My DPC Story

Episode 116: Dr. Sumul Modi of Celeste Brain Health - NC and TX Dr. Sumul Modi is a Neurologist by training. Tired of the administrative demands that he never envisioned when he dreamed of becoming a physician, he wanted a better way to practice. So, he and his wife, a fellow neurologist, left and opened up their own exclusively telemedicine-based neurology clinic, Celeste Brain Health. Dr. Modi s...

Episode 115: Dr. Neil Panchal of Paging Dr. Neil - NY Metro & New Jersey Dr. Neil is an ER-trained physician who ended up working in different ER settings in multiple states in order to find a way of practicing medicine where he could practice emergency medicine AND build relationships with his patients. Sound far off from what we expect an ER physician to say? Take a listen and learn how Dr....

Dr. Jamie Glover of Glover Family Medicine opens Season 3 of My DPC Story! She shares how she brings her experience and love of her specialty, Family Medicine, to the Medical Students she inspires, her patients and her local community.  Over the past six years , she has been through a lot - choosing tech, accepting any one and everyone, closing her practice with a waitlist, changing staff and work...

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In today's BONUS EPISODE, Dr. Deanna Barry of Barry Pediatrics shares about the upcoming Pediatric DPC Mastermind! Take a listen to the details about the Mastermind happening next month and Register today! Pediatric DPC Mastermind Feb 24-26th Gaylord Palms in Orlando, FL Registration: pediatricdpcmastermind.com Sponsorship Opportunities: email drdeannabarry@gmail.com Cooperative of American P...

Episode 113: Dr. Amber Beckenhauer & Dr. Maryal Concepcion In this Christmas episode, the DPC Calibraska sisters are back for a reunion of sorts as they have a candid conversation about their practices over the past year! Topics covered include the transition to incorporating a space, changing staff, workflows, administration and balancing it all! Cooperative of American Physicians or CAP . Le...

Episode 112: Dr. Nicole Harkin (She/Her) of Whole Heart Cardiology - San Francisco, CA Dr. Nicole Harkin fell in love with cardiology and the ability to be a physician helping her patients prevent cardiac illness. At her direct care clinic, Whole Heart Cardiology, she is able to truly practice as a preventative cardiologist. Hearing her story of how she has created her clinic will be a beacon of l...

Episode 111: Dr. Brian Ostick (He/Him) Of Health & Healing DPC - Woodland Hills, CA Dr. Brian Ostick is an ER-trained physician who has reently joined his wife, Dr. Aimee Ostick, at her DPC Health and Healing DPC in Woodland Hills, CA. He shares how he views life in medicine and what he values now being able to be both an ER physician and a DPC physician. Dr. Ostick has words of advice for oth...

Episode 110: Dr. Matthew Mintz (He/Him) of Matthew Mintz, MD - Bethesda, MD Dr. Mintz shares how different his life looked like when his future was driven by vision. The time crunch with patients wasn't all that apparent to Dr. Mintz until he switched to a concierge practice within his academic institution. It was then he experienced the value of time with patients and, in addition to being a...

Episode 109: Dr. Katy Liu (She/Her) of Olive Branch DPC - St. Louis, MO Recorded after the last DPC summit if 2022, Dr. Katy Liu reflects back on her time as she sat and was transformed at the first DPC Summit she attended. She shares a very candid look on her practice, Olive Branch DPC, which is on it's way to celebrate its 4th anniversary! For anyone who is planning or has opened, Dr. Liu&a...

Episode 108: Dr. Brad Brown (He/Him) of Strive Direct Health - Erie, CO Dr. Brown is the latest doctor to join the podcast and his journey is unique in that he opened his DPC, Strive Direct Health, WHILE he was still in residency. He shares about how his clinic started from a dirt floored building and how he, along with his co-Resident Dr. Schuster, had 100 patients with 100 days left to go in res...

Episode 107: Dr. Wendy Molaska (She/Her) of Dedicated Family Care - Fitchburg, WI Dr. Wendy Molaska shares her perspective as a DPC physician, as a patient and as the current President of the Wisconsin Medical Society on today's episode. She shares about what pushed her into choosing DPC and how she went from being employed to opening in six months. Starting with zero patients, she shares not...

Episode 106: Dr. Jlyn Pritchard of Thread Health - Spokane, WA Dr. Jlyn Pritchard of Thread Health, a new DPC in Spokane, WA, about how her desire to protect her autonomy and creativity led her to her journey in DPC. Happy initially in the corporate model, she experienced how it becomes increasingly difficult to interact as a physician in corporate medicine and protect one's core values in th...

Year 2 In Review - Revisiting Defiant DPC, My Happy Doctor & Bloom Pediatrics and Lactation In today's reunion episode we hear from three physicians who started their DPCs after Residency. Dr. Jake Mutch is sharing about the experience of Defiant DPC in Williamsburg, VA, Dr. Deepti Mundkur is sharing about My Happy Doctor in San Diego, CA and Dr. Lauren Hughes share about Bloom Pediatrics...

Episode 104: Dr. Leslie Surbeck, Dr. Shary Vang & Dr. Anita MacDonald of Evergreen Primary Care - St. Paul, MN Today's episode brings three incredible physicians who teamed up to create their ideal practice in St. Paul, MN! Hearing each of them share their backgrounds and what life was like pre-DPC, it is easy to hear how similar experiences helped create a bond where they have been able...

Episode 103: Dr. Jose Buenostro of Buen Vita Health - Turlock, CA Dr. Jose Buenostro is bringing the home town feels to todays episode! After seeing his Mom become a self-made entrepreneur, he began his own journey to becoming a serial business owner in the town he grew up in! He opened his DPC in Turlock, CA in November 2020 after having a dream to have a clinic that valued an open door policy an...

Episode 102: Dr. Brewer Eberly of the Fischer Clinic - Raleigh, NC Dr. Brewer Eberly shares his story of how his journey into Family Medicine was one that was codified by his reflection on the dehumanization of both the physician and patient that he saw while in medical school. He shares how he saw his ideal way to practice as a doctor years before joining on as the third physician at the Fischer...

Episode 101: Dr. Buzz Hollander of I ris Integrative Health - Waimea, HI Dr. Bzzz Hollander, a western-trained physician, broke barriers when he and his wife, a naturopathic physician, opened Iris Integrative Health as the first DPC in Hawaii back in 2016. In today’s episode he shares about how they transitioned from accepting insurance to being insurance-free, the unique challenges of practicing...

Episode 100: Dr. Kristen Dall-Winther of Birchwood Family Medicine - Birchwood, WI Have you ever heard of Patch Adams? Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman? Well tune in to today's story to hear how the real life Patch and the fictional Dr. Quinn helped impact Dr. Dall-Winther in her medical career. She shares how she worked for Mayo Clinic for a decade and how she then transitioned into her own practice...

Episode 99: Dr. Lisa Davidson (She/Her) of Insight Primary Care - Denver, CO Dr. Lisa Davidson broke the mould of the "employees physician" not once but twice. She shares how at a time when there were very few resources about DPC she found her own resources and built her ideal DPC. Now, in a world where there are hospitals or urgent care are on the corners just like a Starbucks coffee sh...

BONUS EPISODE: Preview to Nuts & Bolts 2022 In today's bonus episode, Dr. Lee Gross, the current President of the Docs 4 Patient Care Foundation and co-founder of Epiphany Health in North Port, Florida, joins us today on the pod to give a preview to the upcoming Nuts & Bolts Conference !  --------------------- Support the show GET your FREE MONTHLY BUSINESS TOOL DOWNLOAD Become A My D...

Episode 98: Dr. Jillian Scherer (She/Her) of Whole Family Health - Olney, IL It's not everyday you will hear of a full scope Family Practice doc envision the means by which she could get injured by a vehicle in order to not have to return to a fee for service job. Dr. Jillian Scherer did indeed have such thoughts and this was only one of he reasons she left fee for service medicine to open he...

Episode 97: Dr. Geetinder Goyal of First Primary Care - Houston, TX It is not often that we hear about a Ivy League-trained pulmonary and critical care physician choosing DPC, so Dr. Geetinder Goyal's is one that highlights the importance of primary care and that any physician can participate in truly transparent healthcare. In his case, he dreamed about what life could look like when the mea...

Episode 96: Dr. Marty Schulman of Encinitas Personal Care - Encinitas, CA Dr. Marty Schulman is a DPC OG as he has been open since 2005. After practicing in the fee for service model and being lured in to continuing  in fee for service with an offer to buy into the practice. He chose to open his own practice and continues as a solo doc and micro practitioner. He shares how he set his pricing to re...

Episode 95: Dr. Alia Hussain of Creekside Kids Pediatrics - Tomball, TX Dr. Alia Hussain shares how she learned about a different way of pediatrics from watching her brother and sister-in-law get amazing care for their newborn. With her desire to be available to her pediatric patients and her families, she has built a practice that incorporates visits at her clinical location as well as home visit...