Adding “Thrive” Years to Lives w/ Community-Based, 5-Prong Approach: Interview with Dr. Gordon Chen, ThriveWell

In this compelling interview, Dr. Gordon Chen tells us how he and his wife, Dr. Jessica Chen, are working to add “Thrive” years to people’s lives through their new organization, ThriveWell. 

A ThriveYear is an additional year of health span attained through optimized health, wellness, and purpose. 

Gordon and Jessica spent 20 years working to transform primary care at ChenMed. Through his father’s journey being misdiagnosed with a terminal cancer, Gordon and Jessica became inspired to help seniors live longer, better quality lives, and through ThriveWell, they’re scaling the process. 

He says that behavior change is one of the most critical components of adding Thrive years. Gordon also shared that care based on relationships and outcomes can help lower hospitalization rates by 230-50%, helping patients living 5-7 years longer than they otherwise might have. 

Check out the full interview to hear more about Gordon’s journey, and how ThriveWell is focusing on 5 areas - personal, community, physical, nutritional, spiritual -

 to help people reverse disease and add ThriveYears.

Dr. Gordon Chen is the CEO and Co-Founder of ThriveWell, and a founding family member and former Chief Medical Officer at ChenMed.

Topical time codes:

1:04 - About the journey at ChenMed and to ThriveWell

5:50 - Community focus

11:21 - Five focus areas for impact

16:18 - Goal to add 20,000 ThriveYears in each community they serve

21:27 - Optimizing care and reversing disease

Connect with Dr. Gordon Chen: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drgordonchen/  

Learn more about ThriveWell: https://www.thrivewell.com