Physician-Owned. Physician-Led. Medicine. Anywhere.

Our DNA

Who we are

Medicine. Anywhere.

Austere Medicine Consultants and AMC Medicine LTD are physician-owned and physician-led. Our team of doctors, Army healthcare providers, Special Forces medics, Ranger medics and other field-experienced subject matter experts have decades of experience in austere and operational medicine.

We are called to serve through the continued practice of medicine and to help others survive. We fulfil this mission by designing and delivering hospital-grade professional medical capability to individuals, groups, and organizations at fair prices and without gimmicks. We are MEDICINE. ANYWHERE.

What we do

One institution. Three capabilities.

Everything AMC delivers runs through the same physician-owned standard — whether shipped to your door, answering your call, or deployed with your team.

Products

Physician-Built FIELD KITS

Durably packaged field medicine supply — designed, reviewed, and approved by our team of physicians and field medical professionals.

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TelemedicineComing Soon

Remote Medical Support

A variety of telemedicine support from our board certified physicians will launch soon — built for travel, remote work, and the field.

Consulting

Operational Medicine

From virtual meetings to conduct Medical Threat and Capability Assessments to on site delivery of modular field hospitals. We deliver the best of American Medicine. Anywhere.

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Who we serve

Built for how you operate

The Professional Prepared Citizen

Professional is not a typo. It's a standard. The professional prepared citizen embodies a mindset of intelligence, confidence, competence, and benevolence. They know that preparedness is not about hoarding supplies but rather having the knowledge and capability to sustain their families, friends, and communities — and hold their medical preparation to the same high standard as the rest of their equipment.

You take preparedness seriously enough to want your medical capability to be designed and sourced by practicing physicians — not repackaged by a marketing company.

  • Intelligence
  • Confidence
  • Competence
  • Benevolence

Preparedness, practiced to a professional standard.

Travelers and Adventurers

Whether it's international travel, overlanding, expeditions, or the backcountry, trust our team to provide medical support wherever you go. Physician-built travel medical kits — and, coming soon, remote telemedicine support — designed for the places where the nearest clinic is a border, an ocean, or a mountain range away.

From pre-departure planning to the physician-built kit in your pack, your medical plan should be as reliable as your gear — built by physicians with decades of experience and supported by a gold standard team.

  • International Travel
  • Overlanding
  • Expeditions
  • Backcountry

Medicine that travels as far as you do.

Corporate and Organizational Teams

Duty of care doesn't pause at the trailhead or the job site. AMC supports ISO 31030-aligned travel risk management programs with physician-led medical planning, protocols, telemedicine coverage, and field medical supply for teams operating beyond immediate EMS reach.

From a single protocol review to a full medical branch, engagements scale to your operation — with physician oversight and documentation on which your duty-of-care program can rely.

  • ISO 31030
  • Duty of Care
  • Remote Worksites
  • Security and Production

Duty of care, delivered to a clinical standard.

Our standard

Physician-owned. Physician-led. Compliance-first.

AMC is owned and led by practicing physicians, and structured as a professional medical organization — not a startup.

Physician-owned

We have never taken venture capital. Clinical judgment at AMC answers to physicians — never to investors.

Compliance-first

LegitScript-certified, with every engagement structured to the laws of its jurisdiction. We never compromise our service.

American, hospital-grade

Quality American supplies — the same materiel we trust in hospital practice, durably packaged for the field.

Priced with integrity

Our business is professional expertise. Materiel is priced to cover the real costs of compliant handling — chain-of-custody, packing, storage, and inventory management.

The cadre

Built by people who practice in the field

Every field kit, formulary, and protocol we deliver is designed and reviewed by our cadre: physicians, Army healthcare providers, Special Forces medics, Ranger medics, and other field-experienced subject matter experts.

Hospital-grade medicine, packaged by the people who have delivered it far from a hospital — and who still do.

  • Decades of Experience
  • Physician Owner-Executives
  • Professional Field-Experienced Cadre
Leadership and structure

Two entities. One standard.

AMC Medicine LTD is the physician-owned medical practice — it governs every clinical service and protocol. Austere Medicine Consultants is the management services organization (MSO) that supports the practice with products, logistics, and operations. This structure ensures that only physicians and licensed providers deliver care — not venture capital.

Management services organization

Austere Medicine Consultants

Products, logistics, and operations — all NON-CLINICAL duties.

Matthew J. Bertini, MD, DABFM, FAOM

Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Matthew McClanahan, MD, ABIM

Officer

John McClanahan, DO, ABFM

Officer

Relationship strictly governed by Medical Services Agreement

The medical practice

AMC Medicine LTD

Physician-owned medical practice — all patient care

Matthew J. Bertini, MD, DABFM, FAOM

Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Matthew McClanahan, MD, ABIM

Chief Medical Officer

John McClanahan, DO, ABFM

Director of Pediatrics

Physician-Owned · Physician-Led · Compliance-First

The physicians

Matthew J. Bertini, MD — Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Matthew J. Bertini, MD

  • Diplomate, American Board of Family Medicine
  • Fellow, Academy of Operational Medicine
  • Licensed Physician and Surgeon, Illinois (IDFPR)

Founder and Chief Executive Officer

15 years clinical practice

  • Hospital Medicine
  • Operational Medicine
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Matthew McClanahan, MD — Chief Medical Officer, AMC Medicine LTD

Matthew McClanahan, MD

  • Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine
  • Licensed Physician and Surgeon, Illinois (IDFPR)

Chief Medical Officer, AMC Medicine LTD

16 years clinical practice

  • Hospital Medicine
John McClanahan, DO — Director of Pediatrics, AMC Medicine LTD

John McClanahan, DO

  • Diplomate, American Board of Family Medicine
  • Licensed Physician, Texas Medical Board

Director of Pediatrics, AMC Medicine LTD

18 years clinical practice

  • Family Medicine with emphasis on pediatrics
  • Mission Medicine

Austere
Medicine

Aus•tere Med•i•cine

A specialized branch of medicine

focusing on providing medical care in challenging, resource-constrained, or emergency situations. Its practice demands adaptability, ingenuity, and the ability to provide essential healthcare services with limited resources. Austere medicine practitioners often work in remote areas, disaster zones, conflict zones, or during expeditions where traditional medical infrastructure is unavailable or inadequate.

ResourcefulnessAdaptabilityPrioritizationTraining/Education
Where to go next

Put the institution to work

FIELD KITS

Durably packaged field medical supplies.

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Coming Soon

INLOCĪS

Board-certified physicians will be on call for your adventure.

Operational Medicine

Scalable medical support for teams and organizations

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