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Ep. 73: A Hooman House Call Vet, A Creator, & A Connector; Meet Dr. Maryal Concepcion

Ep. 73: A Hooman House Call Vet, A Creator, & A Connector; Meet Dr. Maryal Concepcion

House Call Vet Café Podcast

November 26, 20241h 4mExplicit

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Show Notes

A Sacramento native, Dr. Maryal Concepcion (she/her) MD FAAFP is a Filipinx creator and connector. She is a mom to two young boys and married to a fellow rural family physician. She is the founder and host of the podcast, My DPC Story, and features direct care physicians. In September of 2021, she opened Big Trees, MD, the first Direct Primary Care in Arnold, a rural town of 4,000 in the Stanislaus National Forest, located in Northern California. Her clinic was created as a micro practice telemedicine and home visit model and, after overhead was met, she branched out into renting a brick-and-mortar space for her DPC.

Topics covered in this episode:

  • Dr. Concepcion's journey to becoming a Direct Primary Care doctor
  • Overcoming limiting beliefs
  • Understanding different medical models
  • The benefits of direct primary care in both the human & veterinary world
  • Challenges the status quo in medicine
  • Embracing autonomy in medicine

Links & Resources:

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Music:

In loving memory of Dr. Steve Weinberg.

Intro and outro guitar music was written, performed, and recorded by house call veterinarian Dr. Steve Weinberg.

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