Dr. Nicole T. Hemkes, MD

Born and raised in Orlando, FL. Dr. Hemkes attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and graduated with Distinction with a BS Biology minor in Chemistry in 2002. She attended medical school at the University of South Florida in Tampa graduating in 2006. Then Dr. Hemkes completed one of the top Family Medicine residency programs at Wake Forest University in Winston Salem, NC, completing residency in 2009. For the first ten years of her practice, Dr Hemkes gained experience in diverse roles and settings including Emergency departments, inpatient setting as a hospitalist, and outpatient clinics as a traditional Family medicine doctor. She has worked in urban settings such as inner city Chicago and also in settings as remote as rural Alaska. After being an employed doctor for 10 years, she found Direct Primary care model. Dr. Hemkes believes that DPC empowers the physician and the patient. She will advocate for your health as if you were a member of her family. Everyone deserves a healthcare advocate.