My DPC Story10 minute readFor all training levels The Explainer by Maryal Concepcion, MD FAAFP A plain-language guide for physicians and physicians-in-training who want to understand a different way medicine can work, and why it is gaining momentum. Dr. Concepcion with a young patient at her DPC, Big Trees MD in rural Northern CA 01 Start Here: The Problem This Solves If you have spent any time in a primary care clinic, you have probably sensed something that nobody says out

Zion HealthShare President Ashton Casper and DPC Practice Administrator Camilla Guerrero The Question Most DPC Doctors Don't Want to Ask What happens to your family if you get sick for six months? If you're a Direct Primary Care physician, this question probably keeps you up at night. You've left the security of a traditional system. You're building something better for your patients but what about your own family's healthcare coverage ? As we navigate 2026, with jobs disappe

Dr. Gabrielle Williams When Dr. Gabrielle Williams watched an episode of House during high school, she was captivated by a medical detective who had autonomy over his practice. Little did she know that years later, after completing her training at Emory University and Grady Memorial Hospital, she would be fighting to reclaim that very autonomy she first admired on screen. The Breaking Point Dr. Williams didn't just leave fee-for-service medicine. She fled from it. "I was anxi

Dr. Neal Douglas Most physicians are trained to optimize what’s directly in front of them. Schedules. Metrics. Productivity. The next task. What we’re rarely taught is how to step far enough back to ask whether the direction itself still makes sense. In this January Reset episode, Dr. Neal Douglas  shares a story not about incremental improvement — but about reordering his life from the ground up. Dr. Douglas describes a season where professional success came at the cost of

Dr. Meena Julapalli Not all misalignment shows up as burnout. Sometimes, medicine works. The algorithms are correct. The outcomes are acceptable.And yet, something essential feels missing. In this January Reset conversation, Dr. Meena Julapalli  speaks to a quieter kind of dissonance, the kind that emerges when care becomes technically excellent but emotionally incomplete. Dr. Julapallis story isn’t about escaping medicine. It’s about reclaiming it. She reflects on practicing