Veteran • Physician • Founder • Speaker
“From Battlefield to Bedside — Leadership, Medicine, and Mission-Driven Living”
Decorated Army Major, board-certified family medicine physician, and founder of North Idaho's oldest Direct Primary Care practice. Dr. Silakoski brings together military discipline, whole-person medicine, and motherhood in warm, credible keynotes for patriotic, veteran, healthcare, and women's audiences.
Service is stitched into every role she carries. Dr. Silakoski spent over a decade as a U.S. Army Medical Officer — Medical Director of an outpatient clinic, Officer in Charge of the Family Medicine Residency Clinic, and Core Faculty at Fort Hood — before separating as Major in 2019. Today she owns and practices at North Idaho Direct Primary Care in Hayden.
“I envisioned North Idaho DPC as an oasis of health — where patients are known, not numbered, and medicine returns to its mission.”
A decade as an Army Medical Officer forged a leadership philosophy that saves lives on battlefields and in exam rooms. Dr. Jenna unpacks mission-first mindset, leading under fire, and translating military discipline into thriving teams and practices.
As owner of North Idaho's oldest DPC practice, established in 2014, Dr. Jenna is on the front lines of healthcare freedom. She reveals why the DPC model restores the patient-physician relationship and why business innovation is a patriotic act.
Her most requested talk for women's events. Faith, family, service, and strength — Dr. Jenna shares what it means to wear the uniform, the white coat, and the title of Mom, and how patriotic women are quietly shaping the next generation while leading today.
Board-certified family medicine meets functional, nutritional, longevity, and advanced restorative medicine. Practical, science-backed strategies for energy, mental health, prevention, and living longer and stronger.
Major, U.S. Army, with more than ten years leading teams under pressure and a mission-first framework audiences remember.
Owner of North Idaho's oldest Direct Primary Care practice, established in 2014, and a working voice on healthcare innovation.
Faith, family, and service. Her most requested subject for women's events — relatable rather than performative.
Traditional, functional, and longevity medicine, translated into tools an audience can actually use.
Dr. Jenna Silakoski, DO is a U.S. Army veteran (Major), board-certified family medicine physician, and owner of North Idaho Direct Primary Care. A former Medical Director and residency faculty at Fort Hood, she now leads Idaho's oldest DPC practice, blending traditional, functional, and longevity medicine. She speaks on service, healthcare freedom, and women's leadership.
Dr. Jenna Silakoski, DO is a veteran, physician, and founder of North Idaho Direct Primary Care in Hayden, Idaho — the region's oldest DPC practice, established in 2014. A graduate of Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine (2012), she completed her family medicine residency at Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center and was board certified by the ABFM in 2015. She served over a decade as a U.S. Army Medical Officer, separating as Major in 2019, as Medical Director and Core Faculty for the Family Medicine Residency. She now practices whole-person medicine integrating traditional, functional, nutritional, and longevity care.
Dr. Jenna Silakoski, DO is a physician, U.S. Army veteran, business owner, and mother whose journey from battlefield to bedside embodies service-driven leadership. She earned her BS in Biology from Rio Grande University, Ohio, and her Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine from Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2012. She completed her family medicine residency at Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center, Fort Hood, Texas, and became board certified by the American Board of Family Medicine in 2015.
For over a decade, Dr. Silakoski served as a U.S. Army Medical Officer, separating as Major in 2019. Her roles included Medical Director of an outpatient clinic, Officer in Charge of the Family Medicine Residency Clinic, and Core Faculty for the residency program — leading teams, training physicians, and caring for soldiers and their families under pressure.
Today she is owner and practising physician at North Idaho Direct Primary Care in Hayden, Idaho, the oldest DPC practice in North Idaho. Her practice was envisioned as an oasis of health, blending traditional, functional, nutritional, longevity, and mental health care.
Beyond medicine, Dr. Silakoski is the founder of a youth transformation program, a community leader, an investor, a painter, and an explorer. She and her husband Ryan are raising two children. As a speaker she bridges patriotic service, women's health leadership, healthcare innovation, and mom-preneur resilience.
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