PC/MSO-first. CPOM-aware. Operator-led. The spine beneath serious telehealth.
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Dr. Laura Purdy, MD, MBA
I don’t “consult on telehealth.” I build the system beneath it.
I have lived inside the parts most people only talk about—scale, scrutiny, edge cases, operational failure points, and the quiet places where models break.
Physician. Army veteran. Telehealth operator. Founder. Synthesist.
The short version
The work is synthesis: constraints → structure → operations → governance.
Most founders do not need another vendor. They need a coherent map—what must be true legally, clinically, operationally, and technically—and a build plan that turns that truth into a runnable system. That is what I do.
I translate telehealth chaos into clean decision frameworks, not to make it prettier, but so the model holds up when volume, states, scrutiny, or clinical scope increase.
Compliance is not a bolt-on. It is a design constraint.
Cute comic. Serious point.
A beautiful basket of flowers—with a bomb inside.
The visual language is the decoy. The operating standard is the point.
Bright. Human. Disarming.
Healthcare does not need another beige website whispering about innovation.
Scar tissue. Judgment. Standards.
The quiet experience to know exactly where the model can break.
A professional refusal to fake it.
No rented credibility. No invisible accountability. No launch-now cleanup plan.
The complete operating record
The resume is not decoration. It is the edge.
Clinical care, medical-group responsibility, national telehealth, AI-enabled care, FDA-cleared monitoring, military medicine, founder advisory, and company building—carried into one operating lens.
Venture
CEO & Synthesist
Clinical, regulatory, and operating architecture for founders building digital health and telemedicine companies from napkin sketch through scale.
- PC/MSO and CPOM-aware model architecture
- Clinical pathways, visit flows, leadership models, and governance
- Bold care models built without cutting corners on quality or ethics
Aesthetic
CEO & Alchemist
Advisory and build leadership across med spas, telehealth, IV hydration, wellness, and hybrid care.
- More than 500 founders advised
- Clinical-brand, operations, and compliance-literate strategy
- Founder vision translated into executable systems
Swell Medical
CEO & Founder
Founder of a human online clinic built for virtual urgent care, medication management, metabolic care, and real-life patient questions.
JellyMed
CEO & Luminary
Founder of a modern telehealth collective blending judgment-free care, event-based medicine, patient education, and high-trust community partnerships.
MEDvidi
Chief Medical Officer
CMO experience within a profitable $25M+ ARR telepsychiatry clinic working to close the access gap in mental health care.
- Nationwide provider-network and clinical-quality oversight
- AI Psychiatric Prescriber and AI Chart Reviewer governance
- Innovation balanced with safety, trust, compliance, and patient-first care
Circadia Health
Medical Director
Medical leadership for an FDA-cleared, contactless remote-patient-monitoring system powered by advanced AI.
- Clinical integration of remote-monitoring technology
- Early-detection workflows across high-risk conditions and falls
- Experience within a model supporting more than 20,000 patients daily
wisp
Chief Medical Officer & Medical Director
Senior medical-executive leadership inside a national consumer telehealth platform.
- Medical Director, Jul 2019–Nov 2022
- Chief Medical Officer, Sep 2022–Nov 2023
OpenLoop
Chief Medical Officer
Medical leadership and operational oversight for high-growth telehealth infrastructure.
hims & hers / You Health Medical Group / Keeps
Medical Group President, PC Owner & Regional Medical Director
Regional medical-director and national professional-corporation leadership for the medical group serving the hims & hers telemedicine ecosystem, including Keeps.
Nationwide Virtual Care
Virtualist Physician
Clinical work with telemedicine companies from pre-concept startups to nationwide operations, including a historic practice footprint across all 50 states and Washington, DC.
MDLIVE
Virtualist Physician & Practice Medical Director
MDLIVE’s first full-time employed physician, with more than 20,000 virtual consultations and early medical-leadership experience inside scaled telemedicine.
U.S. Army Medicine
Chief Medical Officer, Chief of Inpatient Medicine, Hospitalist & Battalion Surgeon
Medical leadership across inpatient medicine, multidisciplinary operations, transition care, and special-operations support.
- Chief Medical Officer for a Warrior Transition Battalion
- Chief of Inpatient Medicine and hospitalist leadership
- Battalion-surgeon service supporting complex operational environments
Education + credentials
Clinical foundation. Business fluency. Operator judgment.
Uniformed Services University
Doctor of Medicine
2007–2011
Martin Army Community Hospital
Family Medicine Residency
2011–2014
Southern New Hampshire University
Master of Business Administration
2018–2020
Ball State University
Bachelor of Arts
2003–2005
Board-certified in Family Medicine.
How I work
Direct, structured, and oriented to what must be true.
I ask the uncomfortable questions early because standards are cheaper to protect before ambiguity turns into momentum. Expect decisive outputs, honest risk flagging, systems built for humans, and a steady governance cadence—not reactive cleanup.
A real conversation
Not a pitch. A pressure-test.
We’ll get clear on the model, scope, states, and uncertainty. If it is a fit, Discovery produces the build path.