Alan Lorenz

Dr. Lorenz has long sought to supersede mind/body dualism and has dedicated his entire academic and professional career to championing collaborative integrated care.

After graduating from Stanford, while attending graduate school in psychology, he worked in psychiatry at the Palo Alto VA Hospital. Interested in psychiatry, he returned to his hometown Madison, Wisconsin for Medical School ultimately deciding Residency in Family Medicine in Rochester, New York was the best place to pursue his interest in caring for the whole person. Completing Residency, and a Fellowship in Family Systems, working closely with George Engel, the author of the biopsychosocial model, he was trained as both a family physician and a family therapist, and holds appointments in both the Departments of Family Medicine and Psychiatry at the University of Rochester.

He has authored, or co-authored, numerous publications including the acclaimed Family-Oriented Primary Care. He helped found the Collaborative Family Healthcare Association and was on its Board for many years. He chaired the Families & Health Conference of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, and has made dozens of presentations to local, national, and international conferences. He now sees patients at the Rochester Institute of Technology, and is the Chair of the Mental Health Section of the American College Health Association and a member of the Higher Mental Health Alliance (HEMHA)