Ep. 109: Dr. William Dempsey– Family Medicine, Faith, Fatherhood & Healing NEPA from the Front Lines

In Episode 109 of What A Week!, longtime Northeast Pennsylvania family physician Dr. William Dempsey sits down for a wide-ranging conversation on medicine, family, and community.A University of Scranton grad and board-certified family doctor with more than four decades of experience, Dempsey serves as medical director of The Wright Center’s Clarks Summit practice and chief population health value-based care officer. He’s also a Pennsylvania Medical Society trustee, educator in the family medicine residency, and a physician who’s treated everything from everyday primary care to substance use disorder.Mark and Dr. Dempsey dig into the realities of practicing medicine in NEPA, the challenges of whole-person care, the opioid crisis, what it means to raise a large family while serving patients, and the deeper questions of faith, purpose, and healing that run through both medicine and life. Honest, grounded, and full of local insight.A strong episode for anyone who cares about healthcare, family, and Northeast Pennsylvania.