Executive Physical Basic and Specialized Services

It's a fact that health screenings save lives. Yet, statistics show that most adults do not have these routine exams that reduce their chances of developing heart disease, cancer, and other life-threatening illnesses.

Through UPMC's Executive Health Program, your company's executives can receive the following tests and screenings as a standard of their health care program.

Contact UPMC's Executive Health Program to make an appointment or learn more.

Basic Health Services

Overall Health Screenings

Medical History and Physical

• A comprehensive physical to determine general state of health.
• For the initial exam, UPMC specialists in internal medicine evaluate the executive's condition from the medical history and physical exam results.
• Other specialists may participate in the exam, such as:
  • Cardiologists
  • Radiologists
  • Gastroenterologists

Laboratory Studies

• A complete blood count, urinalysis, and chemistry profile checks for:
• Anemia
• Low-grade infections
• Diabetes
• Gout
• Liver disease
• Kidney disorders
• A blood lipid test determines the level of risk of atherosclerosis — the potential cause of poor circulation, heart disease, or stroke.
• A fecal occult test checks for possible gastrointestinal bleeding from tumors, polyps, or ulcers.

Sight and Hearing Tests

Visual Acuity and Tonometry Tests

• Determines if the executive needs glasses (or new glasses).
• Tests for color blindness and glaucoma.

Audiogram

• Evaluates hearing.

Cancer Screenings

Colonoscopy

• Checks the colon for:
• Ulcers
• Polyps
• Tumors
• Determines baseline condition.
• The Executive Health Program coordinates tests with the UPMC Digestive Disorders Center in Oakland.

Gender-specific Testing

• For men: a blood test detects a prostate-specific antigen — a marker for prostate cancer.
• For women:
  • A pap smear checks for signs of cervical cancer
  • A breast exam
  • A mammogram screens for breast cancer

Lifestyle Consultations

Nutrition Consults

• A nutritionist provides information for a healthy diet.

Body Composition Analysis

• Compares lean body weight with fat weight.

Exercise Evaluation

• Consults and assessments for developing a personalized fitness program.
• The assessment measures:
  • Cardiovascular endurance
  • Body composition
  • Muscular strength
  • Endurance
  • Flexibility

Stress Management Consults

• A counselor:
  • Discusses the negative health impact of not effectively coping with stress
  • Provides information on how to decrease the impact of stress on health

International Travel Services

• Researches the medical requirements of foreign countries and guidelines for travel.
• Consults on necessary prescriptions.
• Provides immunizations.

Additional Specialized Health Services

Bone Density Testing

• Determines the presence of bone loss (osteoporosis).

Cardiac Laboratory Panels

• Advanced blood tests (lipo a, homocysteine levels, VAP cholesterol) identify and treat genetically mediated metabolic disorders that contribute to heart and blood vessel disease.

Cardiopulmonary Stress Testing

• Simultaneously evaluates cardiovascular and pulmonary system functions.
• Monitor the body's metabolic activity.
• Allows doctors to make specific recommendations for exercise training and conditioning.

Echocardiography

• Noninvasive ultrasound technology:
  • Obtains a real-time image of the heart
  • Evaluates the function of the heart muscle and valves
  • Identifies any structural abnormalities

Electron Beam Computed Tomography (Coronary Artery CT Scan)

• Determines the presence and extent of calcium deposits in the coronary arteries.
• The Executive Health Program conducts this test offsite at a facility in Oakland.

Screening Carotid Duplex

• Studies the carotid arteries of the neck for atherosclerosis and risk of stroke.

Smoking Cessation

• Individual and/or group evaluations and consults provide techniques to quit smoking.