Author: Ryan Neuhofel, DO, MPH

W. Ryan Neuhofel, DO, MPH, is a family physician and one of the early voices of the Direct Primary Care movement. He earned a master’s in public health from the University of Kansas, graduated from Kansas City University’s medical school in 2008, and completed his family medicine residency at the University of Kansas in Kansas City in 2011. That same year, he opened NeuCare, a DPC practice in Lawrence, Kansas, which he still runs. Ryan was one of a handful of physicians who helped organize the first national DPC Summits, and later served as the first president of the DPC Alliance. He has been one of the movement’s most visible voices, writing widely and defending the model in national media. He now volunteers with DPC Hub, a physician-led community for independent DPC practices.