Dr. Lindsey Faucette, DO, FAAFP
Dr. Lindsey Faucette, DO, FAAFP, is an osteopathic family physician and Founder of SLO Health Center in San Luis Obispo, California, where she practices a direct patient care model that allows her to prioritize time, access, and truly individualized treatment for each patient. She earned her DO from Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine in Vallejo, California, and completed her residency in Urban Family Medicine at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City, where she trained to care for diverse, often medically complex patient populations.
Lindsey deepened her expertise with additional training in integrative medicine through a joint program with Andrew Weil’s Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona, bringing together conventional, osteopathic, and lifestyle-based approaches to health. She is board certified in Family Medicine and Integrative Medicine and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians, reflecting both her clinical excellence and her long-standing commitment to primary care.
In practice, Dr. Faucette combines her osteopathic family medicine background with years of training as a massage therapist and comprehensive education in physical and manual medicine to address a wide range of conditions, including acute and chronic musculoskeletal pain, headaches, neuropathy, pelvic pain, postural imbalances, chronic fatigue, and issues across the lifespan from newborn assessments and infant feeding difficulties to scoliosis and whiplash injuries. Drawing on this integrative and hands-on skillset, she focuses not only on relieving symptoms but on identifying and treating the underlying drivers of dysfunction so patients can achieve more durable, whole-person wellness.
From 2013–2019, Lindsey served as Director of Osteopathic Education at the Marian Regional Medical Center Family Medicine Residency in Santa Maria, California, where she mentored residents and advanced the integration of osteopathic principles and manual medicine into family medicine training; she continues to serve the osteopathic profession through teaching and committee leadership. Across clinical, educational, and consulting roles, she applies rigorous analytic and diagnostic skills to uncover core problems, then collaborates closely with patients and partners to craft practical, individualized solutions that help them live healthier and more fulfilling lives.
Her decision to adopt a Direct Patient Care model reflects a strong ethical stance on how medicine should be practiced: she intentionally stepped away from traditional fee‑for‑service incentives so she could avoid being pressured to rely on high-volume visits, procedures, or polypharmacy, and instead devote the time needed to understand each patient’s goals, context, and values. Guided by a clear sense of purpose, she views medicine as a calling and approaches each relationship as an opportunity to uncover latent opportunities for better health, resilience, and quality of life.