Douglas Farrago MD

Douglas Farrago MD is a full-time practicing family doc in Forest, Va. He started Forest Direct Primary Care where he takes no insurance and bills patients a monthly fee. He is board certified in the specialty of Family Practice. He is the inventor of a product called the Knee Saver which is currently in the Baseball Hall of Fame. The Knee Saver and its knock-offs are worn by many major league baseball catchers. He is also the inventor of the CryoHelmet used by athletes for head injuries as well as migraine sufferers. Dr. Farrago is the author of four books, two of which are the top two most popular DPC books. From 2001 – 2011, Dr. Farrago was the editor and creator of the Placebo Journal which ran for 10 full years. Described as the Mad Magazine for doctors, he and the Placebo Journal were featured in the Washington Post, US News and World Report, the AP, and the NY Times. Dr. Farrago is also the editor of the blog Authentic Medicine which was born out of concern about where the direction of healthcare is heading and the belief that the wrong people are in charge. This blog has been going daily for more than 15 years Article about Dr. Farrago in Doximity Email Dr. Farrago – [email protected]

Friday Funny: EBT Kit

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Just another oldie, but goodie, from the Placebo Journal. Man, I miss doing these things. Get our awesome newsletter by signing up here. We don’t give your email out and we don’t spam you. Tweet

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Quote of the Week: Henry Miller

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“Life moves on, whether we act as cowards or heroes. Life has no other discipline to impose, if we would but realize it, than to accept life unquestioningly. Everything we shut our eyes to, everything we run away from, everything we deny, denigrate or despise, serves to defeat us in the end. What seems nasty,…

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Do You CAPE?

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I am going to mock this article in Medical Economics because that is what I do. In its essence, I always think we physicians can improve how we communicate with patients. My issue is that if the environment is poisoned by metrics and clicks then these recommendations are like pissing in the wind. The article…

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The Horrible Life After Being a Hospital CEO

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Some of you get very ugly when discussing the salaries of hospital CEOs. I understand but you have to understand that life is miserable after they leave. For one, those golden parachutes they receive are not going to buy million dollar yachts anymore. Well, maybe they can but not more than one. Secondly, some are…

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Quote of the Week: George Bernard Shaw

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“People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don’t believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are they who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can’t find them, make them.“ George Bernard Shaw Tweet

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Quote of the Week: Hippocratic Oath

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I swear by Apollo Physician, by Asclepius, by Hygieia, by Panacea, and by all the gods and goddesses, making them my witnesses, that I will carry out, according to my ability and judgment, this oath and this indenture. To hold my teacher in this art equal to my own parents; to make him partner in my livelihood; when he is…

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