Brave Care offers safe COVID-19 testing for kids and families, with results in about 15 minutes.

Visits are available same day, and can be booked in advance.  Most insurance is accepted.

Brave Care provides high-quality, affordable care in modern, clean, kid-friendly spaces. With our exceptional Care Team, 24/7 nurse line, remote care guidance, and easy-to-use tools, families get the care they deserve whenever they need it.

Exceptional pediatric care  your little ones deserve.

Same-day appointments, open  nights and weekends.

A nurturing Care Team of expert pediatric medical professionals.

A seamless, modern experience— online and offline.

Seriously amazing! They are so good with kids and even care about the parents who come in. We have been many times from fever, ear infections, flu shot. It’s great to have a place nearby that you can walk-in in a moments notice to ease your mom nerves or get care for your children! xoxo

Beyond easy to make an appointment and to be seen when you want to. The office is almost relaxing, not medical/hospital feeling at all. Staff is wonderful as well!

“such great care I quit my job and joined”

My 4yo daughter had a bad cut on her face and needed stitches. Despite both of us being a bit scared and in pain…  we got such great care I quit my job and joined as the CEO to make sure every kid/parent has the chance to experience what an amazing care experience should be like.

“from start to finish was easy peasy”

Everything from start to finish was easy peasy. Very happy with our choice to take our daughter to Brave Care. The entire team was great! Thank you!

We know how busy a parent’s life is, so we make it easy & simple to get excellent pediatric care 7 days a week...  because you can’t take a day off,  neither will we.

We provide thorough, exceptional care that is better than the Emergency Room without the scary experience for kids.  On-site: X-Rays, Pharmacy, Rapid Testing, and more.

The ER will cost 10x more than a visit with us... 

We know how busy a parent’s life is, so we make it easy & simple to get excellent pediatric care 7 days a week... because you can’t take a day off, neither will we.

Never worry alone.  
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Just answer a few questions and we can help you determine if a condition should be treated at home or if you need a visit with our expert care team.

Need help calculating the right dosage for your child?  Our smart chart will help you find the right dose for common over the counter medications.

Our expert pediatric nurses are here whenever you need them. They can help you understand when to seek medical care for your child, provide basic medical advice, and direct you to the best place for your child to get care.

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Modern primary and urgent care that combines a comfortable environment for your little ones with world-class care options.

Excellent pediatric primary and urgent care.  From our clinics to your home—we care everywhere.

I’m not one to brag, but dang does my team deserve recognition for all that they’ve done in the past year. I am incredibly proud of our team and how everyone maintained their high quality of work, professionalism, care and joy in such a no good awful year.  From our front line medical workers who are always there for our kids in hard times to the entire product & operations teams that build the tools driving the future of pediatric care... as much as I'm excited for the future, I'm deeply appreciative of who we are today.

When COVID hit last year and we were all under the strictest shelter-in-place guidelines, we responded quickly to build digital tools to help parents get the help they needed from home. We launched Telehealth visits and got licensed in 14 states… and we were one of, or if not THE, first of any company to release an online COVID symptom checker… we launched ours March 2nd 2020. We also scaled our rapid COVID testing capabilities and have provided a comfortable place for thousands of kids to get their COVID tests.

In a year with a pandemic, a recession, riots, fires, ice storms... all that I've seen the team at Brave Care do leaves me humbled and impressed.

Learning the limits of telehealth in pediatrics

What we confirmed during the past year is that Telehealth is a very useful service to provide to parents who are concerned about their child’s health and want good information, but Telehealth can not replace an in-clinic visit in most pediatric care situations. Adults want/need very different healthcare solutions for themselves vs what they want for their kids. Most adults take a very reactive approach to their own health, basically only going in when there is a severe injury, otherwise choosing to suck it up and weather what’s ailing them.  I’m an example of this lax approach to my own care, vs the proactive way I take care of my kid’s health.

A lot of that attitude comes from how hard it is to really know how serious an injury or illness is with a child. I can tell you that I have an ache in my upper neck that radiates down behind my scapula… my 9 year old would just say her neck / head hurts. My 3 year old is just going to cry. Where Telehealth requires precision in language to explain exactly what is hurting where & when in order for a provider to remotely diagnose… in young children that is very hard, and in kids under 3 it’s basically impossible.  We’ve found that for a majority of our 10,000 urgent care visits, most had to have been treated in an in-person setting as we provided a shot, stitches, x-rays, lab tests, breathing treatments, etc. Things that there is nowhere near an in-home dongle taking care of it.

Expanding access to exceptional care for kids

We opened our second clinic last fall in Portland and are very proud of the kind of clinic we opened for families. We put the child and their caregiver at the center of our experience design, to build a clinic that is bright, comfortable, clean and modern.  We deliver the most complete pediatric care experience for parents which means that along with primary and urgent care, we also have x-ray, labs & pharmacy on-site… and our clinics are open 10am-10pm 365 days a year. Our expert pediatric nurses answer our phones 24/7 so you never have to worry alone. Since starting Brave Care 2 years ago, I have seen our medical staff 23 times not as their CEO, but as a worried parent with a sick or hurt child. I know first hand how powerful it can be to deliver care that is thoughtful, efficient and empathetic in those scary times. 

We also built a beautiful mobile clinic that serves as an extension to our physical clinics, reaching parents at home for their first newborn visits or for at-home vaccinations where a child is often most stressed out. Our mobile clinic is also capable of rapid COVID testing and has allowed us to bring flu-clinics to communities.

When I first partnered with Dr. Corey Fish, a lot of us had questions about how we scale our high ratings and glowing reviews as we added more providers and opened more clinics. I'm very proud that we've been able to hire nearly a dozen providers and still maintain the same quality as when he was our sole provider giving his thoughtful care to every patient.

The quality of care we provide is one of our highest priorities. We now have over 300 5-Star reviews and our NPS score across 800 parent surveys is at an incredible 92. Other companies brag about NPS scores in the 70s… We recently got a 7 score with the comment "They were very helpful thank you” … even our bad reviews are another company's good review. We maintained this quality of care going from 1,000 patient visits to 10,000 patients... I'm confident we can do it again going from 10k to 100k.

Health-tech that creates more personal care

Along with navigating our own startup thru a 100 year event, on the tech side we shipped the work of a couple other startups.  In order to deliver care in the most efficient way, while still delivering a personal experience, we have to build our technology stack from the ground up. From booking an appointment online, to checking in for your visit, how our medical staff tracks your child’s patient history, to our mobile app allowing you to chat with us at 2am… It shouldn’t matter if you come in for a scheduled well visit, an unplanned emergency on a weekend, or call our phone number late at night… we’re building a complete ecosystem so you always feel like we know you and your child… and you don’t have to reach the one person at a typical clinic who does.

Our iPad check-in removes the pencil and paper from our waiting rooms… you’ll have to find an eraser somewhere else for your kid to lose up their nose. In a lot of cases you can just walk right in and complete the check-in in one of our visit rooms, making it much easier to take care of your child vs waiting in the reception with other sick or injured kids. Now with our mobile app, a parent can check in one-handed right from their own phone.

Why would we invest in building our own full-stack tech experience for our clinics? Because we just shipped an improvement that will save us $500k this year and our patients hundreds of hours of their lives.

We had our product team sit with our clinic staff to see how long it takes to check a patient in… registering patient/caregiver info, gathering insurance & payment info, etc. Because the legacy way of checking patients in is innocent, we built a streamlined intake flow for our medical staff which shaves about 4min off every single visit. At 4min savings that’s 65k minutes this year. If we used that time to see more patients we could make an additional $500k in revenue… or use it to give our patients more time. This was one small improvement in a platform that we continue to build as the best experience for clinical staff to use.

We started with an idea for the most complete pediatric care experience and worked through incredibly difficult challenges over the past year, but we’ve validated our assumptions about how we scale incredible high quality of care across multiple clinics, leveraging great technology to create the most efficient and delightful tools for our medical staff and the parents of our patients.

Now I’m very excited to kick off our national expansion in pursuit of our goal to be the national partner for parents and their child’s health. Our mission is to help every child reach their potential, and good health is at the foundation of them being able to do that. We’re not building concierge medicine for affluent families… we’re delivering the same high quality, personal touch and access to any family because a child deserves the best care regardless of their parent's financial resources.

This year we're expanding our Portland, OR home market with a 3rd clinic out in Beaverton near the Nike headquarters, opening multiple clinics in Austin, TX and opening into North Carolina as well. We have several next markets on our short list of family friendly, growing and in need of Brave Cares that we will expand into next year. We’ll soon get to a dozen clinics and continue on to hundreds of clinics because getting sick or injured is actually a healthy part of a child’s development… we just want to make sure they come away with their confidence to continue becoming their best selves.

I’m genuinely very happy about our lead investor Jeff Rinehart at City Light joining Brave Care to help us push on this next phase of our journey. They are an impact oriented fund that is perfectly aligned with our commitment to build a great company while doing good. Together we built an impact pro forma that will help us stay accountable to making sure we create more equitable, empathetic and inclusive care for all kids and every kind of family.

Our $10M Series A was led by City Light with additional support from existing investors like Founders' Co-op, Refactor, Fifty Years and Indicator Ventures… and we welcomed several new values aligned investors like AV8, Gaingels, Interplay and Learn Capital.

This investment secures the next phase of our growth, but we’re also exploring other non-dilutive forms of funding that will allow us to drastically ratchet up our expansion as we acquire existing pediatric practices and plug in the Brave Care infrastructure… immediately creating a more robust service offering while being more profitable & efficient.

With all that we were able to do in a terribly, difficult year… I’m excited to see what we can do in a more reasonably normal year… and in the good years to come.

The journey of 2020 and all the places we're going in 2021 and beyond...

I started Brave Care with a commitment to making sure kids get the best medical care and the chance to reach their potential. Each and every provider at Brave Care has been selected by me personally to help us continue our mission. I know you’ll be just as impressed by their knowledge and compassion as I am. They’ve all received top degrees and certifications and below are some of the attributes that I personally appreciate about each provider.

We’re honored to continue to take the best care of your little ones, and as we open additional clinics in the Portland area and expand to new states, it will always be one of our highest priorities to hire pediatric providers that give your child the highest quality, most comfortable and happiest care. 

Here's what I love about these incredible people...


Kelly has been with Brave Care since she left training. In the time she has been with us, it's clear that she has an incredible talent for pediatric care. Even when she was brand new, she picked up on some very subtle but serious illnesses that even seasoned providers could miss. Kelly is super friendly and ALWAYS smiling.

Due to her training as an  Air Force flight nurse, Hayley knows how to keep calm under pressure. She’s incredibly thoughtful and always knows just the right questions to  ask parents.

Chelsea has been practicing as  long as I have. She possesses a   depth and breadth of knowledge, she’s efficient, friendly and amazingly skilled with procedures such as stitches or fracture care.

Marcus is our newest provider  but quickly becoming loved by patients and coworkers alike.   He’s a great example of what   we look for in a provider, and has already skillfully managed several highly complicated cases.

Like myself, Whitney moved from a rural practice where she practiced completely and totally independently and was the first and last line of the defense for kids' health. Whitney is funny, engaging, and friendly.


Danielle is so thoughtful! She takes time to process and think through all information in order to help you make the best decisions for your child’s health. She has a great sense of humor that adults and kids alike appreciate.

Sarah is a newer addition to Brave Care but built a practice for herself near Tualatin before joining. She’s so well-liked and amazing at her job that she has patients who drive over an hour to see her. Also, she’s our resident Pokemon expert (she holds our Brave Care Poke gyms—who wants to battle?)

Joanna has a wealth of experience as a pediatrician.   She’s compassionate, kind, an excellent listener and extremely patient. Dr. Z routinely goes above and beyond for every single one   of her patients.

I care so much about investing in the best pediatric providers because they give your children the most thoughtful care. Our mission is to help your child reach their potential, and that starts with the foundation of good health. 

Along with the most available hours for in-person care, at Brave Care you get the benefit of having access to our entire care team who will give your child personalized and empathetic care. You don't need to know "if your pediatrician can see you today," at Brave Care we can see you any day you need us.

Now that most adults and older teens qualify for vaccines, many families are thinking about what going “back to normal” looks like for their families—especially since there’s no timeline for younger kids and preteen vaccines. Last week our CMO, Dr. Corey Fish, did a LIVE Q&A talking to families about the risk of certain common family activities and how you can make determinations about what’s safe. 

Watch the full video or read our transcript, which has been edited for clarity. 

Q: When can kids have a normal, unmasked playdate safely?

A: For kids under 12, an unmasked playdate or sleepover with one other kiddo or household is low risk as long as the adults in both families are fully vaccinated. We’ve seen evidence throughout the pandemic that, while kids under 12 can and do get COVID, they get it a lot less than older kids and teens. And when they do get it, they don’t pass it along all that much. That being said, if only some of the adults in playdate families are vaccinated, we’d recommend more caution when planning an unmasked and/or indoor playdate. 

For kids over 12, hangouts and sleepovers carry a moderately high risk. Even if the adults in both households are vaccinated, have a chat about exposure and COVID safety before you sign off on a teen/pre-teen get-together. 

Q: Is it safe to sign my kids up for swimming lessons? 

A: The safety of swimming lessons is going to depend on the age of the kids and the vaccine status of the instructor. We’re assuming a group swimming lesson for kids under 12 here and since you can’t know the vaccine status of the other kid’s parents, we’d feel safest if a) you, the parents, are fully vaccinated, b) the instructor was fully vaccinated and c) swim lessons took place in an outdoor pool or a large indoor space with good airflow and ventilation. Basically ask some questions about safety protocols and use caution while signing up. 

Q: Should children remain masked when playing with children outside of their household and pod? 

A: If you have a group of kids under 12, and the parents are all vaccinated, we would say that playing without masks is pretty safe with kids both within and outside a family pod.  

For kids where you don’t know the vaccine status of the parents, use precautions like only interacting with one household at a time, or keeping interactions outdoors.

A note about pod agreements: We’ve been hearing from parents that many pods have rules along the lines of “If you take your child to a doctor's appointment, or a dentist appointment,  you have to quarantine from the pod for two weeks.” And while we fully support having pod agreements, we’d encourage people to review those agreements in light of the newest scientific info. We know that taking kids to the doctor’s office is low risk—most doctors’ offices are especially aware of COVID risks and many healthcare workers are vaccinated. We’d put doctors visits into a lower-risk category than, say, grocery shopping. So it might be a good time to review those pod agreements to make sure families aren’t penalized for taking their kiddos to routine doctor’s appointments. 

Q: Is a long visit to the grandparents safe? 

If your kids are under 12 and grandparents are healthy and fully vaccinated, we’d say this is pretty safe. 

If grandparents have complicating health conditions, consider precautions like a COVID test before a long visit. 

Even if grandparents are healthy and fully vaccinated, according to data, a visit with kids 12 and over is a big infection risk. If you are considering an extended grandparent visit, use COVID safety measures like testing, quarantining or masking, plus distancing with your kids over 12. 

A: It’s safe for one household of vaccinated adults and unvaccinated kiddos under 12 to meet a new baby as long as babies are full-term and healthy. For kids over 12 the infection risk is much higher so use COVID-safety practices like masking/distancing for kids over 12 with new babies. 

Q: Can we hire a babysitter for date night? 

A: We’re looking forward to going out on dinner dates again! And yep, date nights are safe. As long as your babysitter and all adults are vaccinated this is low risk for your family and your sitter. 

Q: Can we go on vacation or have dinner with other families? 

A: If kids are under 12 and all the grown ups in families are fully vaccinated, this is pretty safe. If you have some vaccinated adults and some unvaccinated adults, we would say a max of 2 total households for vacations or dinners. Kids over 12 are going to be more of a risk. 

Q: What about gatherings of mixed-age households, like kids that are three, nine and 12? 

A: If all the adults are vaccinated within your gathering and everyone is practicing COVID-safety like masking and distancing guidelines generally. This feels like a pretty safe gathering. We think about school situations where, even before vaccines, kids were mixing socially with relatively few cases. 

Q: Should we consider kids under 12 with a history of asthma in a higher-risk group? 

A: We’re always concerned about kids with underlying conditions and and asthma might be a reason to be cautious. That being said, we’re not aware of any data or case reports of large clusters of kids with asthma who have been more severely affected by COVID. If your kiddo does have asthma it would be worth having a specific conversation with their primary care provider about their history and your family’s specific risk profile. 

Q: What can you tell us about vaccine immunities being passed along to babies in-utero? 

A: There's been a few small studies of COVID vaccines and pregnancy. And they've actually found COVID antibodies in cord blood, which means that the babies actually have circulating antibodies, they've also found the antibodies in breast milk. At this point, nobody really knows how long that lasts compared to an actual vaccine shot. But encouragingly, some part of that immunity does seem to be getting passed to babies. 

Q: When might the Pfizer vaccine be available for 12 year olds? 

A: Yes, we’re really excited about the news that the initial trials of the Pfizer vaccine in 12 year olds are very promising. As long as there aren’t any new developments there, we would expect for the timeframe to be about 6 weeks or so before they begin the emergency use approval process. 

Q: If parents are vaccinated and still having only limited interactions outside the home, should we feel worried about bringing the virus home to our kids under 12?

A: There’s some new data that’s showing that vaccinated people really don't transmit the virus. So even if you're exposed to the risk of transmission really is not there, according to this study. Nothing is ever zero-risk, but I feel pretty confident in saying that the risk of transmitting a virus if you've been vaccinated is small to nonexistent.

A: So we’re assuming a bunk room filled with some number of kids and the kids are under 12, with all of the counselors vaccinated. We feel pretty safe with that. Dr. Corey would be interested to see whether the camp is doing anything like asking people to quarantine for a couple of weeks beforehand ahead of time as an extra precautionary measure. 

Q: Can you welcome visitors into your home that have just come off a plane? Especially with older pre-teens and teens. 

A: Interestingly, airplane travel doesn't seem to be a huge exposure risk for COVID. It seems  counterintuitive, but there's been at least one study that looks specifically at transmission in airplanes. And it turns out that there's less of a risk of contraction on an airplane because of the way that airplane filtration systems are designed. So the airplane wouldn’t influence the risk assessment for us. We'd be looking at the vaccine status of the adults and the age of the kids. With pre-teens and teens there is some risk so I’d suggest talking about family COVID safety measures before joining households. 

Q: Can we make vacation plans for this summer? 

A: It's all speculation at this point. Our own speculation is that I think it's fine to start making vacation plans. We’d encourage you to have good cancellation plans just in case. But we’re reasonably confident about the safety of summer travel. 

Q: What about group camping with six to seven other families where most, but not all adults will be vaccinated?

A:  We’re assuming a situation where each family has their own tent and families are mostly hanging out outside. That feels pretty safe. We’ve known for a long time that the risk of transmission outdoors is much lower than being in small, less ventilated areas. We’d encourage setting a boundary where families aren’t going in and out of each other’s tents as an extra layer of safety. 

Q: Is sharing food during camping safe? 

A: We’re imagining a situation where one person or family cooks for the group, and then everyone is served into their own bowls with their own utensils. And yep. We feel safe about that. We’d advocate against sharing utensils and cups after they’ve been used and, of course, things like double-dipping. But assuming general good cooking hygiene practices, this seems fine.

Q: How do you feel about kids using shared playground equipment? 

A: You might have seen in the news information about COVID being able to survive on surfaces. Most of those studies come from surfaces in hospital rooms where people have confirmed COVID diagnoses. So not really an outside world scenario. We’re not worried much about shared playground equipment. If you’re feeling anxious, a quick sani-wipe of high-touch surfaces like monkey bars can alleviate that anxiety, but we don’t think it's necessary to keep kids safe. 

Q: Thoughts about the need for kids to wear masks during indoor activities like ballet or gymnastics? Or in schools. 

A: A lot of the requirements around masking for kids are government mandates that studios, gyms and schools have to follow to stay open. So our opinion of relative safety doesn’t matter much. But if, as more adults get vaccinated, the state starts rolling back those mandates we’d be fine with that. 

Q: For a family beach trip flying to the East Coast. Are there any precautions you would take? There will be grandparents and our family of vaccinated adults, one other family, two adults and two teenagers that will be unvaccinated. 

A: So the data says that vaccinated people can safely hang out with one other unvaccinated household. Given all the different people in this situation we would probably recommend something like a 10-day quarantine before the trip, or all the unvaccinated folks getting a negative COVID test beforehand. 

Q: What is the risk for children under 12 in a childcare setting, such as a nursery where other families may or may not be vaccinated?

A: Generally, from what we’ve seen, childcare and nursery settings are really safe for kids under 12. Some of those kids are still wearing masks if they’re old enough, but in general we haven’t seen a lot of cases from little kids in care situations. We’d love to see those get to a point where ¾ of the adults are vaccinated before adults AND kids can go without masks, but that’s likely to be another milestone that’s mandated by the government. 

Q: What's your viewpoint on the CDC three foot recommendation?

A: We think it's fine! The original six-foot rule was based around initial data on droplet spread. And now we know that there’s a lot of different size droplets and situations and for school-age kids, three feet feels safe. 

Q: Is it safe for a bunch of kids to travel out of state for basketball tournaments and then return to school? 

A: For us, this is more about what is going on outside of the tournament. None of these group activities happen in a vacuum. At this point the tournament is probably vaccinated coaches and everyone wearing masks so not a ton of risk there, especially for kids under 12. But we’d be looking at how safe the families and kids are being outside the event. Is everyone good about wearing masks? Are many households spending time together unmasked and/or indoors like at restaurants or in hotel rooms? Those are the things that would be questions for us before rating something like this safe or unsafe. 

As with all things, there’s no guarantee of 100% safety. But these answers are based on our study of the latest research and case reports of COVID infection from the CDC. As a parent, you need to evaluate your family’s own unique risk profile and, when in doubt talk it over with your care provider. They can provide insight into your unique situation. 

Families are thinking about what going “back to normal” looks like —especially since there’s no timeline for younger kids and preteen vaccines. Dr. Corey Fish is answering their questions. 

VIDEO: "Back to Normal" for Families a Q&A with Dr. Fish

Modern primary and urgent care for kids

Brave Care offers safe COVID-19 testing for kids and families, with results in about 15 minutes.

Exceptional pediatric care  your little ones deserve.

Same-day appointments, open  nights and weekends.

A nurturing Care Team of expert pediatric medical professionals.

A seamless, modern experience— online and offline.

“Seriously amazing!”

By your side from birth to graduation.

The ER will cost 10x more than a visit with us...

Never worry alone.  
We’re here 24hrs a day.

2 convenient Portland locations

Finding answers shouldn’t be hard.  
We make it easy.

The latest from Brave Care

Announcing our $10M Series A funding

Meet our growing team of providers

VIDEO: "Back to Normal" for Families a Q&A with Dr. Fish

Ready to join us for primary care?
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Modern primary and urgent care for kids

Brave Care offers safe COVID-19 testing for kids and families, with results in about 15 minutes.

Exceptional pediatric care your little ones deserve.

Same-day appointments, open nights and weekends.

A nurturing Care Team of expert pediatric medical professionals.

A seamless, modern experience— online and offline.

“Seriously amazing!”

By your side from birth to graduation.

The ER will cost 10x more than a visit with us...

Never worry alone. We’re here 24hrs a day.

2 convenient Portland locations

Finding answers shouldn’t be hard. We make it easy.

The latest from Brave Care

Announcing our $10M Series A funding

Meet our growing team of providers

VIDEO: "Back to Normal" for Families a Q&A with Dr. Fish

Ready to join us for primary care?Download the app to get started.

Exceptional pediatric care  your little ones deserve.

Same-day appointments, open  nights and weekends.

A seamless, modern experience— online and offline.

Never worry alone.  
We’re here 24hrs a day.

Finding answers shouldn’t be hard.  
We make it easy.

Ready to join us for primary care?
Download the app to get started.