Practice Velocity

David Stern, MD, CPC has worked as an urgent care physician for over 20 years. As founder and CEO of Practice Velocity, LLC, he has seen the company grow from 3 employees to over 200. As a partner in Physicians Immediate Care, he saw the chain grow from two centers to 20 centers in Illinois, Oklahoma and Nebraska. He is a founding Board Member of the Urgent Care Association of America and has received the Lifetime Membership award to UCAOA. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine at the Pennsylvania State University Hospital in Hershey, PA, where he served as Chief Resident in Internal Medicine. He has been named four times to the annual Castle Connolly list of Best Doctors in America. He speaks regularly on urgent care topics and writes a monthly column in the Journal of Urgent Care Medicine.