Robert Crocker, MD

Robert “Rocky” Crocker, MD, a 2007 integrative medicine fellowship graduate, joined the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine (AWCIM) in 2012. His first task was to guide the development and support the opening of the UA Integrative Health Center in Phoenix, a new innovative model for integrative primary care.  He was involved in the development of the AWCIM’s Integrative Health and Lifestyle program and has been a key leader in the development and oversight of AWCIM’s Integrative Health Coaching program.  He provided leadership and oversight of the Integrative Medicine Primary Care Trial (IMPACT), and has also been involved in the development and study of AWCIM’s mobile device integrative self-care app (My Wellness Coach). Currently he is leading the development of the first Integrative Medicine Practice Standards, and the development and launch of a national integrative telemedicine network.  He also serves as a consultant helping individuals and organizations in the U.S. and other parts of the world develop integrative strategies and centers. 

Prior to coming to AWCIM, Dr. Crocker was the chief medical officer of American Specialty Health.  He had a distinguished career in private practice and as the national medical director for WellPoint Health Networks.  Additionally, he was a part-time clinical instructor in the University of Mississippi's family medicine residency program. Dr. Crocker has served as a health consultant, providing oversight of previous humanitarian relief efforts in Central Asia, and more recently has been working with aboriginal communities in Australia.

Dr. Crocker discloses that he has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of this presentation.