Orchard Health Care is the small primary care medical practice founded in 2006 by Steven R. Kanner, MD, a highly credentialed and experienced internist. Dr. Kanner is a graduate and long-term faculty member of Harvard Medical School.
Orchard Health Care is a membership medical practice, sometimes referred to as a “concierge” or “boutique” practice. The clinical offices are located in the close western suburbs of Boston conveniently just off I-95 in Waltham.
Dr. Kanner’s goal is to keep his patients healthy. His clinical approach is proactive and focuses on health maintenance and careful control of unavoidable medical illnesses. He engages the help of top specialists at Harvard teaching hospitals, including Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, whenever needed to help a patient with serious illness.
Orchard Health Care is limited to approximately 400 adult patients. The small size of the practice enables much longer appointments, better communications, and more detailed supervision of care. Dr. Kanner loves the science of medicine and the long-term patient relationships in primary care he has been privileged to have.
For complete information about Orchard Health Care and membership practice, please see the Practice [more] and Dr. Kanner [more].
Join Orchard Health Care and have access to this member-driven section where Dr. Kanner discusses medical questions of general interest submitted to him by members.
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“There is no finer internist in the Boston area.”
Robert A. Stern, Ph.D.
Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery at BUSM
Co-Director of the Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy
Director, BU Alzheimer's Disease Center Clinical Core
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“I have been fortunate to have had Dr. Kanner as both my physician and my colleague. There is no finer primary care physician in the Boston area.
"His superb knowledge and skill is matched by his warmth and fabulous bedside manner. He takes care of the whole patient, understanding all aspects of the individual’s health, well-being, and lifestyle. He combines state-of-the-art diagnostic skills and treatment approaches with the all-too rare art of compassion and care for his patients.
"I am always struck by how well he knows each and every one of his individual patients, their needs, and their conditions, and how he searches for the very best diagnostic procedures, prevention strategies, and treatments for them all.”
Robert A. Stern, Ph.D.
Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery at BUSM
Co-Director of the Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy
Director, BU Alzheimer's Disease Center Clinical Core
John Gillespie
Author, Money for Nothing
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"Dr. Kanner is, by far, the best health care professional I have ever known. He takes the time to really understand you as a person, not just as a patient, and his focus on preventive care and health education has made a major difference in our lives. He clearly works very hard at keeping up-to-date with advances in medical science and technology.
"You couldn't hope to find a more dedicated staff or a more experienced, knowledgeable and caring doctor than at Orchard Health Care."
John Gillespie
Patient, author,