Frequently Asked Questions

The Cabell Clinic is a membership-based preventive and integrative cardiology practice in Brentwood, Tennessee, just south of Nashville in Williamson County. We keep our membership intentionally small so we have the time to detect imbalances early, address root causes across body, mind, and environment, and build the kind of long-term biological resilience conventional medicine rarely has the room for.

Dr. Cabell is a board-certified cardiologist (Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, and Nuclear Cardiology) with eighteen years of clinical experience inside large hospital systems. He trained at Vanderbilt and the University of Florida, and founded The Cabell Clinic to practice the kind of preventive, in-depth medicine he believes most people deserve.

Preventive cardiology focuses on detecting and correcting cardiovascular and metabolic imbalances years before they become disease. Integrative cardiology adds the layers that traditional care often leaves out, the nervous system, environment, story, hormonal health, and lifestyle inputs, so the strategy is built around the whole person, not just one organ.

Conventional cardiology is organized around a single question: is something wrong? We are organized around a different one, what is this biology capable of, and what is standing in the way? That means unhurried appointments, more advanced diagnostics, longitudinal tracking, and time to think alongside you, instead of ten-minute visits twice a year.

It's the simplest way to describe what we work on and why.

• Story, the lived experiences, patterns, and nervous-system architecture that shape your biology daily.
• Structure, the biomechanical, cardiovascular, and environmental foundations that determine how your body functions.
• Signals, what your chemistry, imaging, and biomarkers are telling us long before something becomes a diagnosis.
• Sovereignty, the destination: knowing your own biology well enough to trust it and lead it.

You've likely had standard workups come back 'normal,' but something still feels off, and you want a deeper level of investigation. You want to understand the why of your biology, not just follow instructions. You're taking the long view, investing in your health over years rather than weeks. And you're ready to engage actively, examine all the variables (sleep, environment, movement, stress), and partner with a physician who has the time and depth to think with you.

No. We are a specialty preventive and integrative practice. Most members keep an existing primary care doctor for routine acute care, prescriptions, and standard well visits. We coordinate with that physician where useful.

Please call 911 or go to your nearest emergency room. We aren't equipped for urgent or emergent care, and acute situations need immediate attention from the appropriate provider. Once you're stable, we may be a strong fit for the work that comes next.

A 20-minute phone or video conversation, no obligation. It's a chance for us to understand your starting point, for you to ask questions about the model, and for both sides to decide whether this is the right fit before any commitment.

Direct access to Dr. Cabell as a clinical partner (not through a portal or nurse line); ongoing care from your Health Integrator, who is your day-to-day point of contact; a multi-year diagnostic and longevity strategy built around your specific biology; coordinated access to a vetted network of specialists; and pricing transparency on labs, therapeutics, and supplements.

Year One is about understanding your biology and establishing a foundation. We complete advanced cardiovascular imaging and a comprehensive biological baseline, then work on the structural, environmental, and behavioral factors most medicine never assesses. By the end of year one, the data exists and the trajectory has changed. Years two and three deepen, refine, and personalize what we've built.

Roughly 2-4 hours per month of active engagement, appointments, coaching sessions, and your own daily practice. The model only works if you participate; passive delivery isn't what we do.

Where we can, testing, therapeutics, and supplements are offered very near the clinic's actual cost with minimal mark up. Some diagnostics and treatments are billed beyond the membership fee, but our financial interest is in your outcome, not in what you buy. In most practices, more prescriptions and procedures mean more revenue, a conflict of interest built into the model. Ours is built without it.

Your core team includes Dr. Cabell, your Health Integrator (Alex Ford), and our Operations Manager (Kristy Wright). Around that core sits a vetted clinical network, partners in oral-systemic dentistry, integrative psychotherapy, hormone optimization, environmental medicine, and functional movement, coordinated by Dr. Cabell when their expertise is relevant.

The practice is Medicare-participatory and in-network with major plans, so plan resources can be used where appropriate. That said, most of what we do falls outside what insurance covers, and your membership is paid directly. When a situation makes plan resources useful, we'll utilize them and collect the required copays per plan terms.

Many members do. HSA, FSA, and certain employer executive-health benefits can often be applied toward membership and clinical services. We recommend confirming with your benefits administrator or tax advisor for your specific situation.

105 Continental Place, Suite 160, Brentwood, TN 37027, in the Maryland Farms area, about 15 minutes south of downtown Nashville. Members come to us from Nashville, Franklin, and across Williamson County and Middle Tennessee, and some travel from farther across the Southeast.

No. Most of our members live in the Nashville area (Brentwood, Franklin, Belle Meade, Green Hills, and the surrounding counties), but membership is open to anyone willing to travel to Brentwood for in-person visits. Much of our ongoing communication happens through secure channels between visits.

Coordination happens through secure channels with our team. Appointments can be scheduled directly, and visits take place in person or by secure video when appropriate. You have direct access to your physician, not a portal or a nurse line.

Yes. All email, messaging, video calls, and document delivery happen through HIPAA-compliant platforms designed for medical practices.