Direct Doctors

Direct Doctors Membership based primary care at affordable rates - unlimited access, convenient scheduling, and text your doctor directly! This is our goal.

Come find out the Direct Doctors difference!! We want to bring back the good old days when the doctor visited knew every member of your family, took time to listen to your stories and concerns, and treated you with compassion and care. To accomplish this, we provide a wide range of personalized services. Our plans offer home visits and all of our plans offer social visits and care coordination dur

ing or after a hospital stay. By keeping our practice small, you will always be able to see your doctor or one of your doctor's partners. We do not use an answering service of outside doctors who don't have access to your record and don't know who you are. By getting you in the same day if you need it, you can avoid going unnecessarily to the urgent care, minute clinics, and the emergency room and seeing a provider who doesn't know you. We can help guide you to appropriate specialists when needed but will make every effort to manage your complaints in our primary care office setting. You will be able to see your primary care doctor when you want. You can contact your doctor by cell phone, email, or text messaging. Instead of the usual 7-10 minutes with the doctor, you will choose 30 or 60 minute visits that you can schedule yourself online the same day or whenever it fits your schedule. You can visit, call, or message with the doctor as many times in a year as you need. This means, if your health requires five visits in a week, you can do it! You will only ever be charged one low monthly flat rate fee and a specific price on additional services at-cost. There are no hidden fees or confusing bills. We don't make money by providing you additional services. This helps ensure you only get the procedures and care that you need and want - not what we can bill for as in the typical insurance fee-for-service model. If you have insurance, we will never bill your insurance for our included services. And, for services we don't provide, we will help you to find low cost options and preferred specialists who either take your insurance or bill you a transparent fee. We designed this practice for you! It is a product of years of living in New England, hearing what family and friends want and hope for from their doctor. As three Brown Family Medicine trained doctors, we've decided to challenge convention and bring you a new, different, and, we think, better kind of healthcare.

06/04/2026

Why do I feel so unmotivated lately?

Dr. Erin Kunkel sits down with Dr. Sarah Quaratella to discuss dopamine, motivation, reward, and the cognitive changes many women experience during perimenopause.

Sometimes it is not laziness.
It is chemistry.

If this sounds familiar, save this reel and share it with someone who may need to hear it.

For unhurried, physician-led women’s healthcare, visit directdoctors.org

06/02/2026

Perimenopause and menopause can affect far more than just your cycle.

For many women, this stage of life can bring intense mood changes, anxiety, depression, and emotional overwhelm that often go unrecognized or dismissed.

You are not “dramatic.”
You are not weak.
And you do not have to go through it alone.

If you or someone you love is struggling, please reach out for support. Conversations around women’s mental health matter.

For unhurried, physician-led care, visit directdoctors.org to schedule an appointment.

05/28/2026

Don’t wait until it gets worse.

The earlier you address changes in your body, the easier it is to manage them.

You don’t have to push through or figure it out alone.

Learn more with Dr. Erin Kunkel:
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Ever feel like actually reaching your doctor has become harder than getting the appointment itself?Phone trees. Messages...
05/28/2026

Ever feel like actually reaching your doctor has become harder than getting the appointment itself?

Phone trees. Messages. Long waits. Rushed visits.

Our latest blog breaks down why direct access to physicians has disappeared from so much of modern healthcare and how Direct Doctors is bringing it back through longer visits, smaller patient panels, and direct communication with your doctor.

Read the blog:
https://www.directdoctors.org/blog/direct-access-to-your-doctor-in-rhode-island-why-it-disappeared-and-how-direct-doctors-restores-it

This is what care with Dr. Erin Kunkel actually feels like.Time to talk.Time to ask questions.Time to be heard.Not rushe...
05/27/2026

This is what care with Dr. Erin Kunkel actually feels like.

Time to talk.
Time to ask questions.
Time to be heard.

Not rushed. Not one-size-fits-all.

If you’ve been putting off care because it never felt right, this is your sign to start.

👉 directdoctors.org

05/25/2026

If what used to work isn’t working anymore, you’re not doing anything wrong.

Your body has changed and your approach needs to change with it.

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Beyond the barbecues and long weekend, Memorial Day is a time to pause.To remember the courage, sacrifice, and lives giv...
05/25/2026

Beyond the barbecues and long weekend, Memorial Day is a time to pause.

To remember the courage, sacrifice, and lives given in service to our country.

Today, we honor and remember those who gave everything.

05/21/2026

Women are 2–4x more likely to experience clinical depression during the menopause transition.

Let that sink in.

Menopause is not just hot flashes. Mental health matters too.

Dr. Erin Kunkel shares what the research actually shows.

Share this. More women need to hear it.

Walk in and actually feel comfortable.That’s the difference.
05/20/2026

Walk in and actually feel comfortable.

That’s the difference.

Join Dr. Erin Kunkel on May 26 at 6 PM at the Mt. Pleasant Community Library  for a conversation about perimenopause and...
05/20/2026

Join Dr. Erin Kunkel on May 26 at 6 PM at the Mt. Pleasant Community Library for a conversation about perimenopause and the changes many women experience long before menopause officially begins.

Irregular periods. Mood shifts. Sleep changes. Brain fog. Weight changes. These symptoms are real and more common than many women realize.

If you’ve been wondering whether your hormones could be playing a role, this is a conversation worth attending.

If you’d like to book an unhurried appointment with Dr. Kunkel, visit directdoctors.org

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2639 South County Trail
East Greenwich, RI
02818

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Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
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