BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Lucy McBride is a board-certified internist who has practiced primary care medicine in Washington, DC, for over two decades. She is a native Washingtonian who attended the National Cathedral School before earning her undergraduate degree from Princeton University. She graduated with honors from Harvard Medical School and earned a Master's Degree in Pharmacology as a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Cambridge, U.K. She completed her internship and residency in Internal Medicine at Johns Hopkins Hospital, where she later served on the Emergency Medicine faculty.

After nearly 25 years in clinical practice, Dr. McBride has become a nationally recognized voice in healthcare transformation and patient empowerment. She believes that health is not a checklist or an outcome—it's a lifelong process that requires awareness of your medical facts, acceptance of what you cannot control, and agency over what you can change.

In her practice, Dr. McBride treats the whole patient, not just isolated symptoms. She examines the complete health ecosystem: medical history, nutrition, sleep, stress, relationships, mental health, and life story. She considers the patient-doctor relationship the foundation of good care and views her patients as her best teachers.

Dr. McBride is the author of Beyond the Prescription: A Doctor's Guide to Taking Charge of Your Health (Simon & Schuster, August 2026), which offers a proven five-step framework for patients to reclaim agency over their health. The book has been praised for bridging the gap between conventional medicine and holistic wellness, refusing false binaries and empowering patients to make informed decisions.

She writes the widely-read medical newsletter Are You Okay?, which reaches over 39,000 subscribers weekly with evidence-based guidance on navigating mental and physical health in tandem. She also hosts the top-rated podcast Beyond the Prescription, where she interviews guests like she does her patients—pulling back the curtain on what it means to be truly healthy.

Dr. McBride's work has been published in The Atlantic, The Washington Post, and USA Today. She is a frequent media commentator, appearing on NPR, CNN, MSNBC, Morning Joe, and PBS NewsHour, where she provides evidence-based medical advice and advocates for a more comprehensive approach to healthcare. She has testified before Congress on healthcare policy and patient advocacy.

Her mission extends beyond individual patient care to transforming the healthcare system itself. She believes that empowering individual patients creates systemic change—and that primary care relationships, enhanced by technology but centered on human connection, are the foundation of sustainable healthcare transformation.

Dr. McBride lives in Washington, DC with her husband and three children.

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