Molly Rutherford
Family Medicine
About
Dr. Molly Rutherford, MD, MPH, is a board‑certified family physician and addiction specialist who founded Bluegrass Family Wellness, a Direct Primary Care practice in Crestwood, KY. She emphasizes affordable, accessible, and personalized care without insurance interference, offering primary care, addiction treatment, and functional medicine. Dr. Rutherford earned her MPH in epidemiology and health policy from Johns Hopkins University while working at the NIAID and completed her MD at Eastern Virginia Medical School. She moved to Kentucky in 2006, recognized the opioid crisis, and became certified to prescribe buprenorphine/naloxone in 2008, later achieving board certification in Addiction Medicine in 2012. Her practice philosophy centers on building long‑term patient relationships, providing wholesale medication pricing, and leveraging telehealth tools to keep care convenient and patient‑focused.
Credentials
Training & certification
- Medical school
- Eastern Virginia Medical School (2003)
- Residency
- Portsmouth Family Medicine Residency
- Board certification
- Family Medicine - American Board of Family Medicine, Addiction Medicine - American Board of Addiction Medicine · expires 2012
- Designations
- FASAM, ABFM, ABAM
- Years in practice
- 20+ years
- Specialty
- Family Medicine
Licensing
Licensure & registration
- NPI
- 1538184528
- Primary license
- Kentucky · 40265
Practice
Where Dr. Rutherford practices
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Bluegrass Family Wellness
Crestwood, KY
Professional memberships
- American Academy of Family Physicians · Member
- American Society for Addiction Medicine · Member
- Kentucky Academy of Family Physicians · Member
- Coalition for a Healthy Oldham County · Member
- Direct Primary Care Alliance · Member
- Unbridled Project · Board Member
- Healthy Oldham County Coalition · Member
Community
Dr. Rutherford serves as past President of the Kentucky Society of Addiction Medicine, past President of the Kentucky Academy of Family Physicians, and holds leadership roles in the Coalition for a Healthy Oldham County. She is a Board Member of the Unbridled Project and a founding member of the Direct Primary Care Alliance, actively advocating for evidence‑based addiction treatment and DPC models in her community.
DPC experience
Started DPC: 5/1/2015
Data aggregated from publicly available sources including the NPPES Registry, practice websites, and professional directories.