Dr. Nerissa Prieto, MD

Concierge Aesthetic Medicine physician, Chico, CA

Dr. Prieto is the owner and medical director of Privvy Modern Health and has contributed to the health and well-being of the Chico community since 2007.

1950 E. 20th St., Unit E523, Chico, CA 95928

At a glance

Practice model

Physician-led concierge medicine

Years in Chico

Since 2007

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About Dr. Prieto

Dr. Prieto earned a B.A. in Psychobiology at Wellesley College and an M.S. from UCLA with emphasis in cellular physiology and neuroscience. She completed medical school, a surgical internship and an anesthesiology residency at Rutgers. In 2007 she finished an ICU fellowship at Stanford.

She owns and is medical director of Privvy Modern Health, which she founded. Privvy Modern Health is a physician-led concierge medicine practice. Concierge patients get direct access to Dr. Prieto, with extended visits and follow-through.

She personally performs every CO2 laser resurfacing session and every filler and neuromodulator injection there. Her current clinical interests are regional pain management and ketamine infusion therapy. Her time at Stanford, where integrative therapies were welcomed into the everyday care of critically ill patients, led her to look for practical options to offer patients outside the OR and ICU.

She has contributed to the health and well-being of the Chico community since 2007.

Membership and fees

Privvy Modern Health is a physician-led concierge medicine practice.

Concierge patients get direct access to Dr. Prieto, with extended visits and follow-through.

Services

Regional pain management Ketamine infusion therapy CO2 laser resurfacing Filler injections Neuromodulator injections

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Education and credentials

Degree

MS, UCLA (cellular physiology and neuroscience)

College

Wellesley College (BA, Psychobiology)

Medical school

Rutgers (formerly Robert Wood Johnson Medical School)

Internship

Surgery, Rutgers

Residency

Anesthesiology, Rutgers

Fellowship

Intensive care, Stanford (2007)

Board certification

Anesthesiology

License

Verify with the Medical Board of California

Hospital and practice affiliations

Owner and medical director, Privvy Modern Health

Founder, Privvy Modern Health and Privilege Medical, Inc

Director of clinical trials, FACTORFIVE Skincare

Privileges at multiple surgical centers in Chico

Location

1950 E. 20th St., Unit E523, Chico, CA 95928

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Recognition and research

Teaching and research roles

Conducted award-winning research as a fellow at Stanford

One of her publications on treating alcohol withdrawal in the ICU continues to be referenced by other authors as seminal research

As an undergraduate, contributed to research in neuroscience, psychiatry and the molecular biology of neurologic disease at MIT and Harvard

Publications

Published author in anesthesia journals

Authored a book chapter on the surgical management of skin and soft-tissue cancers

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Questions patients ask

Does Dr. Prieto offer a membership?

Privvy Modern Health is a physician-led concierge medicine practice. Concierge patients get direct access to Dr. Prieto, with extended visits and follow-through.

Where did Dr. Prieto train?

Dr. Prieto completed medical school, a surgical internship and an anesthesiology residency at Rutgers. She completed an ICU fellowship at Stanford in 2007.

Where is Dr. Prieto's office?

Dr. Prieto owns Privvy Modern Health and has contributed to the health and well-being of the Chico community since 2007.

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