Family Doctor, Researcher, and Former Editor of Annals of Family Medicine

A rural family doctor led astray, an accidental academic, a reluctant editor, he became a garlanded leader of the profession.

Kurt C. Stange, MD, PhD is a family and public health physician.  At Case Western Reserve University he is a member of the Center for Community Health Integration (CHI Center), which conducts collaborative Research & Development for Community Health and Integrated, Personalized Care.  He is a Distinguished University Professor, and is the Dorothy Jones Weatherhead Professor of Medicine, and Professor of Family Medicine & Community Health, Population & Quantitative Health Sciences, Oncology and Sociology. With Rebecca Etz, PhD, he serves as Co-Director for the Larry A. Green Center for Advancing Primary Health Care for the Public Good. He is interested in how the generalist function and the personal physician make a difference in people’s lives.  He is a member of the Academy of Medicine of the US National Academy of Sciences.