J Adam Rindfleisch, MD

• Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine – MD
• University of Wisconsin Department of Family Medicine and Community Health – Family Medicine Residency
• University of Wisconsin Academic Integrative Health Fellowship
• University of Oxford – MPhil, Comparative Social Research

Bio

J. Adam Rindfleisch, MPhil, MD (he/him/his) is DFMCH faculty. The joy in his work comes from taking care of people, teaching, and writing. He has been a champion of integrative and whole health throughout his career. Rindfleisch aspires to be the best healer he can be and to help others do the same, including not only the students, residents, and other colleagues he teaches and mentors, but also the people who come to him for primary care or consultations in integrative health.

Clinical Interests

Rindfleisch’s clinical interests include integrative health, self-care, mind-body medicine, spirituality and health, and dietary supplements.

Teaching Interests

Rindfleisch taught Whole Health nationwide to hundreds of clinicians in the VA and helped start a medical school intended to emphasize whole/integrative health principles.

Research Interests

Most of Rindfleisch’s research has focused on the efficacy of integrative and whole health approaches and how to create educational experiences for medical students, residents, fellows, and other clinical colleagues about them.

Publications and Presentations

• Passport to Whole Health
• Liao TH, Rindfleisch JA, Howard KP, Castellani M, Noyes SG. Advancing a new model of collaborative practice: a decade of Whole Health interprofessional education across Veterans Health Administration. BMC Med Educ. 2024 Sep 10;24(1):987. doi: 10.1186/s12909-024-05945-7. PMID: 39256757; PMCID: PMC11389288.
• Castle RD, Williams MA, Bushell WC, Rindfleisch JA, Peterson CT, Marzolf J, Brouwer K, Mills PJ. Implications for Systemic Approaches to COVID-19: Effect Sizes of Remdesivir, Tocilizumab, Melatonin, Vitamin D3, and Meditation. J Inflamm Res. 2021 Sep 22;14:4859-4876. doi: 10.2147/JIR.S323356. PMID: 34588793; PMCID: PMC8473718.
• Collins D, Shamblen S, Rindfleisch A, Hollifield M. Evaluation of a Veterans Health Administration Whole Health for Mental Health Course for Clinicians. J Integr Complement Med. 2022 Mar;28(3):261-267. doi: 10.1089/jicm.2021.0221. Epub 2022 Jan 17. PMID: 35294300.
• Rindfleisch JA. Biofield therapies: energy medicine and primary care. Prim Care. 2010 Mar;37(1):165-79. doi: 10.1016/j.pop.2009.09.012. PMID: 20189005.

Awards and Honors

• Rhodes Scholar
• Spirituality and Medicine Award for Curriculum Development for Primary Care Residency Programs – George Washington Institute for Spirituality and Health
• Faculty Excellence Award – University of Wisconsin Department of Family Medicine and Community Health