Biography
Douglas Reifler, MD
Professor of Medicine
Core Faculty, Edward D. Viner Center for Humanism
Senior Associate Dean for Professional Formation and Health Humanities
Gen Int Med/Primary Care
Education & Training
| Medical School: | University of California, San Diego Medical Center, La Jolla, CA |
| Internship: | Primary Care Internal Medicine - Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL |
| Residency: | Primary Care Internal Medicine - Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL |
| Fellowship: | General Internal Medicine - Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL |
Board Certifications
- American Board of Internal Medicine (Internal Medicine - General)
Memberships
- American College of Physicians
- Society of General Internal Medicine
- American Society for Bioethics and Humanities
- International Health Humanities Consortium
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Awards and Honors
Richard J. Kozera Teaching Academy - Lewis Katz School of Medicine, 2018, Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, 2014, Outstanding Contribution to Medical Education - Chicago Medical School, 2014, Gold Humanism Honor Society, 2012, Feinberg Academy of Medical Educators, 2011, Compassionate Service Award, Connections for the Homeless, 2010
About Me
Douglas Reifler, MD, is a primary care general internist originally from Evanston, Illinois, with a strong interest in medical humanities and humanism in medicine. After graduating from Harvard College he worked as a medical editor, including time in the New York offices of Scientific American. He earned his MD from the University of California, San Diego, then returned to Chicago for residency in primary care internal medicine and fellowship in general internal medicine, both at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. His extensive experience in medical education includes serving as Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Medical Education at Rosalind Franklin University in North Chicago, IL, and most recently as Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Medical Humanities at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine of Temple University.
As Cooper Medical School of Rowan University (CMSRU)’s new Senior Associate Dean for Professional Formation and Medical Humanities, he works with the CMSRU Center for Humanism to further their existing curricular and extracurricular efforts, and he practices clinically in primary care internal medicine.
Dr. Reifler is the proud father of two adult daughters, one an ID fellow and one a Broadway musical theater assistant and composer. He commutes to work by bicycle and enjoys being a member of Acoopella, the medical student a cappella singers.