Episode Details

What does it take to make women's healthcare access sustainable, not just for patients, but for the physician carrying the mission? In this episode of the My DPC Story podcast, Dr. Maryal Concepcion welcomes back Dr. Esther Khatibi, family physician who does surgical obstetrics, and founder of My DOC, a nonprofit delivering high-quality, evidence-based obstetric care to women regardless of their social, economic, religious, or ethnic background.

Dr. Khatibi shares how she nearly tanked her own practice caring for pregnant patients who could not afford care anywhere else, and why the answer was not working harder. It was building a coalition: volunteer physicians, a board that believed in her before she had proof, sonographers, grant writers, and donors who each carried part of the load.

This is a conversation about the maternal health gap, why early, individualized prenatal care matters most for the most vulnerable moms, including the higher risk faced by African American women, and why Direct Primary Care doctors are positioned to bring obstetric care back as the share of family physicians doing OB falls from 25 percent to just 7 percent.

What you'll learn:

• How Dr. Khatibi went from nearly tanking her DPC to founding the My DOC nonprofit
• The My DOC model: enrollment for uninsured, underinsured, or high-risk women on the DPC model
• Why early prenatal care reduces maternal morbidity and mortality, especially for African American moms
• How volunteer physicians protect continuity from first visit through delivery and postpartum
• How a 501(c)(3) sends most funds straight to patient services, labs, and ultrasounds
• Why the ER is the wrong place for a pregnant patient, and how a direct line to your doctor helps

Dr. Concepcion and Dr. Khatibi also preview the My DPC Story fireside chats in New Orleans during the DPC Summit, where My DOC and Dr. Emily Holt's Poppy Direct Care come together for women's health access. Only 60 seats.

Links:

• Support My DOC: mydoc.org
• New Orleans Women's Health Fundraiser: mydpcstory.com/upcoming-events
• Support Poppy Direct Care's autoclave fund: https://bit.ly/4oqTS3D
• New to DPC? Start here: mydpcstory.com

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