Meet your physician
Rita Shkullaku, MD
Making sense of prevention, cognitive health, and longevity through the lens of internal medicine.
Dr. Rita Shkullaku is a board-certified Internal Medicine physician and founder of Flourish Medical, a direct care practice centered on thoughtful, highly personalized medicine.
Her clinical interests include preventive medicine, cognitive health, longevity, nutrition, and complex medical care. She believes good medicine is not simply about treating disease or optimizing numbers—it is about understanding the whole person and helping patients make informed decisions that support the lives they want to lead.
Dr. Shkullaku brings that same perspective to Flourish Health Guide, where she shares practical, evidence-informed guidance on health, prevention, aging well, and the often-confusing world of wellness and longevity medicine.
Her goal is to make trustworthy medical information easier to understand—and more useful in everyday life.
For more of Dr. Shkullaku’s perspective beyond the exam room, follow @afteryourvisitmd on Instagram—where she continues the health conversations that often begin, but don’t end, with a doctor’s visit.
"The evidence matters. So does the person behind it."

- Board certification
- American Board of Internal Medicine
- Medical school
- Loma Linda University School of Medicine2009
- Residency
- University of Maryland Medical Systems2012
- Chief residency
- University of Maryland Medical Systems2013
- Practice model
- Direct-pay membership
- Location
- Edgewater, MD