About Dean

I grew up in the small town of Green Lake, Wisconsin, attended Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa where I earned a Chemistry degree. I went on to study medicine at The Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee earning an MD. After choosing to become a family practice physician, I completed a 3 year Family Practice Residency Program at St. Mary’s Hospital in Milwaukee, finishing in 1992.
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After my training, I was a locum tenens physician for six years, which means I was hired for temporary placement assignments in areas of need. This gave me the opportunity to work in places I always wanted to visit, across 13 states, mostly the Western U.S. I had the great fortune to work in Southeast Alaska, Molokai, Hawaii and rural Queensland, Australia.
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For two years I worked as an Urgent Care physician at Virginia Mason Medical Center on Bainbridge Island, WA, then participated in the formation of One Sky Medicine, an integrative care clinic. In 2002, I started a solo, collaborative practice within Seattle Healing Arts, an incredible integrative medical center. In June 2018 I moved my practice to Lake City Professional Center Suite 90, with a group of like-minded colleagues.

I relish spending time with my family and friends sharing meals, conversation and laughter. My soul is refreshed when I am outside in the beauty of the natural world; hiking, fly fishing or sitting quietly in awe.

Everything takes longer than you think it should or thought it would...

​Except your life.