I’ve got you.

Now you can stop feeling sick about your healthcare—and start being cared for in a proactive, holistic way.

 

I get it. Even if you’re paying high insurance premiums or out-of-pocket copays, you’re still susceptible to:

Wasting long periods of time on hold trying to get through to your doctor’s office

Having to explain what you need to multiple people before you get access to your doctor

Long waits in a waiting room full of sick patients where you’re likely to bring new germs home to your family

Heading to Urgent Care or the ER when your doctor isn’t accessible...and finding out many dollars later, it really wasn’t necessary (Whatever happened to doctors having someone on call for them after hours?)

Hurried appointments where the doctor doesn’t have the time to connect the dots about your health

You can now prescribe your family a vital new option.

 

I’m Hayley Moak-Blest, DO

I’m the founder of Vitality Family Medicine and a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, or a DO. 

DOs are holistic. It’s such an overused word, but it’s the word that explains us best, especially those of us who actively use Osteopathic Manipulative Therapy (OMT) in our practice. (There aren’t many of us who actively use OMT). 

I’ll tell you why and how I use it and more in the FAQs. Sneak peek: It’s about aiding the body to heal itself.  

Big Picture: When diagnosing and problem solving, as a DO I’m always thinking about the whole you and how EVERYTHING in your body is connected.

So as a patient, you can expect to have honest conversations about how to overcome your barriers to optimal health.

My goal is to limit my practice to 300 patients. (The average number of patients a typical family medicine doctor has is 2,000 or more). We’ll have plenty of time to go deep and wide on your health during our visits.

  • I am dually board certified and fully licensed:

    • American Board of Family Medicine

    • American Osteopathic Board of Family Physicians

    • Licensed by the Board of Registration in Medicine in Massachusetts

    • Licensed by the Board of Medicine in New Hampshire

    This means every two years I’m required to manage up to 250 continued education credits/hours so I can deliver the best possible and most current, science-based care to my patients.

  • Medical School
    Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine

    Internship
    University of Massachusetts Medical Center

    Residency
    University of Massachusetts Worcester Family Medicine Residency

    Undergraduate
    BS Nutrition Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Why Family Medicine?

I started on this path because I wanted to help individuals live healthier.  Then I discovered family medicine and realized what better way to make individuals healthy than to make their family unit healthy.  

Fast forward. Now, as a mother raising my own family and becoming immersed in my community, I know this: Working with families and individuals within my community makes my community as a whole healthier. Whole health works for me.

 

Doctor on a Mission…

My mission is simple. I want to help Greater Newburyport by offering accessible, affordable, high-quality care as the doctor anyone can turn to and trust.  

I also want to lead by example, giving my fellow physician-colleagues hope in seeing the way my practice puts the care back in healthcare. So I’ve chosen to step outside of the conventional insurance company system that’s burning out doctors and patients, simultaneously. 

Bottom line: I’ve structured my practice so I can be 100% the best doctor I can be when I’m with you. I know you’ll feel the difference when we’re in the room together.

Who’s behind the white coat?

Patients tell me I’m “thorough, understanding and down-to-earth.” My friends describe me as “honest, smart, and passionate.” My husband, Dan, agrees with all of them.

You’ll see me talk with my hands and make lots of facial expressions (Yes, even with my mask on).

That’s part of the unfiltered, energetic, fiery, me.

I’m mother to Tilly and Finn. Along with Dan, they keep me active—hiking, biking, and endlessly picking up their dirty socks around the house.

More of what’s not in my medical history

 

When I turned 30, I hiked and skied Tuckerman’s Ravine (Mt Washington)—probably my hardest and scariest physical accomplishment.

 

Yoga got me through residency and remains my lifeline for keeping a calm mind and treating back pain from scoliosis.

 

Along with a group of adventurous docs and med students, I spent a month camping in the Himalayas—supplying medical care to remote villages. Being able to see patients without excessive documenting (like what insurance companies here require) inspired me to adopt the direct primary care model.

I was born at Anna Jaques Hospital in Newburyport where I grew up. I’d go to the hospital with my dad some evenings to meet my mom for dinner—she worked as a night ICU nurse. After moving away for 15 years to pursue my career, I now live just a few doors down from that hospital.

Here’s why it all matters

 

When you have a doctor you like and trust—someone who’s highly-trained, truly accessible, thorough beyond compare, and literally knows you inside and out, your health changes. Your life changes. You’re happier. And so is your family.

 

What could be more important?