The Lown Cardiology Group earned the Editor’s Choice Award for 2022-24 as Distinguished Physician Leaders in Concierge Medicine, a biennial honor bestowed by Concierge Medicine Today (CMT), the industry’s oldest and most respected trade publication. This uniquely meaningful honor is given every two years to less than one percent of doctors across the U.S. and the world who have made a significant impact on and contribution to concierge medicine.

“What all the physicians chosen have in common however is their curiosity to learn more about medicine, their great big heart for serving patients and their irresistible desire to be a leader when their patients and the healthcare marketplace at-large asks them to step up to the challenge,” says CMT Editor Michael Tetreault. “Not only have they met this leadership challenge, they’ve sent back maps for others to follow and left their mark along the way.”

Lown’s five cardiologists – Drs. Brian Bilchik, Charles M. Blatt, Alyson Kelley-Hedgepeth, Dara Lee Lewis and Shmuel Ravid – were praised for continuing the group’s history of compassionate care, building better relationships with patients and focusing more on preventive medicine and wellness with the concierge medicine model.

According to CMT: “The Lown Cardiology Group has long established an extraordinarily high standard for superior quality, non-invasive cardiovascular care, and are now redefining the concierge space.”  Among their list of differentiators are: a newly launched cardiology screening package and concierge membership program specifically developed for women; an ongoing series of free webinars for community education; continued contributions to the profession by Drs. Lewis and Kelley-Hedgepeth as blog writers for Harvard Health newsletter; and active participation in educating future generations.



Concludes Catherine Sykes, publisher of CMT: ”We are proud of every doctor named to this ‘Distinguished Physician Leaders in Concierge Medicine’ list. This select group of physicians are exemplars of a modern era of healthcare delivery representing old-fashioned values and contemporary leadership.”