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Real Health DPC was built around the desire to provide better primary care to the community of Fredericksburg, Virginia. At Real Health DPC, we aim to provide more accessible, meaningful, and cost-effective treatment to families and individuals in the area. We believe by acting as a direct pay provider, we can help eliminate frustrations many have with the current healthcare system and, in turn, allow our patients to live happier, healthier lives.
Dr. Spencer Dean, DO
Dr. Dean is a board certified, Virginia licensed, Family Medicine physician who has been practicing for just under 10 years. He received his undergraduate degree at Brigham Young University in exercise science with a special interest in sports medicine. He was selected as a recipient of the health professions scholarship in the United States Navy and commissioned as an officer in 2015.
Dr Dean attended Midwestern University Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine and graduated in the top third of his class. He completed his family medicine residency at the Naval Hospital at the Naval Air Station in Jacksonville, Florida. During those years he also worked in various civilian hospitals and clinics throughout the region.
As a resident, Dr Dean received the Resident Scholar Award given to the resident with the most published research. Most of his research has focused on the uses of Ultrasound as a diagnostic tool in musculoskeletal injuries and as an adjunct tool to achieve better therapeutic results with joint therapies and injections. He received additional training in the use of ultrasound for these therapies and employs them in patient care today. He looks forward to adding ultrasound to one of Real Health’s offered services in the near future.
Dr. Dean loves to spend his free time with his wife and their three children. He enjoys good music, the outdoors, hiking, cycling, mountain biking, races, history, and lacrosse.
