River City Endocrine, your trusted choice for endocrinology in Tennessee.

Dr Kathryn Dinh specializes in Diabetes and Endocrinology. Here, you will get pesonalized care from an expert, Harvard-trained physician at Chattanooga’s first direct endocrinology practice.

This is the relationship with your endocrinologist you always wanted. Your health is my top priority.

Accepting new patients TODAY! Virutal Care available.

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“As a doctor, my passion is to teach and empower my patients to live a healthy life, reducing the burden of their illnesses. This requires time, knowledge, and good communication. Along the way, I was told the care I provided to patients was excellent but wouldn't work in ‘the real world.’ I plan to prove them wrong.”

- Kathryn Dinh, MD

What is Direct Care?

As a direct specialty care practice, River City Endocrine does not accept or bill any health insurance. This is because you deserve more time and personalized care with your Endocrinologist. Your hormones are crucial to your health!

With direct care, you will get:

  • Your endocrinology care will be exclusively handled by Dr. Dinh. As a member, you will have direct access to her between visits.

  • Tired of a rushed 7 minute visit with your specialist? Us too! New patients are scheduled for 60-90 min and return visits for 30-60 min. You will not feel hurried by Dr. Dinh.

  • We respect your time. You can expect to be seen at the time of your appointment.

  • We will have fewer patients enrolled at River City Endocrine, meaning when you have a problem, you will be seen without delay.

  • Dr Dinh will provide you with medical care guided by the most cutting-edge data available

  • Our healthcare system is disjointed. Dr Dinh is passionate about communicating with your other physicians to ensure we have the best picture of your health and coordinate your treatment recommendations

  • Our prices are listed in detail with no surpise charges.

  • Dr. Dinh has negotiated discounted pricing on labs, saving you 80-90% on lab costs.

What Patients Say About Dr. Dinh

  • Dr Dinh is caring, compassionate, kind, and truly cares for her patients. She listens, she takes her time, she explains everything. You don’t find that much anymore.

    - Patient with Diabetes

  • She worked with me and was able to get A1c down from a 13 to a 5.4 and now off insulin, she the best, can’t recommend her enough!

    - Patient with Diabetes

  • Very personable, wanted to alleviate any concerns, went through all testing thoroughly.

    - Patient with Thyroid Disease

  • I feel very confident and comfortable with Dr. Kathryn Dinh as my physician. I trust her and value her input. She is very intelligent and sensible. We collaborate with my medical care needs. She is thorough, organized, kind and professional. She is one of the best doctors I have ever had. I never want to lose her.

    - Patient with Diabetes

  • I wanted to personally thank you for all the time you have taken to help make my health soooo much better!

    - Patient with Diabetes

  • Thank you so much for helping me with my thyroid journey. I cannot express how much I appreciate your positivity, knowledge, and advice. You are a wonderful doctor and human being.

    -Patient with hyperthyroidism

  • Thank you for truly being a bright light during a dark time in my life. It is refreshing to receive care from a doctor who is genuinely focused on patient care.

    - Patient with Thyroid Cancer

Meet Dr. Dinh

Dr. Kathryn Dinh graduated with honors from Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA. She then completed her internal medicine residency and endocrine, diabetes, and metabolism fellowship at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA. She is double-board certified in Endocrinology and Internal Medicine..

Dr. Dinh believes in first listening to her patient and developing a relationship. She is committed to providing each patient with a detail-oriented and holistic evaluation in order to work together in building a patient-centered plan. Dr. Dinh strives to provide compassionate care that is evidence-based, up-to-date, and practical for each patient.

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Interested in learning more about Endocrinology from Dr. Dinh? Check out the River City Endocrine Blog!