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A Doctor of Color, An Open Conversation About Racism in the Medical Field with Dr. Delicia M. Haynes

Dr. Delicia M. Haynes is a best-selling author, public speaker, award-winning business coach, founder and CEO of Family First Health...

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Season 2, episode 6
35 min / Published

Dr. Delicia M. Haynes is a best-selling author, public speaker, award-winning business coach, founder and CEO of Family First Health Center, an integrative membership-based family medicine clinic in Daytona Beach, Florida. Considered a "trailblazer" in the medical community, Dr. Haynes founded the first Direct Primary Care Clinic in Volusia and Flagler countries as part of our mission to make healthcare more accessible and advocate for the "sacredness" of the doctor-patient relationship. In addition to running a successful DPC clinic, Dr. Haynes coaches other aspiring direct care physicians through her course, Direct Primary Care Prescription for Success. She helps physicians kick insurance hassles to their curb, spend less time on paperwork, more time with family, and practice medicine in line with the values that took them to medical school. Much like her approach to transforming barriers to healthcare for her patients, Dr. Haynes is also on a mission to improve the wellness of physicians and medical professionals. She is the creator of the White Coat Safe Space initiative dedicated to raising awareness, advocacy, and prevention of physician suicide. Dr. Haynes speaks widely on physician wellness, mental health, lifestyle medicine, and direct primary care. Dr. Haynes is a diplomat of the American Board of Family Medicine. The American Board of Obesity Medicine. She is highly trained in medical esthetics and lifestyle medicine. She completed her specialty training at the Halifax Center for Family and Sports Medicine Residency Program. Dr. Haynes attended medical school at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine and earned a Bachelor of Arts in Biology with a minor in Spanish from the University of Louisville. She was a record-holding division one track and field athlete. Dr. Haynes helps individuals and organizations look and feel their best from the inside out.

Highlights:
  • The recent updates of the COVID situation in Florida and the measures they are taking to flatten the curve
  • Surviving COVID; Pivoting her Direct Primary Care practice
  • A calling to be a healer and the hurtful experience she had with her physician when she was 7th grade fueled her to pursue medicine
  • Both fantastic and dreadful experiences in medical school
  • Having an excellent support system as your weapon in battling depression
  • Putting more contrast in addressing mental health and depression with medical practitioners
  • The community involvement and time flexibility that drove Dr. Haynes in transitioning to Direct Primary Care
  • The embarrassing racism experiences she went through with her patients and colleagues
  • What would have Dr. Haynes became if she didn't become a doctor

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