I’ve never been happier practicing medicine the traditional way, but with tools we both use every day.

I grew up watching my father practice personal, small-town medicine in Conway, AR. My father, Conway’s first internal medicine physician, was a major determining factor in my career choice. My father always had a personal relationship with his patients, and I wanted the same for mine.

I have been practicing medicine in Fayetteville, AR since June, 2000. I graduated from the University of Arkansas with a Chemical Engineering degree and from UAMS in Little Rock with my MD. Late in 2013, I began my new direct primary care practice in Fayetteville, serving Northwest Arkansas and beyond.

The best part of my job is the people I have come to know and care for. I find that health is more than physical, and believe that unless I care for the whole person, I am not really caring for them at all. That’s where becoming a direct primary care physician comes into play. In fact, I love this article on the “Marcus Welby” vision of direct primary care.

Meet Andrea Simmons

I am from Northwest Arkansas. I graduated from the UofA with a bachelor’s in art history. In my free time I love to cook, ride bikes, play tennis, and spoil my dog, Murphy.