Dawson Med

What Dawson Med does

Dawson Med is a primary care and urgent care practice founded in 2021 and headquartered in Wilmington, North Carolina, serving patients across the Wilmington–Leland corridor of southeastern North Carolina. The clinic operates from 608 Dawson Street in Wilmington and is expanding to a second site at 304 Village Rd NE in Leland effective April 2026 via the transition of Batish Family Medicine's patient base. Care is delivered by approximately seven providers under Medical Director Umar Bowers, MD, covering routine primary care, walk-in urgent care, telemedicine, weight management, addiction medicine (Suboxone/MAT), IV hydration, in-office X-ray, chronic disease management, and women's and men's health services. The practice also accepts workers' compensation cases as a distinct clinical and payer segment.

The practice runs on a third-party technology stack rather than proprietary systems: PatientPop handles digital patient acquisition and the practice website, athenahealth serves as the EHR and patient portal, and Solv Health provides online scheduling for same-day urgent care visits. Operations are community-anchored through partnerships, including an Aledade, Inc. affiliation in which Dr. Bowers serves as Ambassador (aligning the practice with value-based care/ACO contracting) and a community-health partnership with SEAHEC. Brand positioning emphasizes direct, walk-in access, continuity of care, and a broad service menu relative to a typical small primary care office.

Dawson Med generates revenue predominantly on a fee-for-service basis, billing Medicare, Medicare Advantage, and commercial insurance plans (Aledade, BCBS, UnitedHealthcare, Humana, Cigna, Medcost listed among accepted payers), supplemented by self-pay patients. Ancillary and program-based revenue streams — workers' compensation, telemedicine, IV hydration, weight management, and MAT — add incremental reimbursement per visit beyond standard E/M billing. Go-to-market is direct-to-consumer: patients are acquired through the PatientPop-driven web presence, Solv Health scheduling, the physical Wilmington location, and the incoming Leland patient panel, with no enterprise payer contracting or employer-sponsored distribution disclosed.

Name

Dawson Med

Legal name

Dawson Med

Website

https://dawson-med.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Dawson Med is a Wilmington, NC–based primary and urgent care practice with about seven providers, founded in 2021, expanding into a second Leland location in April 2026 and serving walk-in, scheduled, and telemedicine patients in southeastern North Carolina.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Primary Care and Urgent Care Services

NAICS

Offices of Physicians (6211)

SIC

Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011)

akta.pro primary industry

Retail & Walk-In Primary Care Clinics (HLAFAGAC)

Keywords

• Primary care services
• Urgent care services
• Chronic disease management
• Telemedicine consultations
• Preventive wellness visits

Headquarters

HQ city

Wilmington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Healthcare Services Revenue: Fee-for-service healthcare revenue generated from primary care visits, urgent care services, telemedicine consultations, and specialized programs such as weight management and addiction medicine. Revenue is collected through insurance billing (Medicare, Medicare Advantage, and commercial plans) and self-pay options.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Dawson Med delivers integrated primary care and walk-in urgent care services to patients of all ages across two North Carolina clinics in Wilmington and Leland. Service offerings span preventive care, chronic disease management, women's and men's health, medical weight loss, addiction medicine, on-site X-ray, and telemedicine.

Product overview

Dawson Med is a primary care practice and urgent care provider operating two locations in Wilmington and Leland, NC. The practice offers an integrated suite of healthcare services centered around primary care and urgent care as core offerings, supplemented by specialized programs including a Weight Management Program (physician-supervised weight loss with FDA-approved medications and dietetic support) and an Addiction Medicine Program (evidence-based treatment including Suboxone). The service portfolio includes telemedicine, IV hydration therapy, X-ray diagnostics, chronic disease management (heart disease, diabetes, kidney disease, chronic pain), women's health, men's health, and Medicare-covered annual wellness visits. Patient-facing digital tools include an athenahealth-powered Patient Portal and online bill payment via QuickPay Portal. The practice is led by Medical Director Umar Bowers, MD, and a team of nurse practitioners and physician assistants, with a stated mission focused on health equity and compassionate community care.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Primary Care Comprehensive primary care services for patients of all ages including adult, pediatric, and senior medicine, preventive care, women's health, comprehensive physicals, and chronic disease management. Intended for individuals and families in Wilmington and Leland, NC who need a continuous primary care medical home.
• Urgent Care and Walk-Ins Walk-in urgent care for unexpected illness or injury, available seven days a week including COVID-19 testing, with no appointment necessary. Designed for patients in Wilmington and Leland, NC who need same-day acute care without an ER visit.
• Telemedicine Virtual primary care visits with Dawson Med providers, including evening and weekend hours, enabling patients to receive care remotely without traveling to a clinic. Intended for established and new patients who need convenient access to primary care.
• X-Ray On-site digital X-ray imaging for diagnostic purposes, available as part of primary and urgent care visits at Dawson Med.
• Medical Weight Loss / Weight Management Program Physician-supervised weight loss program with lifestyle modifications, Registered Dietician support, FDA-approved medications (Phentermine, Contrave, Saxenda, Qsymia), and B12 injections. Targeted at patients seeking medical weight management within their primary care relationship.
• IV Hydration Therapy IV hydration therapy services for wellness and recovery, available at Dawson Med clinics.
• Heart Disease Management Chronic disease management program for patients with heart disease and other cardiovascular conditions, with customized treatment plans adjusted as patient needs change.
• Diabetes Management Diabetes care and management service with customized treatment plans, delivered as part of Dawson Med's primary care offering for patients with diabetes.
• Chronic Kidney Disease Management Chronic disease management service for patients with chronic kidney disease, coordinated within Dawson Med's primary care practice.
• Chronic Pain Management Chronic pain management service designed to improve daily quality of life for patients living with persistent pain, delivered within Dawson Med's primary care practice.
• Women's Health Women's health service covering preventive care and management of women-specific conditions, delivered as part of Dawson Med's primary care offerings.
• Men's Health Men's health service covering treatment for low testosterone, prostate cancer screening, erectile dysfunction, premature ejaculation, and STD management, delivered within Dawson Med's primary care practice.
• Annual Wellness Visit Medicare-covered annual wellness visit focused on preventive care and health risk assessment for patients aged 65 and older, available at no cost to eligible Medicare beneficiaries.
• Addiction Medicine Program Evidence-based addiction treatment program offering diagnosis, certified substance abuse counseling, medication-assisted treatment with Suboxone, and long-term relapse prevention support. Targeted at patients in the Wilmington and Leland, NC area seeking addiction treatment integrated with primary care.

Quantifiable outcome

• Urgent care treats conditions that would otherwise require ER visits in approximately 1 hour or less vs 4 hour average ER wait
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• SEAHEC (South East Area Health Education Center)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSEAHEC logo displayed on partner page, indicating collaboration to deliver exceptional care to patients and the community. SEAHEC focuses on improving health care access and education in southeastern North Carolina.
• Aledade, Inc.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAledade logo displayed on partner page. Aledade is a healthcare technology and services company focused on primary care. Medical Director Dr. Bowers serves as an Ambassador for Aledade.
• Johns Hopkins MedicineminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDr. Bowers served as a research assistant with Johns Hopkins Medicine before co-founding Dawson Med, contributing to healthcare access advancement in North Carolina.
• Local Wilmington BusinessesminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartnership with local small businesses in Wilmington area to provide workers' compensation care and support workforce health.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Wilmington Health: Multi-specialty independent physician group serving Wilmington and surrounding counties with primary care, urgent care, specialty, and diagnostics under one umbrella. Directly comparable to Dawson on geography and core primary/urgent care offering, but at significantly larger scale and broader service breadth.
• Novant Health Medical Group: Large regional health system operating primary care clinics, urgent care, and specialty services across the Carolinas. Comparable to Dawson on primary care service line and NC geography, but with system-level scale, payer leverage, and capital that Dawson lacks.
• UNC Health Physicians Network: University-affiliated primary care and specialty network with locations throughout North Carolina including southeastern coastal areas. Directly comparable on primary care offering; larger scale, integrated EHR, and academic affiliation provide structural advantages over Dawson.
• Atrium Health Primary Care: Major regional health system's primary care division operating across the Carolinas. Comparable on primary care, chronic disease management, and Medicare-focused offerings; benefits from system-level infrastructure and population health capabilities that Dawson cannot match.

Direct peers

• FastMed Urgent Care: Multi-state urgent care chain with walk-in locations in Wilmington and across NC offering similar acute care, X-ray, and occupational health services. Direct overlap with Dawson's urgent care walk-in service line and same Wilmington geography.
• Concentra Urgent Care: National occupational health and urgent care provider with workers' compensation services — a service line Dawson also markets. Comparable on walk-in urgent care and workers' comp use cases, but operates at vastly larger national scale.

Emerging players

• CVS MinuteClinic: Retail-based walk-in primary care and urgent care inside CVS pharmacies, with multiple locations in the Wilmington area. Competes with Dawson on low-acuity visits, convenience, and self-pay price points, but does not offer ongoing primary care relationships.

Regional players

• Tryon Medical Partners: Independent physician group in the Carolinas emphasizing physician-led, relationship-based primary care with specialty integration. Comparable model philosophy to Dawson (independent, relationship-driven, mission-led) but operates in Charlotte rather than Wilmington.

Others

• Aledade (practice partner network): Value-based care enabler and ACO partner for independent primary care practices. Dawson's existing partnership with Aledade positions Dawson within this peer network of similarly independent, ACO-affiliated primary care practices competing for shared-savings revenue.
• Everseat / Solv Health (booking platform peers): Patient-facing online scheduling platforms used by independent urgent care and primary care practices including Dawson. Not a direct clinical peer but a marketplace listing competitor practices alongside Dawson for consumer urgent care demand in the Wilmington market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/DawsonMedNC
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/dawson-med-primary-care-and-urgent-care

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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