David R. Scrase MD

David R. Scrase, MD, is a Board Certified Internist and Geriatrician and the former President of Presbyterian Health Plan and Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for Presbyterian Healthcare Services, both in New Mexico. He has now returned to the practice of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, and to a career writing the stories of his most interesting patients.

Dr. Scrase completed his undergraduate and medical training at the University of Michigan, and his Internal Medicine Residency training at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He is board-certified in Internal Medicine and Geriatrics. In 1995, he received his Masters of Health Services Administration degree from the University of Michigan School of Public Health.

Dr. Scrase has been involved in the integrated delivery of healthcare services for more than 30 years. As a physician executive for over 20 years he has held multiple leadership roles in the health system, hospital, medical group, health plan, a physician-hospital organization, and information services settings.