Integrative Medicine Family Physician, Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, Physician Coach/Consultant
Finding Health, Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine, MD Coaches, Rediscovering Meaning In Our Work
Boise, ID
Dr. Deb Roman is a Board-Certified Family Physician. She offers integrative medicine consultations and hands-on osteopathic medicine to individuals of all ages. She integrates advanced training in nutrition, mindful practice and meditation, yoga and integrative medicine into her work.
As an Assistant Professor of Family Medicine at the Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine, she teaches first and second year medical students in small group learning environments.
She founded Rediscovering Meaning In Our Work - a consulting and educational program with a focus on the well-being of physicians and medical school students. She teaches workshops, organizes retreat-like conferences, shares presentations, provides consultations to individuals and organizations and facilitates discussion groups.
Dr. Roman founded Cultivating Well-Being Coaching and Consulting to offer physicians and other healthcare professionals the opportunity to work individually with a peer to explore ways to ease stress, enhance well-being and engage in work that is meaningful and fulfilling. She is also an Executive Physician Coach for MD Coaches, an organization that offers individual and group coaching and a variety of resources to physicians.
She co-founded the Idaho Physician Well-Being Action Collaborative to work with colleagues to actively address system-level healthcare issues that negatively impact the well-being of physicians and patients.
In an effort to address pressing healthcare issues in her community, Dr. Roman and a diverse group of local healthcare and education professionals and engaged student leaders created Compassionate Communities, an inter-generational community healthcare movement. This group promotes cooperative responsibility for the health of our communities, advance health equity and inspire compassionate action.
She serves as facilitator for the Compassionate Connections Community Healthcare Forum, opportunities for community members to come together informally to explore issues that impact the health of our communities, strengthen relationships and enhance understanding, collaboration and community well-being.
Dr. Roman also facilitates The Art of Medicine medical school student discussion group and the Rediscovering Meaning in Our Work discussion group for physicians. She co-facilitates a Mindfulness and Meditation group for clinicians and their families, sharing meditations and current research on mindfulness and meditation.
She is actively involved in physician and medical school student well-being initiatives at local, state and national levels and was a founding member of the team that developed The Physician Vitality Initiative in Idaho, a progressive, comprehensive program that offers a confidential counseling service as well as a myriad of resources to physicians and other clinicians.
Dr. Roman contributes presentations to medical conferences nationwide, exploring cutting-edge ways to enhance well-being, achieve personal and professional fulfillment and cultivate compassion in healthcare. Dr. Roman also writes articles about evolving concepts in healthcare.
Please visit finding-health.com for more information about her services.
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Thursday, April 27, 2023
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM