Jeremy Smith, MD, IFM-CP.
1. What's your practice focus and what kind of clients knock on your door ?
We have a private membership based Family Medicine Clinic that specializes in Functional medicine. We focus on whole body health, fluid access to care, and focus on got impatience through their functional Journey with economic attention.
2. Tell us about yourself.
I run a direct primary care practice because I wanted to align myself with my patients as my customers instead of using insurance as a go-between. I expanded from family medicine services and a functional medicine services because of personal conditions that allopathic medicine was not answering.
3. Tell us the story of a patient who you are most proud of helping.
I helped a gentleman that was in his mid30s suffering from psoriatic arthritis. He had been through multiple high cost medications all of which eventually would quit working for him. We were able to start over break down the functional principles of what was going on with this immune system and through those efforts we were able to get his arthritis completely controlled. He's going on 10 years of feeling well and every time I see him he tears up followed by a giant hug.
4. What's one of the hardest things that comes with being a practitioner in private practice?
Explaining to people why we do things differently. Compared to not being in private practice it's not that difficult.
5. What are the top 3 tips you'd give to anyone looking to start, run and grow a private practice today?\
The top 3 tips I would give to anyone looking to start, run, and grow a private practice today would be :
- Don't live beyond your means.
- Get good counsels
- Follow mentors that are already succeeding in that space that you see yourself in.