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Stefan Flores, MD

13 years in practice

Emergency-medicine trained optimization physician focused on hormones, metabolic health, and athletic performance

Performance & RecoveryFunctional Medicine
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About

Stefan Flores, MD is a Columbia-trained, board-certified emergency physician working as a partnered provider on Marek Health's Guided Optimization platform. He completed emergency medicine residency at Highland Hospital, the UCSF-affiliated county trauma center in Oakland, then practiced for more than a decade across urban, rural, academic, Indian Health Service, and international settings. A former swimmer, basketball player, and rower who still lifts and runs, Flores brings an athlete's frame of reference to hormone, metabolic, recovery, and performance optimization.

What to Know

Signature approach

Flores brings emergency-medicine judgment to telehealth optimization: triage first, then protocol design. In Marek consults, that means separating urgent red flags from optimization targets, reading labs in the context of symptoms and training demands, and building around hormonal balance, metabolic function, recovery, and athletic performance.

What sets them apart

  • Broad emergency-medicine calibration. Columbia MD, Highland/UCSF residency, and experience across urban trauma, rural ERs, academic centers, Indian Health Service, and international settings.
  • Performance-facing clinical lens. His background as a swimmer, basketball player, rower, lifter, and runner gives him a practical reference point for recovery and training goals.
  • Active clinical range. Flores also runs Allostat Health in Scottsdale and has an A4M Longevity Medicine Fellowship in progress.

Before You Book

  • Provider matching. If you want Flores specifically, raise that preference during Marek intake.
  • Parallel practice. He also runs Allostat Health in Scottsdale, so Marek availability may vary by schedule.
  • Credential context. He is board-certified in Emergency Medicine; his A4M Longevity Medicine Fellowship is in progress.

Expertise

Focus areas

Performance & RecoveryFunctional Medicine

Patient types

Men 40+Executives & High PerformersEndurance AthletesGeneral Adult LongevityMetabolic & Weight Management

Protocols & technologies

Health optimization protocolsHormone optimizationAthletic performance optimizationMetabolic optimizationAdvanced diagnostic testingWeight Loss protocolsHolistic patient careEmergency medicine expertise

Conditions treated

5
  • Hormonal imbalances / feeling off

    Endocrine dysfunction

  • Low energy and fatigue

    Fatigue syndrome

  • Weight management difficulties

    Metabolic dysfunction / obesity

  • Declining athletic performance

    Performance optimization

  • Feeling older than my age

    Accelerated biological aging

Credentials

Education

  • MD

    Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons (2013)

Board certifications

  • Emergency Medicine

    American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM)

    Board certified in emergency medicine, the specialty focused on acute and urgent medical conditions.

Residency

  • Emergency Medicine

    Highland Hospital, University of California, San Francisco

Years in practice

13

NPI

1154768406

Affiliations

Staff Physician

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