Rachel Carlton Abrams, MD, MHS, ABFP, ABoIM graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Stanford University, received her Medical Degree at the University of California San Francisco as well as a Masters Degree in Holistic Health and Medical Sciences from the University of California Berkeley. She is Board Certified in Family Medicine and Integrative Medicine. She is the recent Board Chair of the Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine and has been a Board member of the Academy since 2019 (AIHM.org), and on the Board of the AHMA prior to that, leading in the areas of education, DEI initiatives, and ethical leadership.
She established Santa Cruz Integrative Medicine clinic in 2008 and has been voted “Best Doctor” in Santa Cruz County by two local publications consistently for almost 2 decades. In 2023, she began a new model of health care and optimal wellness care called Transformational Medicine that joins personal and community care and focuses on physical, mental, emotional, sexual, and spiritual health.
She is currently bringing together integrative practice, teaching and group support to open possibilities for integrative and preventive medicine that are available for all income levels. She consults for non-profits and is working with the AIHM and the AAFP (American Academy of Family Practice) to bring integrative and preventive protocols to primary care practice throughout the U.S. She holds a vision for the transformation of U.S. healthcare. She is an avid student of the world’s healing traditions and has been writing and teaching workshops around the world in the areas of Integrative and Holistic Health and Healthy Relationships for over two decades. She has published 5 books, the most recent being: BodyWise: Discovering Your Body’s Intelligence for Lifelong Health and Healing. She speaks and works with healthcare practitioners at conferences and workshops to “Reclaim the Soul of Medicine” and to “Heal the Healers.”
For more information on Dr. Rachel’s practice, speaking and publications, please go
to www.doctorrachel.com.
