Zev Felix, DO
Community Builder, Designer, and Creative Problem Solver
I’m Zev Felix, a Family Medicine resident, former Camp Grounded co-founder, climber, maker, and lifelong student of how people heal, connect, and build meaningful lives.
I’ve always been fascinated by people: how we heal, how we connect, and how we make meaning of our lives. That curiosity has taken me from film sets to summer camps, from startup projects to mountain trails, and eventually into hospitals and clinics. Before medicine, I helped build a device-free summer camp where people came to reconnect with themselves and each other. Looking back, the settings changed, but the question never did: what helps people live healthier, more connected, and more meaningful lives? Family Medicine is where I’ve found the privilege of exploring that question alongside patients every day.
A few true things
3,000+
people who set their phones down at Camp Grounded
17
device-free camps, run with a small team
10+
years since my first day in a climbing gym
1
very good rescue dog, named Maisy
01 — Introduction
Before medicine, I helped build a summer camp where adults handed over their phones, left their job titles behind, and spent weekends rediscovering how to be present.
Years later, after caring for my brother through glioblastoma, training in osteopathic medicine, spending long nights in trauma bays and operating rooms, and learning firsthand both the power and limits of modern healthcare, I found myself drawn toward a different kind of question.
The question that guides everything
That question still guides everything I do.
A few glimpses
02 — Explore
Wander through the threads that make up a life, and a way of practicing.
- 01AboutThe long way to Family Medicine: film, camp, surgery, and a dog from Taiwan.
- 02Family MedicineWhy I chose it, and caring for the space before crisis.
- 03BalanceWhy balance is not the opposite of ambition.
- 04TechnologyWhy the best tools create more connection, not less.
- 05Outside the HospitalMaking things, climbing, Maisy, and wilderness medicine.
- 06ProjectsCamp Grounded, Digital Detox, and building things that bring people together.
- 07Philosophy of CareWhat matters to you? The question that changes everything.
- 08WritingEssays and notes on medicine, technology, and living well.
The long way to Family Medicine: film, camp, surgery, and a dog from Taiwan.
Why I chose it, and caring for the space before crisis.
Why balance is not the opposite of ambition.
Why the best tools create more connection, not less.
Making things, climbing, Maisy, and wilderness medicine.
Camp Grounded, Digital Detox, and building things that bring people together.
What matters to you? The question that changes everything.
Essays and notes on medicine, technology, and living well.
Stay a while
Wander, read, or reach out.
This site is a slow walk through the threads of a life in medicine. If something here resonates, I’d love to hear from you.
