Dr. Erin Kunkel grew up in the DC metro area. She conducted her BA in Theater at Middlebury College, her premedical training at Columbia University, her MD at Brown University, and her residency in OB/GYN at Pennsylvania Hospital of UPenn. She returned to RI after residency and spent 7.5 years practicing as a board-certified general OB/GYN. Throughout her time in that practice, she fell in love with working with women in midlife, supporting them through the unique challenges posed by the late reproductive years, perimenopause, and through to postmenopause. To better support these patients, she completed a professional training certification in Women’s Integrative and Functional Medicine, became a Menopause Society Certified Practitioner (MSCP), & attained board certification in Obesity Medicine (DABOM). Her areas of expertise include general gynecology, PCOS, abnormal uterine bleeding, perimenopause and menopause, and weight management. When not working, she can be found exploring new parks and hikes with her husband and daughter, browsing plant nurseries with aspirational garden visions in mind, cooking, or just drinking coffee with a good book or a good friend.
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Dr. Ashley Lakin grew up in Maryland, attended Dickinson College, and found her way to Philadelphia for medical school at PCOM. Unable to choose between caring for children or pregnant people, she found her home in family medicine with obstetrics. Brown’s Family Medicine residency brought her to RI with her husband and introduced her to her friends and future colleagues Drs. Hedde & Turshen. After graduating from residency, she completed 2 years of fellowship in Maternal-Child Health at Brown, and is proud to be one of the only Breastfeeding Medicine physicians in RI. When not working, she can be found covered in dirt– either from her ever-expanding garden or because her 3 wild boy children are often filthy. She and her crew love living in RI and can be often found playing on the Narragansett Bay.
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Dr. Laura Henseler is very pleased and excited to be joining the team at Direct Doctors.
A board-certified family physician and addiction specialist, with expertise treating patients of all genders from the early teen years through the twilight of life, she strives to treat each person as a whole and responds to their individual needs. She will guide patients through the management of both their physical and mental health needs. A native New Englander from the North Shore of MA, Dr. Henseler attended Clark University & then graduated from the prestigious Boston University School of Medicine. She is thrilled to call Rhode Island her home for the past 20 years. She truly embraces the “Ocean State” and loves to spend time swimming, kayaking, boating and even “cold plunging” during the winter months. Dr. Henseler and her husband Sean have three adult children spread across the globe. While Dr. Henseler loves to travel with her family, she is also a homebody at heart and on off days you may find her tending to her garden, fruit trees, and backyard chickens. |
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Lauren Hedde DO
Co-Founder, Board Certified in Family Medicine 
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Mark Turshen MD
Co-Founder, Board Certified in Family Medicine 
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James
Hedde DO Co-Founder, Board Certified in Family Medicine 
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Sara Delaporta MD
Board Certified in Family Medicine 
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