Atlanta & Georgia
Dr. Christina Paul is a board-certified internal medicine physician practicing precision and longevity medicine. She is based in Atlanta, Georgia, and sees patients by video. This page is for people in metro Atlanta and elsewhere in Georgia who want to know how care works from here, and what to look for in any longevity physician.
Where the Practice Is Based
Extend Medical is an independent private practice based in Atlanta, Georgia. Consultations are by video. In-person visits are available by appointment for patients in Georgia. Care is private-pay. Inquire by clicking the Work with Dr. Paul button on this website.
The Practice: how care works →The Vocabulary
Longevity medicine, precision medicine, prevention-first medicine, healthspan, Medicine 3.0: different words, one idea. A longevity physician works on the years you live well, not only the years you live. That means finding the risks that build quietly over decades, in the heart and blood vessels, in metabolism, in the brain and in cancer risk, measuring them with more than a standard annual panel, and acting early, with lifestyle, targeted treatment where it is warranted, and follow-up over time.
Precision medicine means the plan is built from your own data and history rather than a protocol applied to everyone. Healthspan is the number of years lived in good health, which is the number this work is trying to move. Medicine 3.0 is a term some readers use for the same prevention-first approach: treating risk before it becomes disease, with the patient as an active participant.
Learn more about longevity medicine →Choosing Well
Longevity medicine is not a board-certified specialty, so the label on its own tells you little. This is what Dr. Paul would tell a friend to check, in Atlanta or anywhere else.
A licence in your state and board certification in a specialty, such as internal medicine. Both can be confirmed through the state medical board and the certifying board's public directory.
Each test should answer a question that changes the plan. A fixed panel can be a useful starting point; the question is what happens with the result.
A physician who can order and interpret testing, take responsibility for treatment decisions, and work alongside your other doctors.
Prevention is a follow-up discipline. Ask what happens between appointments, and who answers when a result comes back.
Metro Atlanta
For people in Buckhead, Sandy Springs, Brookhaven, Alpharetta, Johns Creek and Milton and across the city, care works the same way: consultations by video, results reviewed together on screen, and an in-person visit by appointment when it is useful. No drive across town for a routine follow-up.
Dr. Paul is a board-certified internal medicine physician with training in functional, integrative and longevity medicine, so the search for why a symptom is happening comes with physician-level clinical rigor.
See common questions and answers →Across Georgia
From Savannah, Augusta, Athens, Macon and Columbus or anywhere else in Georgia, care is by video. Blood work and imaging are ordered close to where you live wherever possible, and the results are reviewed with you on screen. An in-person visit in Atlanta can be arranged by appointment when it adds something a video visit cannot.
Testing Around Atlanta
Metro Atlanta has imaging centers that offer coronary artery calcium scoring and whole-body MRI, and clinics and performance labs that offer DEXA body composition scans and VO2 max testing. Dr. Paul does not run these tests. She decides with you which of them would change the plan, orders or recommends them, and reads the results in the context of everything else that is known about you.
If you have already had one of these tests, bring the report. It is reviewed as part of your care rather than as a report on its own.
Questions People Ask
No. Consultations are by video across all 50 states, so being in Atlanta or Georgia is a convenience for meeting Dr. Paul in-person, not a requirement. People who live outside the United States can still apply, and whether or how that can proceed is confirmed after you submit.
Consultations are by video. In-person visits are available by appointment for patients in Georgia.
Yes, where it helps. Dr. Paul can work alongside your primary care physician and specialists, in Atlanta or anywhere else, and coordinate with them so everyone stays aligned. She does not replace your primary care physician.
How care works →Close to where you live wherever possible. Blood work is drawn at a laboratory near you, imaging is booked at a center near you, and the results come back to Dr. Paul to review with you on screen.
Dr. Paul is a board-certified internal medicine physician with training in functional, integrative and longevity medicine, based in Atlanta, Georgia. She looks for why a symptom is happening, across systems, and brings physician-level clinical rigor to that investigation.
About Dr. Paul →Submit an inquiry and Dr. Paul will review it personally. You'll receive an email with the next steps.