Dr. Christine M. Hoffman is the family physician and founder of Vanguard Direct Family Medicine in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. After more than 18 years practicing traditional family medicine in the community, she opened Murfreesboro’s first Direct Primary Care (DPC) clinic on March 25, 2017, to deliver personalized care without the red tape of insurance companies. By choosing the DPC model, Dr. Hoffman limits her patient panel to a few hundred rather than thousands, giving her the time to build deeper relationships and spend extended visits with each patient.
Dr. Hoffman earned her medical degree from The University of South Florida College of Medicine in 1993 and completed her family medicine residency in 1996 at The Medical Center of Beaver in Pennsylvania. Before launching Vanguard, she spent years in private practice and served as an associate clinical professor early in her career.
Her motivation to switch to Direct Primary Care grew from a desire to restore the traditional doctor-patient relationship, reduce administrative burdens, and make quality primary care more accessible and affordable. At Vanguard, Dr. Hoffman emphasizes preventative care, wholesaled lab and medication pricing, and 24/7 patient access, reflecting her commitment to comprehensive, patient-centered practice
The University of South Florida College of Medicine (medical degree, 1993); residency at The Medical Center of Beaver in Beaver, Pennsylvania (completed 1996)
