Newport News family practitioner launches personalized medical practice

After almost 30 years at Oyster Point Family Practice in Newport News, board-certified family practitioner J. Drew O'Neal knows what's important to him and his patients.

"Time is what matters. Doctors don't have the time to do what they want. They have eight to 10 minutes a visit, 15 at the most," he said. He knows many physicians who've burned out, many others who want to get out of the practice of medicine.

So, starting Tuesday, O'Neal will be in the same physical location in Oyster Point, sharing overhead with the same physicians, but he will be affiliated with MDVIP, a national organization started in 2000 in Florida by two family practitioners.