J. Adam Rindfleisch, MPhil, MD, is a Professor with the University of Wisconsin Department of Family Medicine and Community Health.  He graduated fromthe College of Idaho with a combined degree in chemistry, zoology, and religious studies.  As a Rhodes Scholar, Adam completed a Masters of Philosophy at the University of Oxford in Comparative Social Research, which allowed him to learn about complementary and integrative health approaches, mind-body tools, and other healing techniques used worldwide.  He completed medical school at Johns Hopkins and a residency in Family Medicine at University of Wisconsin.

In 2005, Dr. Rindfleisch completed the University of Arizona Integrative Medicine and the University of Wisconsin (UW) Academic Integrative Health fellowship.  Adam directed the University of Wisconsin fellowship for the next ten years and created a comprehensive, two-year integrative health curriculum.  Following a period of directing the Integrative Health Program at UW, he spent two and a half years as founding Vice Dean of Education at the Alice L. Walton School of Medicine, designing a Whole Health-focused medical school curriculum.  

Dr. Rindfleisch is committed to making Integrative Whole Health approaches more accessible at both the local and national levels.  As a subcontractor for the Veterans Health Administration, from 2012-2021, Adam and his team developed multiple courses focused introducing VA clinicians to Integrative Whole Health.  Adam co-taught these courses at over 60 different locations nationwide, to thousands of clinicians.  Courses Adam and his team developed include Whole Health in Your Practice, Whole Health in Your Life, Whole Health for Pain and Suffering, Eating for Whole Health, and Whole Health for Mental Health.  His team from the University of Wisconsin worked closely with the VA Office of Patient Centered Care & Cultural Transformation to create the Whole Health Education Website, www.wholehealth.wisc.edu as well as over 50 Veteran handouts and the Passport to Whole Health reference guide, which is about to be released in its 7^th edition.

Adam is interested in all things Integrative and Whole Health.  Some of his main interests include clinician self-care, spirituality and health, dietary supplements, biofield therapies, and curriculum design.  He loves to read, garden and travel and would spend all his time outdoors if he could.  He has two really tall sons, a dangerously smart dog, and an amazing fiancée who lives in Maui.  

2008 - 2012

At-Large Member, University of Wisconsin Hospital Medical Board

2008 - 2011

Family Medicine Representative, Peer Review Committee, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, Wisconsin