By Coral Gables Gazette staff
At 4101 Salzedo Street, just steps from Merrick Park, Baptist Health has quietly transformed a suite of offices into something more ambitious than a traditional doctor’s practice. Here, patients do not wait weeks for an appointment or rush through a 10-minute checkup. Instead, they enter the world of concierge medicine — a model built on longer visits, proactive planning, and near-round-the-clock access to physicians.
The Coral Gables location is one of only a handful of Baptist Health concierge practices in South Florida. Members pay an annual fee for privileges that include same-day or next-day appointments, 24/7 direct access to their physician, comprehensive wellness screenings, and a care navigation team that coordinates with top specialists across the region. The facility shares space with Baptist Health Primary Care and Pharmacy, allowing for a seamless, one-stop experience.
A physician focused on the individual
Leading the Coral Gables team is Dr. Ravindra Ganesh, MBBS, MD, MPH, FACP, a board-certified internist with a reputation for thinking beyond “one-size-fits-all” medicine. Before moving to Miami, Dr. Ganesh spent years at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, where he directed programs in international medicine, integrative health, and the Long COVID Clinic. That experience informs his philosophy in Coral Gables: care tailored not only to a patient’s lab results but to their genetics, environment, and lifestyle.
“Every patient brings a unique set of influences — biology, exposures, stressors, and circumstances,” Dr. Ganesh told the Gazette. “Concierge medicine lets us take the time to understand those variables and build personalized strategies that improve health and longevity.”
Services that go Beyond the annual exam
Patients in Coral Gables receive comprehensive health management:
- Preventive care: extended physicals, cardiovascular risk assessments, cancer screenings, and vaccination planning.
- Holistic care plans: multidisciplinary approaches that can incorporate nutrition, physical therapy, integrative medicine, and referrals to subspecialists when needed.
- Care navigation: a dedicated team to arrange imaging, specialty consultations, and hospital coordination, reducing the administrative burden on patients and families.
- Virtual visits: direct video access for those who travel frequently or prefer remote check-ins.
This structure appeals not only to retirees seeking more attentive care but also to busy professionals who need quick access without sacrificing depth.
Why it matters in Coral Gables
Concierge medicine is sometimes cast as a luxury. Yet in Coral Gables, where residents prize both longevity and quality of life, Baptist’s model signals a shift in how healthcare is delivered. By offering longer consultations, real-time access, and preventive planning, the clinic reflects the community’s growing demand for a more personalized, less transactional relationship with medicine.
A growing network
Coral Gables joins Baptist’s concierge practices in Key West and Boca Raton, with future offices planned for Kendall and Pinecrest. Each site is built on the same principles but tailored to its neighborhood. In Gables, proximity to Belmont Village Senior Living and Merrick Park underscores the target mix: older adults who value convenience and younger families seeking continuous, high-touch care.
The takeaway
The clinic on Salzedo Street represents more than just another Baptist Health location. It is an experiment in how medicine might look when access, time, and personal attention are restored to the center of the patient-physician relationship. Under Dr. Ganesh’s leadership, Coral Gables residents now have a local option for care that is both preventive and personalized — medicine designed not only to treat illness, but to anticipate and avert it.
