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How the Davenports Make Life Work as a Couple in a DPC Office

ByDouglas Farrago, MD

Feb 5, 2021
Here’s to owning your own business! Cocktails on the porch at Louie’s at 1:30 PM on Wed afternoon. 
Can’t beat DPC!

Jeff Davenport, MD is a DPC doctor at One Focus Medical in Oklahoma. If you ever meet him you will notice a few things. He a great guy. He is smart and easy to converse with. And he is always with his sidekick, that being his wife Christine.

From his website: “He met the love of his life very early in life. Christine and Dr. D have been in love since they were high school sweethearts. They’ve been married since 1998, and she is his best friend and love. She’s also the mother of his children: Megan, born in 2001, and Molly, 2004”

Christine started as a marketer for Dr. Davenport’s DPC office about two years ago but when his MA left for a new job last summer, he decided not to replace her.  “The only thing she really did that Christine can’t do was give shots and check BP. So, now I do all that.”

Christine is their “first impression specialist” aka receptionist. In fact, she refers to herself as Christine Davenport LOP (lover of people). “My wife has always been a people person so she is a natural receptionist. Everyone loves her. She just has a natural feel for when people need a laugh, hug, or prayer. It’s very valuable to my practice.”

Dr. Davenport started One Focus Medical seven years ago. He has had medical partners in his practice before but they have gone their own ways for various reasons. Now he has decided to stay solo and keep it a small family business. He does rent to a psychiatrist and a pathologist renting in the building.  His practice is full with 690 patients and a waiting list. 

“Life is good”, says Dr. Davenport.

The picture above was when Dr. Davenpor recently asked a part-time receptionist to stay the rest of the day so he could surprise Christine with an afternoon off together. “You can’t do that in the system. Only DPC!”

We, at DPC News, want to celebrate all the couples working in DPC together. Dr. and Mrs. Davenport are a perfect example of how they can make a DPC business work and still stay in love. We wish them an upcoming Happy Valentine’s Day, something that we are sure they will have.

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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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