Rachel Scheerer, MD

Dr. Rachel Scheerer is board certified in family medicine and founder of Pioneer Direct Primary Care. She believes that a good doctor is a good listener, and sees each patient as a distinct individual. Each patient is treated like she would want her family to be treated. Dr. Scheerer brings outstanding education and training as well as compassion and humanism to healthcare. I grew up dreaming of being an old-fashioned country doctor. I tried the big business model. It works for business, but not the patient. Now with Pioneer DPC, I can give each of my patients the time and attention they deserve. Patients deserve a doctor who doesn't make assumptions, takes time to listen to her patients, encourages them to ask difficult questions, and takes the time to make sure they understand explanations. They deserve a doctor that navigates the healthcare landscape, coordinates care between specialists, and makes sense of a complex health history. Patients deserve a doctor that looks at them as a whole person and puts their health into context with their life and their budget. Dr. Scheerer gets it and is delivering outstanding care to her patients at Pioneer DPC. Dr. Scheerer was inspired to be a doctor after experiencing her own family's struggles with healthcare. Like many of her patients, she was heartbroken after witnessing the failures of the traditional healthcare system. Her family was often treated like numbers instead of people, and left with few options to pursue the level of healthcare they deserved. These experiences have fueled her passion to be the very best for her patients and to continually treat them how she would want her own family to be treated. Originally, from Kauai, Hawaii, Dr. Scheerer moved to Florida when she was in middle school. She met her husband, Jake, while they were in high school and they have been together ever since. They have two beautiful children and enjoy watching them grow and learn. She enjoys quality time with her family, the beach, and day trips to Disney World. Dr. Scheerer obtained her bachelor's degree with high honors in biochemistry and economics from Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida. She obtained her medical degree from the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida, where she was also inducted into the Gold Humanism in Medicine Honor Society. She completed her family medicine residency at Halifax Health in Daytona Beach, Florida and was awarded the prestigious Y.B. AuYeung award. Dr. Scheerer provides care from newborns to adults. When families join, we can work on wellness goals for the entire family and then customize goals for each individual.