New Montage Medical Group family practice doctor specializes in compassion
Patients who are cared for by Montage Medical Group doctors can trust that they will receive high-quality, personalized, and compassionate care in a locally operated, community-oriented, and patient-focused environment. That’s why Montage Medical Group’s newest family practice doctor, Dr. Jeffrey Sasser-Brandt, chose to practice here.
Sasser-Brandt knew he wanted to care for others since he was young. He grew up with a love for animals large and small, and as a child he aspired to be a veterinarian. But as he navigated the social landscape of junior high school, he realized he had a knack and passion for developing connections and meaningful relationships with his peers.
Dr. Sasser-Brandt is exactly the kind of compassionate medical professional that we are proud and honored to have on our team. While we are eager to add more doctors to our team and increase access to care for our community, it is important that we partner with doctors who practice excellence in everything they do, and Dr. Sasser-Brandt fits that bill.
—Dr. Mark Carvalho, Chief Executive Officer of Montage Medical Group
That passion for social connection inspired the young Sasser-Brandt to shift his veterinary ambitions to study medicine. “I want to help everyone be the best versions of themselves they can possibly be,” Sasser-Brandt says. “Having a close connection with the community I care for is a priority.”
Before coming to Montage Medical Group, Sasser-Brandt worked for hospitals and healthcare systems that were local and community-based, as well as large-scale, “business-oriented” hospitals, as he describes. “The rigid and transactional nature of those big business hospitals left no room for human interpretation, connection, different schools of thought, and truly personalized care,” he says. “I knew I wanted to go back to an in-touch healthcare system that was woven into the fabric of the local area.”
Sasser-Brandt found just what he was looking for in the locally managed Montage Medical Group. “The innovative, forward-thinking, flexible, relationship-based, community-oriented, and nonprofit structure of Montage Medical Group empowers doctors to provide personalized care to each patient,” he says, “and facilitates doctor-patient relationship development which is critical to positive health outcomes.”
“Dr. Sasser-Brandt is exactly the kind of compassionate medical professional that we are proud and honored to have on our team,” says Dr. Mark Carvalho, Chief Executive Officer of Montage Medical Group. “While we are eager to add more doctors to our team and increase access to care for our community, it is important that we partner with doctors who practice excellence in everything they do, and Dr. Sasser-Brandt fits that bill.”
Sasser-Brandt has special interests in caring for HIV-positive patients, caring for the LGBTQAI+ community, and medical dermatology. “These patients are more than their diagnoses or their labels,” he says. “They are whole people who have lives, families, and social concerns, so it is vital to provide care in the context of what makes them who they are. I know what it is like to interact with a provider and not feel seen or heard, feel talked over, and pushed aside. I don’t let that happen to my patients.”
Even when he is not at work, Sasser-Brandt continues to care for the community. He has a long history of service, from boxing up meals on Thanksgiving Day and volunteering at homeless and animal shelters to more recently helping rejuvenate the fire-devastated communities in Lahaina through fundraising, material donations, and assisting local Lahaina artists in selling their artwork in California.
