Molly Koehler, DO

I knew I wanted to be a doctor when I was nine years old and our family friend's daughter was diagnosed with leukemia at the age of three. I wanted to be able to care for and connect with people and families when they needed it most. Primary Care gives me that opportunity - to build lasting relationships with my patients and become a trusted health advisor for their family.

I'm eager to bring Direct Primary Care (DPC) to Marin, a model that revitalizes the patient-doctor relationship, provides better access to care, more time with your doctor, and personalized care you trust. To do this right, time is crucial. In my previous job, with over 2000 patients, I was seeing 17 or more visits a day, often only getting fifteen minutes with each patient, when they needed thirty or sixty minutes. Rushed appointments don't feel good for the patient or for the physician.

Daily, my patients would tell me how much they appreciated prompt responses to medical questions and access to urgent visits when they were sick, but even squeezing patients in over lunch and working frantically after hours, it became impossible for me to provide that level of care for that many people. Additionally, having to write notes and document countless requirements for insurance companies was dominating my day, distracting me from what mattered the most: the person in front of me and their health.