Everyday & preventive care
Annual physicals, vaccinations, screenings — and the small questions, before they become big ones.
Private primary care — Beacon Hill, Boston
Medicine that makes time for you.
Aster Health is a small private practice — two physicians, a six-hundred-patient cap, and thirty-minute visits that start on time.
- Same-week appointments
- 30-minute visits
- On-site labs
- Most major plans accepted
Why Aster
Most primary care runs on eight-minute visits and full waiting rooms. We built Aster around a different number: thirty.
A deliberately small panel means your doctors actually know you — your history, your family, the way you prefer to be spoken to. Appointments start on time, run half an hour, and end with a plan in writing.
- A 600-patient cap per physician — roughly a third of the national average.
- Messages answered by your doctor the same day — not a call center.
- If we run more than ten minutes late, the visit is on us.
What we care for
One practice for most of
what your health needs.
And honest, hand-held referrals for the rest.
Chronic conditions
Blood pressure, diabetes, asthma, thyroid — managed closely, adjusted often, explained clearly.
Women’s health
Well-woman exams, contraception, menopause medicine, and screening you never have to chase.
Mind & sleep
Anxiety, low mood, burnout, insomnia — treated as medicine, because they are.
Same-day sick care
Sore throats, sprains, stitches, infections. Call before noon and be seen today.
Labs & diagnostics
Blood draws, EKGs, and spirometry on site — results explained within a day, in plain English.
The visit
Thirty minutes,
start to finish.
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0:00
The hello.
The front desk greets you by name and you’re in a room within five minutes. Our waiting room is mostly decorative.
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0:05
The unhurried part.
Half an hour with your physician, door closed, no hand on the doorknob. Bring the whole list of questions — that’s what the time is for.
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0:35
Before you leave.
Labs drawn down the hall, prescriptions sent, follow-ups booked — and your plan in writing, in your inbox by evening.
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+1 day
The follow-through.
Your doctor — not a portal robot — messages you with results in plain English and clear next steps.
Your physicians
Two doctors.
One standard of unhurried care.
Maya Rowan, MD
Internal medicine · Co-founder
Trained at Columbia and Mass General, Dr. Rowan spent a decade inside a 3,000-patient panel before co-founding Aster to practice the way she was taught medicine should feel.
Special interests Complex chronic care, cardiometabolic health, menopause medicine.
Elias Boone, MD
Family medicine · Co-founder
A UCSF- and Brigham-trained family physician, Dr. Boone cares for patients from age five to ninety-five — often three generations of the same household.
Special interests Preventive cardiology, sports medicine, anxiety and sleep.
The office
Designed to lower
your blood pressure.
Natural light, quiet rooms, no fluorescent hum. Coffee and tea instead of daytime television.
“My kids ask to go to the doctor. I don’t know what to tell you.”
What patients say
“For the first time in my adult life, my doctor called me back the same afternoon. I assumed it was a mistake.”
“They caught what two urgent cares missed — because someone finally sat still long enough to listen.”
“Thirty minutes is not a gimmick. We talked about my heart, my sleep, and my father’s history. Then we made a plan.”
Insurance
Coverage,
minus the maze.
We bill most major plans directly. No membership fees, no surprise facility charges — and if something won’t be covered, we tell you before we do it.
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Aetna
- Cigna
- UnitedHealthcare
- Harvard Pilgrim
- Tufts Health Plan
- Medicare
- Mass General Brigham Health Plan
Questions
Asked often,
answered honestly.
Yes — we keep roughly five percent of our panel open. New-patient visits are a full hour and are usually available within two weeks.
One of our physicians is always on call. Call the main line and you’ll reach a doctor who can read your chart — not an answering service.
Yes — for follow-ups, results reviews, mental health, and anything that doesn’t need hands. Video visits book the same way as office visits.
We coordinate closely with Mass General and Brigham & Women’s, and we’ll quarterback any specialist care wherever it happens.
There’s a validated garage on Charles Street, two minutes away — and we’re a five-minute walk from the Charles/MGH T stop.
New patients
Your doctor should
know your name.
Book a sixty-minute new-patient visit, or call and talk to a human. We still answer our own phone.
Hours & location
| Mon–Thu | 8:00 – 18:00 |
|---|---|
| Fri | 8:00 – 16:00 |
| Sat | 9:00 – 13:00 |
| Sun | Physician on call |
Beacon Hill, Boston, MA 02108 Directions ↗