Edward Boland, MD

"I’m thrilled to join the Direct Primary Care Community after 25 years of Family Medicine and Preventive Medicine/Public Health practice. As both doctor and patient, I’ve experienced the impersonal, hurried, often sub-par healthcare of the insurance-based system. Practicing medicine “the old-fashioned way” with time to know my patients and their families has been my dream since medical school. A little about me, so you’ll know who you’re dealing with: I graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1983 and was commissioned in the Field Artillery. After serving three years as a paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division, I transferred to the Army Medical Service Corps to work as an environmental engineer and pursue admission to medical school. In 1994, I graduated with a doctorate in Medicine from the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, re-entered the Army, and completed a Family Practice residency at Fort Gordon, GA. In 2000, I earned a Master of Public Health degree at the University of Washington in Seattle, and in 2001 completed a Preventive Medicine Residency at Fort Lewis, WA. I am board-certified by the American Boards of Family Medicine, Preventive Medicine/Public Health, and Obesity Medicine. I retired from the Army as a Colonel in 2011 and became the medical director of Live Healthy MD, a multi-disciplinary clinic designed to deal with the diseases associated with weight. My medical interests include all types of prevention, especially the treatment of obesity-associated diseases, tobacco use cessation, travel and dive medicine."

"CoFounded by Dr. Edward Boland and Davis Mellick PA-C out of their mutual vision for being able to provide good affordable health care. Following the direct primary care model that was first pioneered in the Augusta area by Dr. Robert Lamberts, they are participating in a system that foregoes insurance companies and returns healthcare to a personal interaction once again. Patients pay a reasonable monthly membership rate and in return they have unlimited visits, access to affordable medications, discounts on lab work and best of all better communication with their provider. Rachel Mellick PA-C is also joining the practice and will be available for regular patient care as well as for women’s health visits. Davis and Rachel Mellick will be providing the majority of the care at the Evans location. They have lived in the Evans area for 8 years together and are happy to call this area home."