KATHERINE EDSON

Dr. Katie Edson is a board‑certified family medicine physician who graduated from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and completed her residency at the University of Tennessee Family Medicine Residency at St Francis Hospital in Memphis, TN. She is certified by the National Board of Physicians and Surgeons.\n\nDr. Edson founded Edson Family Practice as a Direct Primary Care clinic to restore the old‑fashioned doctor‑patient relationship. She believes in providing ample time, personalized care, and removing insurance middlemen. As she says, “I want to be the doctor that I would want when I am the patient.” The practice offers a membership model with direct access via phone, text, and email, as well as home visits and postpartum care.\n\nHer clinical background includes international rotations in India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and rural Tennessee, giving her a culturally aware perspective that informs her compassionate, patient‑centered approach.