Dr. Cindy Rubin earned her BA in Psychology from Stanford University in 1994. Not sure what she wanted to do when she quote unquote grew up. She took time after graduation to live life, which included a volunteer program in Israel. After her time in Israel, she had the confidence she needed to pursue a career in medicine.
She completed her pre-med courses at Northwestern University and then earned her medical education at Georgetown University Medical School. She attended her pediatric residency at the University of Chicago Corner Children’s Hospital and then worked as a hospitalist at community hospitals in the Chicagoland area.
Ultimately she was not satisfied with caring for patients in the short term as a hospitalist. She yearned for the long-term deeper relationships that one makes as a primary care physician, and that drew her to outpatient general pediatrics. She spent 13 amazing years working for Loyola University Medical Center as an outpatient pediatrician where she taught residents and expanded her own knowledge.
She developed a particular interest in breastfeeding, earning her certification as a lactation consultant in 2019, and then pursued additional training to create a niche as a breastfeeding medicine specialist. In 2021, she made the tough decision to leave Loyola and took a leap in order to practice medicine in a way that felt more true to her own goals and was a better fit for her style as a physician.
She ventured out of the insurance-based medical system and opened In Touch pediatrics and lactation in order to provide pediatric and lactation care in a personalized, compassionate, and patient-centered way. For her, DPC is the model that allows her to spend more time with her patients, something sorely lacking in the traditional system of medicine.
This not only provides her patients now with better care but also provides her with a more fulfilling experience as a doctor.
In this episode, Dr. Cindy Rubin discusses her motivations for choosing to practice Direct Primary Care (DPC) medicine. Dr. Rubin shares how her experiences working in a traditional medical system left her feeling dissatisfied with the level of care she was able to provide for her patients due to the pressure to see more patients in shorter appointment times. She describes how DPC allows her to spend more time with each patient and provide more personalized care.