David Rakel MD, Assoc Professor - Director, UW Integrative Medicine Program
After medical school at Baylor College of Medicine, Dave completed a family practice residency in Greeley, Colorado. He spent the next five years in rural practice as one of two physicians staffing a 14 bed hospital in Driggs, Idaho. As medical director for Grand Targhee Ski resort, he developed an interest in sports medicine and received his CAQ in 1999. Dave completed a two year fellowship in Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona from 1999-2001. He joined the UW Department of Family Medicine in 2001 where he teaches and practices while serving as the founder and director for UW Health Integrative Medicine. Dave is board certified in family medicine, holistic medicine and sports medicine. He is also certified in Interactive Guided Imagery. He is co-editor for the Textbook of Family Medicine and Editor for Integrative Medicine, now in its third edition.
Related Content
DFM Site Pages
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (Children) (August 2012)
- Low Back Pain: Overview for Clinicians (March 2012)
- Integrative Treatment of Hypothyroidism: Overview for Clinicians (December 2011)
- Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) (June 2011)
- Artist-in-Residence Program: Making Art Transforms Hospital Patients and Staff (May 2011)
- Primary Care for Primary Care Clinicians (May 2011)
- 2011 UW Integrative Medicine Fellowship Retreat (February 2011)
- Mindfulness in Medicine (August 2010)
- Integrative Medicine Program (July 2007)
External news links
- Integrative Medicine Man (August 2010)
- The Green Medicine Movement (August 2008)
Newsletter articles
- Art-in-Healthcare Program Promotes Self-Expression, Healing, and Wellness (January 2012)
- Integrative Medicine Teaching Tools Have Worldwide Reach (October 2011)
- Final Study: Physician Empathy Helps Patients Overcome Colds Faster (July 2011)
- DFM Celebrates 40 Years! (July 2010)
- Integrative Medicine: A Sign of Change in Health Care Delivery (September 2007)
Podcasts
- Circles of Suffering (June 2012)
- Presence and the Healing Encounter (June 2012)
- The Pause (June 2012)
- The Pearl (June 2012)
- Transition to Independence (June 2012)
- Low Back Pain Module: External/Physical Techniques (May 2012)
- Low Back Pain Module: Internal/Emotional Techniques (May 2012)
- Low Back Pain Module: Introduction (May 2012)
- Low Back Pain Module: Re-Conditioning (May 2012)
- Integrative strategies to come off a PPI (March 2012)
- Lifestyle Behaviors and GERD (March 2012)
- Stress and GERD (March 2012)
- Opportunities for Pausing (September 2010)
- Positive Expectation (September 2010)
- Preventing Clinician Burnout (September 2010)
- Should We Give Statins to Children? (September 2010)
- Feldenkrais Low Back Pain (December 2009)
- Feldenkrais Overview (December 2009)
- Balanced Breathing (October 2008)
- Brief Introduction to Yogic Breathing (October 2008)
- The Breath Scan (October 2008)
- The Complete Breath (October 2008)
- The Kapalabhati Breath (October 2008)
- Non-Pharmaceutical Ways to Treat Hypertension (August 2008)
- Suboccipital Release Technique (August 2008)
- Green Medicine (June 2008)
- An Integrative Approach to Chronic Recurring Headaches (April 2008)
- Non-Pharmaceutical Approaches to Depression (January 2008)
- Non-Pharmaceutical Approaches to Lowering Cholesterol (January 2008)
- Nutraceuticals (January 2008)