Kyle Rickner, MD, is a board-certified family physician and Principal Investigator with 25+ years in medicine, 20+ years in clinical research, and experience conducting 45+ clinical trials. As co-founder of Primary Health Partners, he is part of a direct primary care model focused on personalized care, integrative treatment approaches, and medical research.
Dr. Rickner graduated from Southern Nazarene University, where he played basketball for four years. He earned his medical degree from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, and completed family medicine residency training at Great Plains Family Practice in Oklahoma City in 2001.
After residency, Dr. Rickner served for three years as a Medical Officer in the U.S. Army, based out of Fort Bragg, North Carolina. He completed two wartime tours in Afghanistan and Iraq before joining private practice in Clinton, North Carolina. He has practiced in Yukon, Oklahoma, since 2006.
Dr. Rickner’s clinical and research work is grounded in helping patients live healthier, fuller lives. For Sponsors and CROs, his experience combines family medicine access, research volume, direct primary care relationships, and military leadership.