Catherine Florio Pipas MD, MPH

Dr. Pipas is Professor, Community & Family Medicine, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice (TDI) and the Dept of Medical Education, the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. She has been recognized as a passionate leader in education, research, and clinical care with awards including the 2019 STFM Humanism in Medicine Award, the 2019 Family Medicine Education Consortium “This We Believe” Award on “Caring for Me- Caring for You,” 2017, 2018 and 2019 New Hampshire Top Doctor, Dartmouth Medical School Master Educator, AOA Honor Society, and Dartmouth Clinical Teacher of the Year.

Dr. Pipas is Co-Chair of the American Academy of Family Physicians Leading Physician Well-being Program and serves on the Administrative Board of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Council of Faculty and Academic Societies and Chair of the CFAS Faculty Resilience Committee  Dr. Pipas is the Chief Wellness Officer for CaseNetwork, overseeing the design, implementation, and assessment of CoreWellness and their Learning & Research Collaborative.

She leads the Family Medicine Education Consortium Culture of Wellness Collaborative and over the last 25 years, she has served as Assistant Dean, Vice Chair, Chief Clinical Officer, and Director of the Office of Community-Based Education and Research and Director of Dartmouth’s Regional Primary Care Center.

She is the author of A Doctor’s Dozen: 12 Strategies for Personal Health and a Culture of Wellness. Her book delivers the framework for a wellness curriculum for Health Professionals – and Everyone Else!  Dr. Pipas is committed to improving health nationally and internationally and provides coaching and training across professions to promote healthy individuals and healthy organizations. Her vision is for Healthy Individuals to contribute to Healthy Communities.

She received her medical degree at Jefferson Medical College and completed a residency at the Medical University of South Carolina, a Faculty Development Fellowship at UNC-Chapel Hill, and an MPH at TDI. Dr. Pipas contributes to the development of undergraduate and medical students, nurses, residents, faculty, and community members across the nation and globally. She directs the Leadership Curriculum at Dartmouth School of Medicine and the Social and Behavioral Determinants of Health Course at TDI.

Dr. Pipas speaks, consults, coaches and collaborates locally, nationally and globally with individuals as well as medical schools, residency programs, hospitals and other organizations including the Tuck School of Business, Center for Healthcare.