Dr. McColl offers routine and complex primary care medical services with an emphasis on the four pillars of good health — nutrition, exercise, sleep, and peace. He has a strong staff with three nurses supporting these four areas. In addition, Pillar Primary Care also provides nutritional counseling with a registered dietician. Because of the additional services he provides in his office, his pricing is different and is listed below. This change will be reflected in your next invoice after enrollment.
- Cost per member 0-18 years: $85
- Cost per member 19+ years: $125
Profile
Dr. Mark B. McColl is an East Tennessee native having grown up in west Knoxville. At the end of the first semester at the University of Tennessee, God clearly called him into medicine. Prior to studying medicine, however, he earned a Masters of Arts in General Theological Studies. He then attended the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center College of Medicine in Memphis. After medical school, Dr. McColl moved to Lexington, Kentucky for residency in the combined Internal Medicine & Pediatrics program at the University of Kentucky Medical Center hospital.
After graduation from residency in 2006, Dr. McColl and his wife, Daphne, a pediatrician at Oak Ridge Pediatric Clinic, moved back to their home town of Knoxville to raise their children with their extended family. He enjoys outdoor activities of all sorts such as hiking, backpacking, kayaking, and camping. He is a member of Cedar Springs Presbyterian Church.
Dr. McColl is board certified in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics by the American Board of Internal Medicine, the American Board of Pediatrics, and the National Board of Physicians and Surgeons. He continues to be a member of the Christian Medical and Dental Association. Professionally, he belongs to the Direct Primary Care Alliance, the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS), the American College of Physicians (ACP), the American Association of Pediatricians (AAP), and the National Lipid Association (NLA).
Dr. McColl has special interests in well baby care, preventative health, nutritional counseling, metabolic disorders, diabetes, insulin resistance, vaccine preventable diseases, and cardiovascular disorders. He advocates for a real food, whole food approach to nutrition emphasizing low carbohydrate, high fat options and attempts to follow that himself when not led astray by Little Joe's pizza.
In 2012, he began to formulate the idea of developing a direct primary care practice and spent the next three years researching and building a sustainable business model. After finally launching this program in January 2016, his fellow partners allowed him to serve as President of Trinity Direct Primary Care, PLLC pioneering the DPC movement in Knoxville. In 2019, Dr. McColl founded Pillar Primary Care, PLLC to continue the mission of Direct Primary Care for his patients and his community. With this change, he plans to expand the practice to many different communities around the region.
Dr. McColl sees patients of all ages.
