Vance Lassey

Dr. Vance Lassey has lived and worked in the Holton community since 2007. He earned dual undergraduate degrees from the University of Kansas before attaining his M.D. from the University of Kansas School of Medicine. He served as Chief Resident of the Smoky Hill Family Medicine Residency Program in Salina, Kansas where he received awards for teaching, writing, and the prestigious national AAFP Award for Excellence in Graduate Medical Education. Dr. Lassey is a founding member of the flagship national DPC organization, the Direct Primary Care Alliance, where he served for 2 years as the President. He has served on or chaired numerous boards, including the KDHE Newborn Screening Advisory Council, the Governor's Fitness Council, and the Kansas Academy of Family Physicians Board of Directors. He is also a founding member of the Midwest DPC Alliance. He has served for years as an Assistant Clinical Professor for the University of Kansas School of Medicine, where he has been the recipient of numerous teaching awards, including the AOA Volunteer Clinical Faculty Award. Dr. Lassey practiced full-spectrum family medicine at Holton Community Hospital from 2007 until 2016, when he left the traditional Fee-For-Service medical system to found Holton Direct Care. He utilizes the direct primary care model to offer unprecedented access, attention, time, and quality to his patients--for less than a cable or cell phone bill.