GracePointe Healthcare
About
Michele Potter has over a decade of experience working with Ehlers-Danlos patients and their families. GracePointe Healthcare is a Direct Primary Care practice offering affordable, exceptional, personalized, no-rush care for the entire family. Whenever possible, our patients are seen the same day or next day, experience a less crowded waiting area, less wait time, and more one-on-one time with their provider. We are also available for housecalls, phone, and email consultations. We are committed to giving you the best care possible.
EDS Healthcare in Tennessee
Vanderbilt University Medical Center's Autonomic Dysfunction Center in Nashville is particularly relevant for EDS patients with POTS and other forms of dysautonomia. The Nashville area is growing in EDS resources. IU Health's EDS & HSD Clinic in Indianapolis is the nearest EDS Society Center of Excellence, about 4 hours from Nashville. Memphis patients may access programs in other regions.
Nashville has the strongest resources, but patients outside the Nashville and Memphis metro areas face limited access. Rural areas of East Tennessee, the Cumberland Plateau, and West Tennessee have very few providers familiar with EDS. The nearest Center of Excellence in Indianapolis requires significant travel.
Finding Primary Care / Internal Medicine for EDS
Look for a PCP willing to serve as your care coordinator across multiple specialists and who screens for EDS cardiovascular, GI, and neurological complications at regular intervals.