KevinMD September 6, 2025
A few weeks ago, I delivered a baby in the morning and sat with a grandmother near the end of life that afternoon. I adjusted insulin for a patient I first helped quit smoking ten years ago. I counseled a teenager about to leave home for college. This is the joy of family medicine: walking with people through every stage of life. But too often, that joy is overshadowed by a system that undervalues the very work that keeps it alive.
I have been a family physician for nineteen years, trained residents for sixteen, and served as a program director for nine. Alongside colleagues in pediatrics and internal medicine, I have seen how primary care strengthens communities. We catch disease...
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