were also looking for a new approach to medical care, James set out to launch Sarana Health and revolutionize healthcare delivery.
Introducing Sarana Health: Integrated Wellness Through Root Cause Medicine
Many doctors see 20-40 patients daily, and are advised by some insurance companies to spend 10.6 minutes with each patient, James shares. Diagnoses are swift, and patients are often left lost and confused.
Sarana Health is taking a different approach, offering an integrated wellness program focused on understanding patients’ holistic health and preventing illness rather than just treating symptoms. "What integrated wellness means is really looking at how everything works together,” explains James. “For example, your liver participates in somewhere around 500 of your body functions. If you start to think about the issues you're trying to avoid or solve, you have to go back to where it starts to really understand what the problem is."
Patients begin with a comprehensive four-step health assessment, including proprietary lab testing and analysis, to create a personalized treatment plan. They’re then matched with a team including a physician, a certified nutrition specialist, and a board-certified health coach to assist them as they progress through their plan, ensuring consistent support throughout the experience. As James describes, it's “concierge medicine without the concierge prices.”
James’s journey to Sarana
When James moved to Colorado after 23 years running a design firm in San Francisco, he knew it would be the beginning of a new chapter. He had sold the business and was moving to support the new ownership over 18 months. But it wasn’t the transition he was expecting.
Soon after, James received a scary health diagnosis and was told he could need an organ transplant. Worse than the diagnosis, the healthcare system offered James little clarity or support, making it difficult to understand how best to move forward.
James decided to design his own treatment approach and began seeing remarkable results. Before long, he’d gained a 40% improvement in organ function and was able to transition off most medications. He soon realized that many others felt similarly disenfranchised from the healthcare system and would benefit from the same treatment philosophy that saved his health.
Several years later, Sarana is serving hundreds of patients nationwide and has built an in-house team of certified medical professionals. As he looks to the future, James is aiming to scale Sarana’s offering and support more patients throughout the country.
To learn more about James’s journey, you can follow him on LinkedIn and visit sarana.health.
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