The Full Story
About AFM
I didn’t start Arizona Foundational Medicine to open a business. I started it so I could practice medicine the way patients deserve.
The traditional system only allowed a few minutes with each person.
Schedules were packed, visits felt rushed, and too many medical
decisions were influenced by insurance requirements instead of patient
needs. I knew what many patients needed most was simple:
time, attention, and a doctor who truly knew them.
My perspective changed even more after spending nearly six years
dealing with my own health issues. Being on the patient side taught me
how frustrating and confusing healthcare can feel, and how much it
matters when a clinician actually listens and takes the time to
understand the whole story.
Arizona Foundational Medicine was built to restore that relationship.
Here, you are not a number on a schedule. You have direct access to
your clinician, longer visits, and thoughtful care focused not only on
treating illness, but on understanding and preventing it.
I created this practice so medicine could feel human again; the way I would want it for my own family, and the way I once needed it myself.
-Dr. Timothy Cheves
About Dr. Timothy Cheves
DMSc, PA-C
Schools:
-University of Arizona
-Emory University
-Yale University
-Butler University
Work:
-NYC Covid Crisis Response Team
-Critical Care
-Neurosurgery and level 1 neurotrauma
-Neurocritical care
-Family Medicine / Internal Medicine
-Integrative medicine
-Urgent Care
Rotations:
-Family Medicine
-Psychiatry
-OB/GYN
-Internal Medicine
-Emergency Medicine
-Vascular Surgery
-Pulmonary / Critical Care
-Cardiology
-Radiology
-Pediatrics
-General Surgery
Mission
This is a calling. Not a profession. Our mission is to practice medicine the way it used to be; the way it was meant to be — with time to listen, freedom to act in the patient’s best interest, and a lasting relationship between doctor and patient.
Vision
Our vision is to be part of a renewal of medicine where clinicians are free to place compassion and patient needs above corporate pressures, and where patients once again know and trust their physician. We hope to inspire others in healthcare to return to relationship-centered care, to serve our community with regular opportunities for charitable care, and to grow into a place where patients can receive comprehensive, coordinated care under one roof.
