When medical decisions feel overwhelming, you don’t have to navigate them alone.
Serious illness and complex medical decisions can leave people struggling to make high-stakes choices without a clear path forward. IPIC provides physician-led medical decision support to help individuals and families understand their options, clarify what matters most, and make choices they can live with.
— You May Be Here Because —
You’ve received new, complex, or conflicting medical information.
You’re being asked to make a decision with uncertain outcomes.
You’re making choices for someone you love.
You want to think ahead before decisions become urgent.
If any of this sounds familiar, you are not alone — and support can make these moments feel more manageable. If you’d like to see whether your situation fits, you can learn more about who IPIC works with.
WHAT IPIC OFFERS
IPIC offers thoughtful, structured decision support during moments when clarity feels hard to find.
This work often involves:
Slowing the moment so decisions don’t feel rushed
Translating medical language into clear, understandable terms
Creating space to explore values, priorities, fears, and hopes
Supporting families through difficult conversations
The goal is not to tell you what to choose, but to help decisions feel more grounded, aligned, and easier to live with over time.
— WHAT MAKES IPIC DIFFERENT —
Experience
Deep clinical experience across internal medicine, critical care, oncology, and palliative care — applied with careful attention to each individual situation.
Commitment
A commitment to understanding what matters most to you, so medical information and choices are considered in the context of your values, priorities, and circumstances.
Compassion
The compassion and steadiness people need when navigating illness, uncertainty, and high-stakes decisions.
About Us
IPIC was founded by Sharona Sachs, MD, an experienced physician whose career has focused on helping individuals, families, and clinicians navigate complex medical decisions with clarity and respect for what matters most.
You don’t need to have everything figured out to begin.
A first conversation can help clarify whether and how IPIC might be useful for your situation.