Most medicine treats disease.My practice optimizes you.
I read your whole biology against optimal ranges, not disease cutoffs, and correct what is off.
Daniel Tagge, MD
Board-certified · HOMe-certified
The Health Optimization Plan is a private six-minute read. The call is a free 30 minutes with Dr. Tagge.
Who this is for
For people who want to improve, not just manage.
- Your labs read normal, but you want optimal.
- You track your biology, and you want a physician who can synthesize the data.
- You want a physician who specializes in health, not a wellness brand.
- You want to detect what standard care misses, before it becomes a diagnosis.
The flagship
One workup. The whole picture.
The Precision Workup reads your whole biology at once: a complete blood panel, metabolomics, and microbiome, hundreds of biomarkers measured against optimal. Then a written plan and ninety days putting it to work with me.
How it works
Four rungs. One physician.
Education is free and open to anyone. From there, go as deep as you want: a single test, a focused program, or ongoing care.
- 01Education
Start with the signal.
Health Optimization, distilled. The free weekly Report and the library, open to anyone.
Get the Report - 02Testing
See what is going on.
The right panels, read against optimal ranges. The lowest-commitment way to start.
Browse testing - 03Programs
Fix it, with me.
A focused, time-bound engagement: testing, a plan, and direct access to me while we do the work.
See the programs - 04Membership
Keep going.
Ongoing care when you want a physician in your corner: the Partnership, or the year-long Longevity deep dive.
Explore membership
Education first
It’s noisy out there. This is the signal.
Optimization is buried in hype. Each week I read the research, keep what holds up, and write it plainly so you can act on it.
The Precision Health Report
One email a week: the research that matters, what it means, and what to do about it. Free. See a recent issue →
Curated by Dr. Daniel Tagge, board-certified physician and North Carolina’s only Health Optimization Medicine specialist.
Meet the Physician
Trained in disease. Practicing for health.
Hi. I’m Daniel Tagge. A husband, father, and third-generation physician. I trained at MUSC and completed my residency at Carolinas Medical Center. I spent years inside the conventional system trying to make it work before finally leaving to build a practice oriented around health, not disease.
I’m board-certified in family medicine and fully certified in Health Optimization Medicine, the only clinical framework built around a definition of health.
From patients
What patients say.
“I'm an optometrist who built and sold a practice. I know what good medicine looks like and I know what it costs to deliver it. I came to Daniel after trying everything. He found bottlenecks in my metabolism that nobody had even looked for. The work he does is a different category of medicine. If you're tired of being told everything looks fine, or you know your health could be better, start here.”
Matt V.
Optometrist, Practice Founder
“Dr. Tagge takes a different approach to the health system that is tailored specifically to the individual and does not group you with the masses based on standard data. He evaluates your metrics and creates a health plan that is just for you.”
Gordon G.
Gibson Properties LLC
“Dr Tagge was fantastic. He was approachable and professional, answering questions and outlining a plan- all while truly, actively listening. I didn't expect the level of care that he provided, but I'm confident in his assessment and the plan we have moving forward towards better health!”
Katie C.
Former Patient
“I'm an optometrist who built and sold a practice. I know what good medicine looks like and I know what it costs to deliver it. I came to Daniel after trying everything. He found bottlenecks in my metabolism that nobody had even looked for. The work he does is a different category of medicine. If you're tired of being told everything looks fine, or you know your health could be better, start here.”
Matt V.
Optometrist, Practice Founder
“Dr. Tagge takes a different approach to the health system that is tailored specifically to the individual and does not group you with the masses based on standard data. He evaluates your metrics and creates a health plan that is just for you.”
Gordon G.
Gibson Properties LLC
“Dr Tagge was fantastic. He was approachable and professional, answering questions and outlining a plan- all while truly, actively listening. I didn't expect the level of care that he provided, but I'm confident in his assessment and the plan we have moving forward towards better health!”
Katie C.
Former Patient
Questions
Common questions.
The horizon
Health is a long game.
This medical practice is built around your health. It rests on two beliefs. Medicine should be driven by your data. The relationship between physician and patient is where real change happens.
Some things in your biology shift fast. Energy, sleep, inflammation can move in weeks when you pull the right levers. The deeper work, your muscle, mitochondria, microbiome, resilience, takes years to build. The relationship that supports it has to last just as long.
Healthspan is the goal.
Longevity is its echo.