James Pinckney

Dr. "James" Pinckney believes that integrity and hard work are critical to building customer loyalty. A visionary, he founded Diamond Physicians in 2012, a membership medicine practice that focuses on the patient-physician relationship.This healthcare niche has gained momentum in response to sprawling waste and frustrations with healthcare delivery systems and is now known as Direct Primary Care. Diamond bypasses cumbersome and inefficient "middlemen" to deliver personalized, high-quality medical care directly to their valued clients.Diamond has expanded into four companies and incorporated Diamond Health in 2018 to solidify his vision of transforming healthcare delivery in America.Prior to founding Diamond, Dr. James studied general surgery at the prestigious Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles after graduating from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. He switched from general surgery to family medicine in order to pursue his dream of developing a free market primary care system.Dr. James completed his training in family medicine at Methodist Charlton Medical Center in Dallas. He is a board-certified family physician licensed in the states of Texas and California.Dr. James endorses a holistic approach to medicine and incorporates nutrition and fitness into the lifestyle of his clients.