Luke Fortney completed his medical school education and family medicine residency at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He completed his associate fellowship in Academic Integrative Medicine at the Universities of Arizona-Tucson and Wisconsin-Madison, and is currently an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin. In 2004 he became board certified in Holistic Medicine, and in 2007 board certified in Family Medicine. His academic interests include meditation, spirituality, and self-care as it applies in the practice of medicine. His clinical experience in these areas draw from Mindfulness Meditation, Centering Prayer, Kriya Yoga, Guided Imagery, Quantum Touch, and many other mind/body modalities. In addition to conventional medical approaches, he is involved in Prolotherapy and Sclerotherapy as taught by his mentors in the Hackett-Hemwall Foundation. His personal interests include taking various meditation retreats, travel, playing the didgeridoo, environmental sustainability, and social responsibility.