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Our Patient Portals

Which portal do I need?

For any need regarding your Direct Primary Care membership plan, you want the Membership Portal. Otherwise, you want the Patient Portal.

A Direct Primary Care Practice

Do primary care differently.

In the pursuit of health.

Primary Care

Traditional primary pediatric care informed by a functional, whole-body approach.

We deliver primary pediatric care with a common-sense, functional medicine approach that helps your child thrive by going beyond just symptom management.

Consulting

In-depth consultation for the management of chronic health issues.

We take a deep dive into the chronic health issues facing your child, aiming to answer the “why?” questions, leading to better management and a more normal lifestyle.

Hyperbaric Therapy

Driving inflammation out.

Mild Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy promotes the body’s innate ability to heal itself by safely and effectively increasing oxygen levels to all organs of the body.

Platelet Therapy

Unlock the body’s innate power to heal.

Platelet therapy provides personalized regenerative platelet treatments for a unique healing journey to ignite the body’s healing cascade, repairing unresolved and inflammatory issues.

Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin

Tell me

Educate

Our mission is to partner with you in writing your child’s health story. Healthcare is a personal responsibility. Without you taking direct responsibility for your child’s health, there is no opportunity for partnership, as we cannot have a long-term positive effect without it. We’re here to educate you on the issues impacting your family’s health.

Teach me

Equip

Our purpose as a partner is to equip you with a vision of how to turn this education into practical application for your family’s lifestyle. We’re here to equip you to take control of the issues impacting your family’s health.

Involve me

Empower

Our end goal is seeing you become a well-informed healthcare consumer; seeing you empowered via knowledge and tools to move beyond a life of merely managing symptoms, to a life of healing, to a more “normal” life. We’re here to empower you to take responsibility over your family’s issues to achieve real health.

Our Provider

Dr Jill Dickerson, MD, FAAP, FMAPS

Dr Jill Dickerson, MD, FAAP, FMAPS

Dr Dickerson has over 27 years of experience in private pediatric practice. She is a graduate of the University of Tennessee, Memphis School of Medicine.