Bipeds of Brookland: Marguerite Duane

Posted by Abbott Klar Real Estate on Thursday, January 5th, 2017 at 9:05pm

Bipeds of Brookland: Marguerite Duane
Bipeds of Brookland: Dr. Marguerite Duane
Marguerite Duane 
decided to become a doctor the day her baby sister was born at home. “It was pretty soon after that I decided I wanted to do family medicine. As much I love caring for pregnant women and delivering babies, I love taking care of the babies.”

Marguerite moved to Brookland in 2004, when she and her husband began working for Georgetown School of Medicine, and she could deliver babies and care for patients at nearby Providence Hospital.   She remember getting calls when a patient was in the hospital going into labor and arriving a few minutes later, to the surprise of other staff, because she lived four blocks away.

She was later the Medical Director at Catholic Charities, where their commitment was to care for the underserved and especially the uninsured. “I left Catholic Charities in 2012, in part because I had my third child. I’m the mom of four. To me being a mom is my most important job, and at that time I really wanted to spend some time taking care of my kids. We had our fourth in 2014.”

Marguerite has begun a new home visit medical practice called Modern Mobile Medicine.com.  “I really enjoy the home visit, and I feel it is so informative, I want to bring back the idea of the house call neighborhood doctor, the doctor you see in your community. I want to draw my patients from the Brookland neighborhood.” Patients pay a monthly membership fee and are able to call her directly for a visit four times a year. 

Marguerite enjoys living in the Brookland close to her church, St Anthony, and to Yu Ying PCS where her children go to school. She is a member of PG pool and has enjoyed spending time there with her children. She has even seen a patient at the pool, when it was necessary.

Bipeds of Brookland: A weekly series introducing the people who make Brookland their home, one step at a time.
Article and photo by Tom Sabella.

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