Dr. Thomas M. Price MD

I chose to become a family physician to help patients at all points in their life with their healthcare needs. I believe in providing timely, reliable, full spectrum care to patients to help them navigate the healthcare system and avoid unnecessary referrals. I have numerous areas of interest, including providing pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and care for patients living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis C. Also, I provide women’s health care and contraception management. Lastly, I have experience managing various common chronic illnesses, including diabetes, hypertension, heart failure, cirrhosis and other endocrine disorders. Outside of work, I enjoy spending time with my wife and daughters, as well as being active outdoors.

As a physician, my approach to patient-care is centered on humility. Medical training has given me an extremely valuable skill, but only my patients truly know their own bodies, not to mention the ins and outs of their lives. I try to maintain this awareness whenever I talk to a patient, that they are the expert on their own life and body. I also come to medicine knowing that doctors and the medical system at large have perpetrated significant harm, especially in the United States and especially on black and brown, Indigenous, poor, queer, and disabled people. Carrying this legacy with me pushes me to uphold a personal and community mandate to disrupt patterns of harm that I see in medicine and in my own practice. My special areas of interest include HIV medicine, gender-affirming care, abortion care, substance use treatment, inpatient medicine, and prenatal care. My scholarly work focuses on teaching medical students how to effectively participate in medical advocacy for incarcerated people. Outside of work, you can find me in a community organizing meeting, trail running in Orange County, or cooking in kitchens around the Triangle with my friends.

My main goal as a physician is to provide compassionate, affirming, whole-person primary care for all North Carolinians. I see medicine as a dialogue, using shared decision-making to combine my medical knowledge with each patient’s expertise over their own bodies and experiences. My clinical and research interests include LGBTQ+ health, gender-affirming care, HIV care, and trauma-informed care. I also have a background in health equity research and advocacy, and am committed to building a healthcare system wherein all patients have access to the resources they need to stay healthy. In my free time, you can find me birdwatching with my husband in North Carolina’s many forests, hanging out with our two cats, and tending to our too-large collection of house plants.