My DPC Story

BONUS EPISODE: Incorporating Lifestyle Medicine Into YOUR Practice! Today’s Episode is Brought to you by The American College of Lifestyle Medicine and is part of our partner spotlight series. Lifestyle Medicine is a medical specialty that uses therapeutic lifestyle interventions as a primary modality to treat chronic conditions including, but not limited to, cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabet...

Episode 94: Dr. Amy Mechley of Integrated Family Care - Cincinnati, OH Dr. Amy Mechley was the first physician in her region to become board-certified in Lifestyle Medicine. She found Lifestyle Medicine enabled her to take her over two decades of doctoring to the next level as it enabled her to build a clinic, with her DPC partner Dr. Glass, around patient relationship-based care, prevention and w...

Episode 93: Dr. Jade Norris of Nspire Primary Care - Las Vegas, NV Dr. Jade planned and then opened her DPC, Nspire Primary Care , starting while in residency. She truly is an inspiration to those who are looking to do the same and she shares about her strategy, resources and lessons learned along the way. In today's conversation, Dr. Jade also highlights how she harnesses her social media pr...

Episode 92: Dr. Kristamarie Collman of Prōse Medical & Wellness - Orlando, FL Dr. Kristamarie Collman comes to the pod today and shares about her journey in medicine, DPC and being a social media game changer! From her foundational days in medicine, she shares how finding others to believe and mentor her early on was difficult to find and she talks about how she co-created a Non-Profit for und...

Episode 91: Dr. Aleea Gupta of Family First Direct Primary Care - Hinsdale, IL Dr. Gupta had been in practice for decades before she opened Family First DPC. Starting with one patient, she has grown to a full panel and she has built a practice that works for her and her goal to work part-time. She shares how she grew her panel by engaging with her community and then converting those engagements in...

BONUS EPISODE: A My DPC Story Fireside Chat with Dr. Una Dr. Una, as she is lovingly known by most, is the host of the EntreMD podcast and founder of EntreMD Business School. She is also a speaker, author and regular contributor to Forbes. And recently released the book The EntreMD method - A proven roadmap for doctors who want to live life and practice medicine on their terms   She has already he...

Episode 90: Dr. Katrice Brooks of Quench Clinic - Wauwatosa, WI Dr. Brooks is truly an inspiration to all and it shines in today's interview. She shares how her journey into DPC was really impacted by the My DPC Story podcast and how she has taken the tips and wisdom from previous guests and has created her own DPC, Quench Clinic where she works tirelessly to make every patient feel seen and...

A Preview to the DPC Summit in Kansas City, MO featuring Dr. Vance Lassey, President of the DPC Alliance and Owner of Holton Direct Care in Holton, KS. -Check out the Details HERE to REGISTER for either the in person or livestream option! -Medical Students & Residents: email dpc@aafp.org for an exclusive discount! Get your DPC SWAG HERE ! --------------------- Support the show GET your FREE MO...

Episode 89: Dr. Allison Edwards of Kansas City Direct Primary Care - Kansas City, KS A DPC veteran, Dr. Allison Edwards is one of the most outspoken physicians when it comes to reforming healthcare. In today's episode, Dr. Edwards reflects on her time at KC DPC and discusses the recent merger with another local DPC. She talks about entrepreneurship beyond DPC and about how to attempt balancin...

Episode 88: Dr. Ashlee Hendry of Mid-South DPC - Petal, MS Dr. Hendry is a Mississippi native who returned to open the FIRST DPC in Petal, MS. Unhappy with her fee for service job, she pivoted quickly to open and had over 200 patients enroll in the first quarter after opening! She shares her incredible story including how she grew her panel so quickly, how she marketed her practice and how she fou...

Episode 87: Dr. Vicky Borgia of Radiance Medical Group - Philadelphia, PA ***NOTE: Today's episode contains some content that may not be suitable for all audience members. Please note this if there are certain listeners around.*** Dr. Vicky Borgia shares her story as to how she is able to be an advocate for equal access to healthcare for all in today's episode. She shares how she opened...

Episode 86: Dr. Erica Young of Relief Direct Primary Care - Whitemarsh Island, GA In today's episode, Dr. Young  shares how she went from being a public school teacher to med school and then how she was able to open directly out of residency. She knew very early on in her medical career that DPC was the only way she could practice autonomously in her community. She shares how her DPC supports...

Episode 85: Dr. Tiffanny Blythe (She/Her) of Blue Lotus Family Medicine - Lee's Summit, MO Dr. Blythe shares about how she has been able to combine her love of medicine and people into her practice, Blue Lotus Family Medicine, which opened in 2017. She shares about what life looked like and how she was considering leaving medicine all together because she was so unhappy. She talks about using...

Episode 84: Dr. Kyle Adams of Auburn DPC - Auburn, AL We are kicking off PRIDE at My DPC Story by welcoming Dr. Kyle Adams to the podcast! He is from Georgia and is practicing in Alabama where gender-affirming care has been further restricted in recent weeks. He shows that in an arguable desert for both DPC and affirming care, the relationship-based DPC model gives him the ability to give quality...

Episode 83: Dr. John Sanders of Voyage DPC - Orem, UT Dr. Sanders takes us on his journey from serving as a rural family physician in fee for service in Moab, UT to opening Voyage DPC from the ground up.  In this conversation he speaks about how all he does is driven by his why, which includes playing pickle ball, and how his why has allowed him to grow his DPC as an example for others seeing to j...

Episode 82: Dr. Christina Doll (She/Her) of Revival DPC - York, PA Dr. Doll explains how she 'chose her hard' and how she reaffirms that DPC was the right choice for her. She talks about how she received one of the coveted Amber Grants for Women and how she has built this personalized magazine photoshoot-ready clinic by being smart about how she spends her funds. She shares about incorpo...

Dr. Ga Geong (Jenny) Lee (She/Her) of Sunny Health DPC - Las Vegas, NV Dr. Lee shares today about how she went from an employed position in Las Vegas, her first job out of residency and fellowship, to opening her own DPC, Sunny Health DPC and how she didn't know she didn't appreciate fully what autonomy meant to her until it was threatened to be taken away. In today's episode she al...

Episode 80: Dr. Kyle Hampton of Arktos Direct Care - Ft. Collins, CO Dr. Kyle Hampton joins us today to share about his DPC journey highlighting what it was like to open his own DPC while still being employed. He shares what it has been like to add services that compliment the DPC branch of the practice and he also introduces us to what it means to be a Nextera affiliate and how he balances life n...

PARTNER SPOTLIGHT EPISODE: Get To Know Elation , The Clinical First EHR, with Dr. Sara Pastoor & Dr. Rebecca Byard. In primary care today, physicians face unsustainable pressure to balance patient care with compliance & documentation requirements. Elation Health alleviates that burden and allows independent practices and primary care organizations to focus on what’s most important: providi...

BONUS EPISODE: Preview to the 2022 Hint Summit in Denver, CO - June 7-9th Hint Summit brings together Direct Primary Care enthusiasts, pioneers, and innovators to share ideas, build meaningful new relationships, and celebrate the impact of DPC — all with the goal of growing the Direct Care movement and making it the new standard in US healthcare. Today's episode features Zak Holdsworth, CEO a...

Episode 79: Dr. Kirsten Lin (She/Her) & Dr. Natalie Gentile (She/Her) of Direct Care Physicians of Pittsburgh Our two guests today found their way into DPC in their individual clinics and then in January 2022 decided to amplify the voice of DPC by coming together in the Nation's FIRST DPC-specific Management Services Organization (MSO)! Take a listen to how they are helping take care of t...

Episode 78: Dr. Clodagh Ryan (She/Her) of Cara Direct Care - La Grange, IL Dr. Ryan shares about how DPC allowed her to not only put her family and life outside medicine first but how it also allowed her to focus on relationship-based care for her patients vs. on fee for service care. As she has grown, she talks about her staff, finding a location and her workflows. She also shares how she has bee...

Today we welcome Dr. Vance Lassey back to the My DPC Story podcast to give us a long-awaited preview to the 2022 DPC Summit that will take place July 15-17th in Kansas City, MO. Please go to mydpcstory.com for more details and go to dpcsummit.org for registration. Support the show GET your FREE MONTHLY BUSINESS TOOL DOWNLOAD Become A My DPC Story PATREON MEMBER ! SPONSOR THE POD My DPC Story VOICE...

Episode 77: Dr. Amanda Dornfeld (She/Her) of Sage Direct Care - Columbus, IN Have you ever pictured yourself traveling overseas to practice medicine? Dr. Amanda "Mandy" Dornfeld left her fee for service after 13 years and moved to Whitianga, New Zealand where she practiced as a GP before coming back to the States to open Sage Direct Care in Columbus, IN in August of 2021. DPC LIVE IN PER...

Episode 76: Dr. Grace Torres-Hodges (She/Her) of Torres Hodges Podiatry - Pensacola, FL. Dr. Torres-Hodges shares her very powerful story as a podiatrist and MBA who had transitioned to an insurance-free direct specialty care practice in 2017. She reminds us all that we had embodied the core understandings of free market medicine when applying to medical school and how by choosing to embody direct...