A practice built on relationship, not a coding sheet.
Foundations DPC is a family-centered direct primary care practice in Oklahoma City, led by Dr. Emily McLaurin, MD. We take care of whole families across whole lifetimes — the old-fashioned way, with time, attention, and the phone answered when you call.
Foundations isn't just a name. It's how we approach every patient, every visit, every decision.
Most healthcare today is built on speed: seven-minute visits, coding tables, and a billing department bigger than the clinical staff. The ground is unstable. Patients feel it. Doctors feel it. Something has to give.
We chose to build differently — on relationship, on time, on the kind of care you'd give a family member. Dr. Emily volunteered at Ministries of Jesus Clinic for 12 years before opening Foundations. Our team is made of people who answered the same call, in their own ways: in NICUs, on the mission field, in homes. Faith isn't something we broadcast. It's the soil this practice grew out of.
That's the foundation. Everything else — the price transparency, the 24/7 access, the wholesale labs — is how that foundation shows up in your life.
Family belongs to a community
We take care of whole families across whole lifetimes. That's not a niche — it's the point.
We meet you where you are
Busy schedule? Same-day visit. Out of town? Telehealth. One-size doesn't fit anyone.
Simplify complexity
Specialist referrals, lab pricing, medication costs, insurance puzzles — we're your central point of contact.
Whole health starts when you're healthy
The best medicine is the illness you never have. Prevention isn't an afterthought here.
The people answering when you text.
Four humans, not a call tree. Every member of the Foundations team brought a lifetime of practice, faith, and real-world experience through the door.
Board-certified family physician with 17 years of practice spanning inpatient and outpatient care, medical education, research, and international work. Before Foundations she practiced at St. Anthony Hospital for 5 years and has volunteered at Ministries of Jesus Clinic for 12.
Rice University (BA) → UT Health San Antonio (MD) → St. Anthony, OKC (residency). Off the clock: violin, piano, hiking, travel, and Taiwanese-American family food.
22+ years in pediatric OT, 10 years in craniosacral and manual therapy, 15 years teaching yoga. She developed the "Release Therapeutic Style" of yoga and trained with the Upledger Institute and Dr. Ed Stiles.
All-American swimmer at Texas A&M. A bold love for Jesus, a daughter named Presley, and a standing invitation to bring your kids to her yoga session.
20+ years as a medical assistant — steady hands, a caring heart, and the kind of bedside presence that makes a nervous new patient exhale. Wife, mom of three, mimi of two, faithful volunteer at her church.
"After 20 plus years, Lori's passion for the work remains strong." If you meet her once, you'll know it within five minutes.
University of Central Oklahoma nursing grad (2014). Nationally certified NICU nurse (2017) with 5 years in the neonatal ICU. After her first child, she and her husband moved to South Asia for several years, where she taught women about health, pregnancy, and childcare.
Cross-cultural clinical experience across five continents. Two energetic kids. A contagious preference for being outside.
Direct Primary Care, in their words.
Short videos from doctors, patients, and thought leaders on why DPC exists and how it changes the experience of primary care. Click a circle to watch.
A DPC doctor is like a great oak.
You can't grow a tall tree without deep roots. The strength of a Direct Primary Care doctor isn't measured in dollars — it's the discipline of staying centered on the patient in front of them, visit after visit. That steadiness grows from something older: relationships, time, and a long memory of what unhurried medicine is supposed to feel like.
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Tour the clinic at 525 N.W. 11th in downtown OKC, meet Dr. Emily and the team, ask every question you've been saving up. No paperwork, no pressure.
Call 405-563-7200