“Annual physicals are important because it’s an opportunity to check in with a doctor and run any concerns by them that you might have. Anything that might have popped up in the last year, or maybe you haven’t had a physical in more than that. It’s never wrong to ask questions about your health. In general, annual physicals are about prevention, talking to a doctor, before you get sick, to see if there’s anything that you can do to stay as healthy as possible. We also manage chronic illnesses. So if you already have something, of course, it’s something that we would help you with. But in general, the annual physical is about prevention. Sometimes it requires blood tests. Sometimes it requires shots. Sometimes it requires more invasive procedures. But you would never know unless you went and checked in. So keeping that in mind, you don’t always have to have a needle in your arm every time you go to your physical. Try to go once a year, if anything just to chat.”
Camila Passias, MD is a board-certified primary care doctor at Mount Sinai Doctors Brooklyn Heights, seeing patients Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. She has a particular interest in women’s health and is fluent in Spanish. Mount Sinai Doctors Brooklyn Heights is a two-floor practice with a walk-in urgent care center and more than 35 specialties. Located at 300 Cadman Plaza West, the practice is situated on the 17th and 18th floors.