Eli J. Hammer, M.D., is the Medical Director and founder of the Hammer Institute For Anti-Aging Medicine. Dr. Hammer, received his BSE in biomedical engineering at the University of Pennsylvania and earned his medical degree from Rutgers Medical School in New Jersey in 1986. He completed his Family Practice residency in 1989 at Phoenix Baptist Hospital in Phoenix. For more than 10 years, he operated a successful Family Medicine practice in Scottsdale, Arizona before opening the Hammer Institute to exclusively practice Anti-Aging Medicine in 2000.

In its practice of anti-aging medicine, The Hammer Institute functions with these goals for their clients:

• to improve current health
• prevent age-related diseases
• improve an individual’s quality of life

Towards this end, anti-aging medicine, then, has four components:
1. Maintaining healthy nutritional habits
2. Cultivating regular, moderate exercise
3. Maintaining appropriate nutritional supplementation
4. Undergoing HRT with bio-identical hormones for optimal results

At the Hammer Institute, anti-aging medicine might be summed up as the following practices:
1. Healthy diet habits
2. Proper exercise routine
3. Optimal nutritional supplementation
4. Bio-identical hormone restoration

All clients receive a complimentary 30-minute consultation with Dr. Hammer, to determine what the health issues and goals are for each client and if anti-aging medicine is the appropriate way to address those concerns.

Next, the patient undergoes a comprehensive battery of tests to measure hormones, markers for diseases, a chemistry profile and blood cell count.

This evaluation includes family medical history, physical exam (although breast and pelvic exams are not performed at the institute), and body fat composition.

Later, a special program is created for each patient based on this evaluation. The program may include HRT, changes to diet, exercise, nutritional supplementation and any other additional testing.

Dr. Hammer conducts a patient follow-up every 3 months with blood tests to see how the body is responding to the HRT program. Maintenance checkups may be done at 6 to 12 months.

Bioidentical hormones used in the program might include human growth hormone (HGH), testosterone, estrogen, progesterone, thyroid, DHEA, Pregnalone, melatonin and cortisol.

Phone: (480) 563- 0059 • Website • 9377 East Bell Rd., Ste. 207, Scottsdale, AZ 85260