Daniel Parks, MD

Family Medicine 

Dr. Parks, originally from Boston, MA, is a board-certified Family Medicine physician with over 28 years of clinical experience. He earned his bachelor’s degree in biology from Suffolk University and his medical degree from the Uniformed Services University. After completing his internship and residency in Family Medicine at Womack Army Medical Center in 1995, he pursued additional training in medical acupuncture with the Helms Medical Institute in 2012.  

Currently serving as the Medical Director of Urgent Care for a health care system in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, Dr. Parks has notable experience in various roles. He served in the military, holding positions such as White House Physician from 2001 to 2009, where he managed an elite joint-service unit providing medical support to the President, Vice President, and their families.  

Dr. Parks’ military service also included duty as Assistant Director and Senior Flight Surgeon at the Pentagon, and he was deployed to Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2009 as a Battalion Surgeon. He retired from the military in February 2013, receiving multiple honors.  

In 2016, Dr. Parks joined the Federal Bureau of Investigations as their Chief Medical Officer, overseeing fitness for duty evaluations, travel clearances, operational medical support, and psychological support for employees. He managed medical and psychological responses to mass shooting incidents and developed agency policy during the Zika outbreak of 2016.  

Dr. Parks has special interests in travel and aviation medicine, as well as medical acupuncture. In his free time, he volunteers as a reserve deputy with the Augusta County Sheriff’s office and resides in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia on 55 acres of farmland with his wife and three grown children.  

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What inspired you to become a physician?

I have always enjoyed understanding how things work and investigating how and why things go wrong. Medicine has allowed me to link this investigative curiosity, understanding of the human machine, and a deep sense of service to others in a way that is fun, exciting, and rewarding.

Why did you come to WorldClinic?

Having spent my first 20 years as a family physician in the Army, I did not have to deal with insurance companies and corporate healthcare cost containment.  

My next 10 years in the civilian healthcare environment soured me to the current healthcare environment constrained by those restrictions.  

I realized our US healthcare system is catastrophically failing the patient. WorldClinic’s concierge healthcare model afforded me the luxury to focus on the patient, their family, and their health needs without the constraints of insurance or corporate healthcare, or “one size fits all” pathways.

Providing care and compassion to those who are ill and hopefully make their day just a little better because of my actions.

I was raised with a strong work ethic and driven by service to others. I know nothing other than to provide the best possible care and compassion to others that I would expect for myself or my family.