David Rakel MD, FAAFP
Professor and Chair, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WisconsinDr. David Rakel is Professor and Chair of the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at the University of Wisconsin. During his time at UW–Madison, he founded the Integrative Medicine Program (now known as the Integrative Health Program) and received the Gold Foundation’s Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award, the school’s highest honor for excellence and compassion in care. His team worked with more than 50 clinical systems within the Veterans Health Administration to implement changes to make care more personalized, proactive, and patient-driven.
After residency training in family medicine in Colorado, Dr. Rakel worked in private practice in rural Idaho. His burgeoning interest in the relationships across health, the human experience, and the environment led to a fellowship in integrative medicine at the University of Arizona.
An author of both academic and popular writings, Dr. Rakel says one of his missions is to communicate medical information in a way that is accessible to people of all backgrounds.
Recent Contributions to PracticeUpdate:
- Recommendations for Follow-Up After Colonoscopy and Polypectomy
- Milk and Health
- Declining Use of Primary Care Among Commercially Insured Adults in the US
- Meat, Poultry, or Fish: Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality
- Quality of Low-Carbohydrate and Low-Fat Diets Affects Mortality
- Physician Time Spent Using EHRs During Outpatient Encounters
- Efficacy and Safety of Testosterone Treatment in Men
- Effects of Intermittent Fasting on Health, Aging, and Disease
- Changes in Access to Primary Care From 2002 to 2015
- Effectiveness of Management Strategies for Uninvestigated Dyspepsia