Fri. Mar 29th, 2024

We want to welcome Michael Lovelace, MD to the DPC world as he grows his practice in Louisville, Kentucky. He was recently highlighted in a local business journal who seemed excited about the financial benefits of direct primary. Why is this so crazy to them? Anyway, here is a nice quote from the piece:

“Because I’ve been in the business operations world, I understand processes and how time is a real element and medicine kind of struggles with that: They just keep piling on to physicians and patients to do things without actually allocating enough time,” Lovelace said.

Dr. Lovelace has taken a circuitous path to DPC. From his website:

I have worked as a Financial Analyst for a Fortune 500 company, Project Manager for a non-profit institute, and ran a family business (plant nursery) with 45 employees. 

While working at a cancer research institute I made the decision to change careers and go back to school to become a physician.  After graduating from the University of Louisville School of Medicine I completed my training in Family Medicine in Columbia, South Carolina.  

I chose the specialty of Family Medicine because of the wide spectrum of illnesses that I can treat.  As Family Medicine physicians we are trained to treat newborns, pediatrics, women’s health, adult chronic disease, and geriatrics.  

During my training, I studied different practice models and chose to open a DPC practice because I believe that it provides the best opportunity to truly connect with patients.  As a former business owner, I understand that providing quality customer service requires time.  Another huge positive of being a DPC practice is that I can save patients money on medications and labs .

It is so nice to see newer doctors jump right into DPC. It is also nice to see a former financial analyst become a family doc and realize the benefits of our movement.

Good luck, Dr. Lovelace and keep us updated!

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By Douglas Farrago, MD

Douglas Farrago MD is board certified in the specialty of Family Practice. He is the inventor of a product called the Knee Saver which is currently in the Baseball Hall of Fame. The Knee Saver and its knock-offs are worn by many major league baseball catchers. He is also the inventor of the CryoHelmet used by athletes for head injuries as well as migraine sufferers. From 2001 – 2011, Dr. Farrago was the editor and creator of the Placebo Journal which ran for 10 full years. Described as the Mad Magazine for doctors, he and the Placebo Journal were featured in the Washington Post, US News and World Report, the AP, and the NY Times. Douglas Farrago, MD received his Bachelor of Science from the University of Virginia in 1987, his Masters of Education degree in the area of Exercise Science from the University of Houston in 1990, and his Medical Degree from the University of Texas at Houston in 1994. His residency training occurred way up north at the Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, Maine. In his final year, he was elected Chief Resident by his peers. Dr. Farrago has practiced family medicine for twenty-three years, first in Auburn, Maine and now in Forest, Virginia. He founded Forest Direct Primary Care in 2014, which quickly filled in 18 months. Dr. Farrago still blogs every day on his website Authenticmedicine.com and lectures worldwide about the present crisis in our healthcare system and the effect it has on the doctor-patient relationship. Dr. Farrago’s has written three books on direct primary care: The Official Guide to Starting Your Own Direct Primary Care Practice, The Direct Primary Care Doctor’s Daily Motivational Journal and Slowing the Churn in Direct Primary Care (While Also Keeping Your Sanity) are all best sellers in this genre. He is a leading expert in direct primary care model and lectures medical students, residents, and doctors on how to start their own DPC practice. He retired from clinical medicine in October, 2020.

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