A practice built on relationship, not a coding sheet.
Foundations Direct Care is a family-centered direct primary care practice in Oklahoma City, led by Dr. Emily McLaurin, MD. We take care of whole families across whole lifetimes — the old-fashioned way, with time, attention, and the phone answered when you call.
Foundations isn't just a name. It's how we approach every patient, every visit, every decision.
Most healthcare today is built on speed: seven-minute visits, coding tables, and a billing department bigger than the clinical staff. The ground is unstable. Patients feel it. Doctors feel it. Something has to give.
We chose to build differently — on relationship, on time, on the kind of care you'd give a family member. Dr. Emily volunteered at Ministries of Jesus Clinic for 12 years before opening Foundations. Our team is made of people who answered the same call, in their own ways: in NICUs, on the mission field, in homes. Faith isn't something we broadcast. It's the soil this practice grew out of.
That's the foundation. Everything else — the price transparency, the direct access to your doctor, the wholesale labs — is how that foundation shows up in your life.
Family belongs to a community
We take care of whole families across whole lifetimes. That's not a niche — it's the point.
We meet you where you are
Busy schedule? Same-day visit. Out of town? Telehealth. One-size doesn't fit anyone.
Simplify complexity
Specialist referrals, lab pricing, medication costs, insurance puzzles — we're your central point of contact.
Whole health starts when you're healthy
The best medicine is the illness you never have. Prevention isn't an afterthought here.
The people answering when you text.
Five humans, not a call tree. Every member of the Foundations team brought a lifetime of practice, faith, and real-world experience through the door.
Board-certified family physician with 17 years of practice spanning inpatient and outpatient care, medical education, research, and international work. Before Foundations she practiced at St. Anthony Hospital for 5 years and has volunteered at Ministries of Jesus Clinic for 12.
Rice University (BA) → UT Health San Antonio (MD) → St. Anthony, OKC (residency). Off the clock: violin, piano, hiking, travel, and Taiwanese-American family food.
20+ years as a medical assistant — steady hands, a caring heart, and the kind of bedside presence that makes a nervous new patient exhale. Wife, mom of three, mimi of two, faithful volunteer at her church.
"After 20 plus years, Lori's passion for the work remains strong." If you meet her once, you'll know it within five minutes.
A bio for Andrea is on the way. In the meantime, you'll likely meet her at the front desk or out in the community connecting Foundations with the OKC neighborhoods we serve.
University of Central Oklahoma nursing grad (2014). Nationally certified NICU nurse (2017) with 5 years in the neonatal ICU. After her first child, she and her husband moved to South Asia for several years, where she taught women about health, pregnancy, and childcare.
Cross-cultural clinical experience across five continents. Two energetic kids. A contagious preference for being outside.
22+ years in pediatric OT, 10 years in craniosacral and manual therapy, 15 years teaching yoga. She developed the "Release Therapeutic Style" of yoga and trained with the Upledger Institute and Dr. Ed Stiles.
All-American swimmer at Texas A&M. A bold love for Jesus, a daughter named Presley, and a standing invitation to bring your kids to her yoga session.
Location, location, location.
We chose central Oklahoma City on purpose — the part of the metro that can reach the most people without making anyone do a full-day trip. Foundations sits roughly a 20-minute drive from the north end of Edmond and a 20-minute drive from the south end of Norman. (On a good day. OKC traffic willing.)
525 N.W. 11th St., Suite 110 — Heritage Hills / Mid-town corridor. Easy street parking and a small lot directly behind the building. No copays at the door, no waiting-room queue.
Hours
Mon–Thu · 8:30a–4:00p
Fri · 8:30a–12:00p
Direct telehealth for members
Parking & access
Street parking and a small lot directly behind the building. Ground-floor entrance, fully accessible.
What to expect on your first visit
Quick tour, short paperwork, an unhurried 60-minute initial physical with Dr. Emily, and a real conversation about your health goals. No copays, no surprise bill at the desk.
Phone & email
405-563-7200
newpatients@renovo.care
fax 405-337-9656
A quick word on parking — easier than the map alone makes it look.
Real members. Real medicine. Real conversations.
"Dr. Emily texted me back on a Sunday night when my son spiked a fever. We avoided an ER trip. I've never had a doctor I could actually reach like this."
"My old doctor gave me 8 minutes. Dr. Emily gave me 45 and finally figured out what was wrong. I've never felt like a human in the healthcare system before."
"She actually called me back."
Different words, same idea — a text after hours, a voicemail returned the same morning, a Sunday-evening thread when a kid spikes a fever. It's the line we hear most often.
"Forty-five minutes instead of eight."
The thing members come back to most: time. Time to actually explain what's going on. Time to be heard. Time for a doctor to think before answering.
Are you a Foundations member with a story to share? Tell us about it — we'd love to feature you here (with your permission).
Voices from the wider DPC movement.
These aren't our patients — but they're the same conversation. Doctors, patients, and thought leaders explaining why Direct Primary Care exists and how it changes the experience of medicine. Click a circle to watch.
Whether patient, doctor, or thought leader — they're all describing the same thing.
Roots. The kind that hold steady when everything around them is rushed. A DPC doctor is like a great oak: the strength isn't measured in dollars but in the discipline of staying centered on the patient in front of them, visit after visit. That steadiness grows from something older — relationships, time, and a long memory of what unhurried medicine is supposed to feel like.
Hover a hex to previewReady for a doctor who has time for you?
Tour the clinic at 525 N.W. 11th in downtown OKC, meet Dr. Emily and the team, ask every question you've been saving up. No paperwork, no pressure.
Call 405-563-7200