Peter S. Dixon, MD

Physician

Dr. Dixon is a concierge internal medical physician with over 45 years experience in various medical settings. Adult primary care is the primary focus of his medical practice. The primary care part of his practice is very much hands-on. It operates on the concierge medicine principle.

Trained as a hematologist, specializing in diagnosing, treating, and preventing diseases related to blood, blood-forming organs (like bone marrow), and the lymphatic system, Dr. Dixon assesses each client’s bloodwork to determine areas of potential improvement that can be addressed while in the retreat program.”

Colleges and Universities

  • Carleton College, BA in Geology. 1974
  • Case Western Reserve University, Graduate courses. Fundamentals of Microbiology and
  • Biochemistry, 1976–1977
  • MD from Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine, 1982

Postgraduate Medical Training

  • Internship in General Surgery, University Hospitals, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 1982–1983
  • Medical Internship and Residency, Brown University, Miriam Hospital, 1986–1988
  • Research/Visiting Resident, Kuakini Hospital, University of Hawaii, October–November 1987
  • Chief Medical Resident, Brown University, Miriam Hospital, 1988-1989
  • Instructor in Internal Medicine, Brown University, 1989–1991
  • Fellowship in Hematology-Oncology, Brown University, 1989–1991
  • Fellowship in Hematology-Oncology, New England Medical Center, Boston, 1991–1992
  • Bone Marrow Transplant Fellow, New England Medical Center, Tufts University, 1992–1993

Clinical Experience

  • Private Practice, Concierge Care Internal Medicine since 2007, Essex, CT
  • Hematology/Oncology 1993–2008, Essex, CT
  • Privé-Swiss, Medical Consultant, since 2015, Essex, CT
  • Emergency Department Physician, Miriam Hospital, part-time, 1987-1989
  • Staff Physician, Emergency Medicine, Rowan Memorial Hospital, Salisbury, NC, 1983-1984
  • Founder and Director, University Suburban Urgent Care Center, Affiliated with University
  • Suburban Health Center and University Hospitals, Cleveland, OH, 1984–1986
  • House Physician at Kent County Memorial Hospital, Warwick, RI, part-time, 1987–1990
  • Director of HIV Program, Rhode Island Adult Correctional Institute, 1989–1991

Society Memberships and Hospital Boards

  • Fellow of American College of Physicians
  • Former member of American Society of Clinical Oncology
  • Former investigator in the CALGB clinical research trials program
  • Former member of Middlesex Hospital Hospice Committee
  • Former member of Middlesex Hospital Physicians Advisory Committee
  • Former member of the Medical Advisory Board of R.I. Project AIDS
  • Board certified in Internal Medicine: 1992. No. 128572.
  • Board eligible in Hematology
  • Board certified in Oncology: 1997. No. 128572.

Advisory Positions

  • Advisor to the Board of Directors of the Cunniff-Dixon Foundation since its inception in 2006

Director Position

  • Founder and President of Brave Hearts, Kind Souls, Inc., a non-profit charity funding care for persons and families with advanced illness and financial difficulties

It addresses the mind, body, and spirit. The program gives you tools and hope to face the future. You can go out into the real world again as a stronger and better person.

K., Executive from Denver
Read all testimonials