WOMEN TO WATCH
2019

Siobahn Hruby, M.D.

Internal Medicine Physician
Pinnacle Internal Medicine

I spent the first decade after medical school figuring out how to connect with patients in a meaningful way. My goal was to have long-lasting and trust-filled relationships with patients who would come to know me as caring, patient and thorough. Institutionalized clinics created too many barriers and disincentives to providing care that would truly elevate my patients’ health, so I started from scratch and built a dream clinic. We offer unlimited direct access to the best care with a focus on cost transparency and preventing illness with a healthy lifestyle.

PRESSING QUESTIONS

The one thing I wish people knew about my field:

Great health insurance does not equal great health care. No physician wants rushed, impersonal visits, yet that is the consequence of our broken system that incentivizes paperwork over people. Think outside the insurance box for the best care.

Best career moment so far:

Thirty days after opening our Direct Primary Care clinic I knew we would succeed as small business owners. We created something better, something sustainable, something our patients wanted and something our souls needed.

Biggest challenges in my career:

Balancing motherhood and being a primary care physician. Both jobs are full-time and the needs are perpetual. Having emotional space and empathy for my family after a long day with difficult, tragic or urgent medical problems is tough.

If I could lunch with any woman, it would be:

Julia Child, but can we cook the lunch together first? I share her passion for cooking and teaching others to cook. "You don't have to cook fancy or complicated masterpieces, just good food from fresh ingredients."

A nonprofit I wish more people knew about:

Harmony Health Clinic in Little Rock serves the medically uninsured and underserved by providing access to quality medical care at no cost in a private, community-based clinic.

How I knew this was my passion:

I love science, enjoy teaching and am fueled by relationships. Internal medicine combines all of these things — complex physiology, educating my patients and earning their trust through shared decision making.

I wish I knew how to:

Play an instrument. I did not grow up with financial resources for extracurriculars, so now that I can afford to give my girls music lessons I’m trying to learn alongside them.

What makes Little Rock feel like home:

The Woodlands Edge neighborhood community, my parents getting to participate in our everyday lives and the amazing tribe of women who support me both at home and at work.

IT'S ALL IN THE DETAILS

Hometown

Portales, New Mexico

First thing I do at the office

Check my succulents

Best coffee in town

Mylo Coffee Co., but I don't drink coffee. I go for the pastry!

Binge watch

"The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel"

Last good read

Dark Matter" by Blake Crouch

Podcast recommendation

"Intelligence Squared U.S. Debates"

Best recent local discovery

Urban Food Loop

Latest splurge

Rothy's

Dream vacation

Repeat my honeymoon at Dunton Hot Springs

Most-used app

Spruce

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