About Elevē Private Health
Meet Your Provider
I'm Karima Safsaf, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, a Board-Certified Family Nurse Practitioner and founder of Elevē Private Health.
I founded Elevē with a simple belief: healthcare should be personalized, proactive, and built on trust. Every client deserves the time, attention, and thoughtful clinical evaluation necessary to make informed decisions about their health.
Elevē Private Health is a direct-pay private health practice providing personalized private health oversight through an ongoing therapeutic relationship. Rather than focusing on isolated appointments or individual treatments, Elevē provides continuous guidance that evolves alongside each client's health over time.
By maintaining a focused practice, I am able to provide comprehensive evaluations, continuity of care, and individualized care tailored to each client's health priorities, and personal goals.
Many clients seek more than brief, transactional healthcare visits. They value having a trusted clinician who understands their health over time, provides thoughtful medical guidance, and serves as a consistent partner in their care. Elevē was created to provide that experience through personalized, evidence-based care delivered with professionalism, discretion, compassion, and respect.
My clinical focus includes preventive medicine, comprehensive laboratory evaluation, men's health, hormone health, sexual health, metabolic health, medical weight management, longevity-focused care, surgical optimization and recovery support, and personalized health planning.
I believe exceptional healthcare begins with trust, thoughtful communication, and continuity of care. My commitment is to build long-term therapeutic relationships that empower clients to make informed healthcare decisions with confidence.
Personalized • Discreet • Evidence-Based • Relationship-Centered • Private Health Oversight
Integrates evidence-based care with a compassionate approach and holistic perspective, drawing from both clinical practice and wellness disciplines to support personalized health and vitality.
Philosophy of Care
Healthcare should be individualized, evidence-based, and delivered with professionalism, discretion.
Elevē Private Health values thoughtful clinical evaluation, patient education, continuity of care, and shared decision-making. Every patient relationship is built on privacy, trust, and personalized attention.
At Elevē Private Health, every patient relationship begins with listening. Each evaluation is designed to develop a comprehensive understanding of your medical history, current health, lifestyle, concerns, and goals before recommendations are made.
Care is individualized according to clinical findings, current evidence based guidelines and accepted standards of care. Clients are encouraged to actively participate in shared decision-making by understanding their health, discussing appropriate treatment options, and selecting an approach that aligns with their values and health goals.
The practice emphasizes prevention, education, continuity, and thoughtful clinical guidance over time. Rather than concentrating solely on individual appointments, Elevē is founded on the belief that lasting therapeutic relationships support better-informed decisions, earlier intervention when appropriate, and a more personalized healthcare experience.
Areas of Clinical Focus
Elevē Private Health provides personalized care in the following areas and personalized to meet client's unique health needs and preferences.
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Surgical Optimization & Recovery Support includes medical preparation before surgery and personalized recovery guidance afterward, provided in collaboration with each patient's existing healthcare team when appropriate.
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Education & Credentials
Karima Safsaf, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC
Board-Certified Family Nurse Practitioner
Education
Post-Master’s Certificate, DePaul University - Family Nurse Practitioner
DePaul University
Master of Science in Nursing (MSN)
Lewis University
Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)
Mount Mercy University (Minor in Political Science)
Certification
Family Nurse Practitioner - Board Certified
American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
Certified Yoga Teacher (RYT-200)
Licensure
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN)
Registered Nurse (RN)
Honors & Professional Affiliations
Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing
Additional Training
200 - Hour Registered Yoga Teacher Training (RYT-200)