​Max Pixley, MD

​Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. Max grew up off-the-grid in rural Humboldt County, California. As first-generation college student, they graduated with honors in Anthropology and Sociology from Mills, a women’s college in Oakland. They became multilingual while studying abroad in both Denmark and Spain. After graduation, they worked in a chiropractic clinic, became a massage therapist, and moonlit as a fire performance artist before an epiphany drove them to pursue a career in medicine. They completed their postbaccalaureate coursework at Columbia University in the City of New York 

and linked to Brown University where they attended Medical School. They have served as president of American Medical Women’s Association student chapters (twice!), taught Advanced Clinical Spanish for medical students, and volunteered for four years at Clinica Esperanza, a student-run free clinic that serves Latinx members of the greater Providence area. 


Max is thrilled to be returning home to Northern California to become a full-spectrum family physician. They are passionate about reproductive justice, gender-affirming care, and the intersection of environmental stewardship and health. They see Family Medicine as their vehicle for social justice and believe everyone deserves the care of an excellent primary care doctor throughout their lifespan. Off the clock, you can find them gardening with hands deep in the earth, cycling about town, or hiking with their rescue pup, Shadow Moon.
 
Fun fact: they once walked 500 miles across Northern Spain.