In this episode, Cal talks with Dr. Rachel Beda, a physician practicing in a concierge setting in Seattle. The conversations touches on equity, gender affirming care, the challenges of building relationship in a primary care practice, and the thorny question of "obesity medicine." **********The contest is still on! Don't miss your chance to win the most valuable prices in the universe! Just write a review of the podcast, and if we read it on the show, you win your choice of: an Interdisciplinary mug, an Interdisciplinary t-shirt, a conversation with Cal Cates and Cathy Ryan, or a conversation with the authors of Oncology Massage: An integrative approach to cancer care. **********About Our GuestDr. Rachel Beda is an internal medicine physician in Seattle, where she has provided gender-affirming medical care (including HRT) for over a decade. She is co-owner and medical director of Wise Patient Internal Medicine, a small Direct Primary Care clinic on Capitol Hill. Support the show

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