Forge Performance Medicine | Physician-Led Precision Performance
Forge Performance Medicine

Mind. Body. System.

Most doctors treat symptoms. We treat the operating system underneath them.

Three cornerstones — nervous system recalibration, calibrated diagnostics, continuous monitoring — delivered by emergency physicians. For professionals in the fight, and the ones asking what comes next.

Who We Serve

For the Professionals in the Fight.

Different roles. Balancing the sympathetic nervous system that carried you here will determine how the next 50 years feel.

Health Care Providers

ER, trauma, surgery, critical care. Mid-career through pre-retirement.

Military & Special Operations

Active duty and veteran. Professionals who deployed long, recovered little, and are still going.

First Responders & Law Enforcement

EMS, flight teams, tactical medics, patrol, SWAT, federal agents.

Backcountry & Endurance Athletes

Bowhunters, mountaineers, ultra runners, expedition climbers. The work doesn't end at the trailhead.

Founders & Executives

Leaders running on pressure. The career compounded. So did the load.

Professionals Re-Calibrating

Late-career professionals winding down the run. Looking for balance, agency, and what comes next.

The Problem

An Unbalanced Nervous System Runs the Show.

Resilience is something we never thought we'd need in residency or special operations. It's not soft — it's the foundation of agency, of gathering power back into your own system.

Sympathetic Dominance

Fight-or-flight, on by default.

Where most professionals live.

  • 01
    Metabolic Dysfunction Insulin resistance, weight gain, energy crashes.
  • 02
    Hormonal Disruption Cortisol elevated. Testosterone, thyroid, and sex hormones suppressed.
  • 03
    Cardiovascular Strain Elevated resting heart rate. Inflammation. Long-term cardiac risk.
  • 04
    Sleep Collapse Deep sleep disappears. REM shortens. Recovery never completes.
Parasympathetic Engaged

Rest-and-repair, on by design.

The Forge target state.

  • 01
    Metabolic Recovery Insulin sensitivity restored. Steady energy across the day.
  • 02
    Hormonal Restoration Cortisol regulated. Testosterone, thyroid, and sex hormones return to range.
  • 03
    Cardiovascular Repair Lower resting heart rate. HRV improves. Inflammation drops.
  • 04
    Deep Sleep Restored Deep and REM cycles complete. Body and brain repair on schedule.
The Forge Promise

We identify the imbalances before they become the symptom — burnout, fatigue, anxiety.

The Forge Method

Three Cornerstones. One Custom Protocol.

We identify the operating system and calibrate the diagnostics and monitoring around it.

01 Cornerstone

Nervous System Recalibration

Structured 60 to 90 minute sessions with your physician. We identify the spiritual and parasympathetic barriers holding the system in fight-or-flight, so recovery can actually begin. The work that determines whether the rest of the protocol holds.

The Inner Work
02 Cornerstone

Calibrated Diagnostics

Customized for your unique physiology, genetic make-up, metabolic, endocrine, and cardiovascular needs. One size does not fit all. Read against your nervous system context — not a population average.

The Evidence
03 Cornerstone

Continuous Monitoring

Daily biometric signal via Garmin. Sleep, recovery, training load, HRV — read by your physician and calibrated to your protocol.

The Signal
The Deliverable

Your Playbook.

Intensive sessions with your physician. Diagnostics in parallel. From those inputs we build your personal field manual — calibrated to your biology and how you actually live.

The Forge Playbook — physical field manual, the deliverable from your Forge Method protocol.
What's Inside

A field manual organized around the three cornerstones.

  1. 01

    The Inner Work

    Your nervous system regulation protocol. The specific work, sequenced and scheduled, that the rest of the plan is built around.

  2. 02

    Your Baseline

    Full biomarker map, body composition, cardiopulmonary capacity, history. Read in the context of what the inner work surfaced, not against a population average.

  3. 03

    The Protocol

    Targeted clinical interventions, supplementation, training load, and recovery prescriptions, calibrated to both the baseline and the inner work.

  4. 04

    The Signal

    What we're tracking on your wearable, what each metric means for you specifically, and when we adjust.

  5. 05

    The Road Map

    Quarterly recalibration plan. Annual reassessment. The next thirty years on paper.

The Tribe

The Work Isn't Only Individual.

Forge connects you to other professionals running the same protocol.

Sustainable change isn't discovered alone. Successful clients are the ones connected to others doing the same work. Forge is built around that tribe.

01
Group Sessions Small-format sessions with other Forge clients. Same protocol, different lives.
02
In-Person Retreats Real-life gatherings. Adventure. Recovery. Calibration in the field.
03
Daily Challenges The Forge Challenge App. Group challenges, accountability, and weekly check-ins. Download on the App Store →
The Forge tribe — professionals connected through the same work.
Program Tiers

Three Levels of Access.

Every Forge member receives the same clinical rigor. What changes is the depth of access.

Tier 01

Forge Core

Build the Foundation

Access Level

Email · 48-hour response

What's Included

  • Comprehensive initial assessment
  • Monthly physician visits
  • Basic labs
  • VO₂ max testing (annual)
  • Baseline EKG
  • Personalized Forge Playbook
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Tier 03

Forge Executive

Operate at Peak

Access Level

On-demand physician access

What's Included

  • Everything in Elite
  • Quarterly deep dives
  • DEXA, CGM, advanced labs
  • Full performance optimization plan
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The Physicians

Forty Years. On the Front Line.

Two emergency physicians built the Forge Method around what they learned treating high-stakes lives in crisis. The Method is the product.

Dr. David Hile, MD. Co-founder, Forge Performance Medicine.

Dr. David Hile, MD

Co-Founder & Physician

20+ years in emergency medicine. US Army Special Operations physician (Bronze Star). Academic faculty at Yale and Johns Hopkins. Spent two decades reading what high-performance bodies do under stress — and what breaks. Forge is the practice he built around what actually holds up.

Experience 20+ Years ER
Medical School Ohio State, MD
Academic Yale & Johns Hopkins
Service US Army SOF · Bronze Star
Dr. Ben Peery, MD. Co-founder, Forge Performance Medicine.

Dr. Ben Peery, MD

Co-Founder & Physician

20+ years in emergency medicine. Former ED Medical Director. Five years as a SWAT medic. Built his career treating frontline workers, military, law enforcement, and high performers in crisis — now treating them before the crisis hits.

Experience 20+ Years ER
Medical School U Colorado, MD
Leadership Former ED Medical Director
Tactical 5 Years SWAT Medic
Frequently Asked

You ask. We answer.

Membership, pricing, diagnostics, and what's actually included. No fluff.

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  • Three tiers, differentiated by access and depth of ongoing optimization. Every tier includes comprehensive diagnostics, your personalized protocol, and direct physician contact. Pricing is discussed on your consultation call.

  • Concierge primary care gives you better access to a generalist. Longevity clinics run lab protocols without an ongoing physician relationship. Forge runs a structured method — nervous system regulation, calibrated diagnostics, and continuous monitoring — delivered by physicians who built it around what holds up under load.

  • Yes. Forge is not a replacement for insurance — keep your coverage for emergencies, specialists, and hospitalization. We handle primary care, optimization, and the daily relationship. Your insurance handles everything else.

  • Depends on your tier. Core: email, 48-hour response. Elite: direct physician messaging. Executive: on-demand access. Every tier means direct physician contact — not a nurse line, not a portal queue.

  • Advanced bloodwork (lipids, hormones, metabolic, inflammation), DEXA, VO₂ max, resting metabolic rate, EKG, and full history intake. Reviewed together by your physician to build your baseline. Not delivered as a PDF dump.