Featuring Dr. Manuel Vogt of Texas DPC on the My DPC Story podcast Dr. Manuel Vogt photo: Voyage San Antonio A Texas physician couple built two Direct Primary Care clinics, funded a historic renovation with tax credits, and grew to a full panel. Here...
One year ago, Dr. Emily Holt opened the doors of Poppy Direct Care in a 100-year-old house in Uptown New Orleans. Attendees of the 2025 DPC Summit walked through her clinic, met her patients in the neighborhood pizza shop, and watched a mission-drive...
Dr. Nyasha Spears When Dr. Nyasha Spears walked into a mandatory 4 PM meeting that had been called with less than four hours notice, she already knew something was wrong. Her century-old community clinic in downtown Duluth, the legacy practice founde...
Dr. Jihan Ansari If you've ever wondered whether you can leave the insurance-based system and build a thriving direct primary care practice without a massive marketing budget, a perfect business plan, or even total certainty about what you're doing,...
How Dr. Nadia Sirdar Left Hospital Medicine, Opted Out of Medicare, and Built a Bethesda DPC Practice Rooted in Aging in Place, Women's Midlife Health, and Real Relationships Dr. Nadia Sirdar There is a moment most physicians know but rarely name. Yo...
By My DPC Story | April 2026 | Marketing in Direct Care Series Dr. Ashley Agan of Scottie ENT When most physicians think about marketing their private practice, they imagine expensive ad campaigns, billboards along the highway, or a social media stra...
Dr. Josh and Katherine Chow of Ohana Medical There is a version of DPC that a lot of physicians dream about when they first hear about this model. A small, physician-owned practice. A doctor who knows your name, answers your texts, and actually has t...
Your clinical training got you here. But running a thriving Direct Primary Care practice takes more than excellent medicine. You went to medical school to take care of patients. Not to reconcile payroll reports, chase down unpaid invoices, or stare a...
(L to R) Drs. Shayne Poulin, Shannon Connolly, Amy Tressan of Open Arms Primary Care In December 2025, Dr. Shannon Connolly, Dr. Shayne Poulin, and Dr. Amy Tressan did not choose to leave their patients. Their patients were taken from them. Melody He...
Dr. Feneisha Franklin of Living Well Family Medicine What happens when a retiring doctor needs an exit and a burned-out physician needs a door? The story of Living Well Family Medicine offers a blueprint that the DPC movement increasingly needs. Afte...
