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Alan D. Lorenz, M.D.

Alan D. Lorenz, M.D.

About Me

Faculty Appointments

Clinical Associate Professor (Voluntary) - Department of Family Medicine (SMD)

Credentials

Post-doctoral Training & Residency

University of Rochester/Highland Hospital,
Residency in Family Medicine
(First two years residency 1987-1989. Third year residency 1990-1991) 1987 - 1991

Education

MD | Univ Wisconsin Medical School. Medicine. 1987

BA | Stanford University. Religion. 1978

Awards

Faculty Teaching Award
University of Rochester, Department of Family Medicine
2003 - 2004

Research

Alan Lorenz, MD, received his Bachelor's degree from Stanford University, his Medical degree from the University of Wisconsin, and completed a residency in Family Medicine and a fellowship in Family Systems Medicine at the University of Rochester.

After practicing for nine years in rural ups...
Alan Lorenz, MD, received his Bachelor's degree from Stanford University, his Medical degree from the University of Wisconsin, and completed a residency in Family Medicine and a fellowship in Family Systems Medicine at the University of Rochester.

After practicing for nine years in rural upstate New York as both a family doctor and a family therapist, he returned to teach in the residency in 2001.

His first co-authored book, Models of Collaboration: A Guide for Mental Health Professionals Working with Health Care Practitioners, was published in 1996; and his second co-authored book, the acclaimed revision of Family-Oriented Primary Care with Susan McDaniel, Tom Campbell, and Jeri Hepworth, was published in 2005.

He teaches part-time in the residency and sees patients at the University Health Service.

Publications

Journal Articles

Family interviewing: a review of the literature in primary care.

Campbell TL, McDaniel SH, Cole-Kelly K, Hepworth J, Lorenz A

Family medicine.. 2002 May 34 (5):312-8. Epub 1900 01 01.

The Life Cycle of the Doctor-Patient Relationship: The Middle Years

Lorenz, A.

Medical Encounter. 2000; 15(3).

The Belay of Collaboration, Reflections

Lorenz, A.

Families, Systems

Commentary

Lorenz, A.

Families, Systems & Health. 1996; 14(4): 463-464.

A Mother's Death: Family Stories of Illness, Loss, and Healing

Seaburn, Lorenz, Campbell & Winfield.

Families, Systems & Health,. 1996; 14(2).

Taking it Like a Man: Stories of Men in Family Therapy

McDaniel, Lorenz, Waxman, Kotze.

American Journal of Family Therapy. 1995; 23(4).

Commentary -on Medical Family Therapy Casebook

Lorenz, A.

Family Systems Medicine. 1994; 12(1).

The Transgenerational Development of Chronic Illness Meanings

Seaburn, Lorenz, Kaplan.

Family Systems Medicine. 1992; 10(4).

Books

Family-Oriented Primary Care, Second Edition (2005)

Authors: McDaniel, S., Campbell, T., Hepworth, J., Lorenz, A.

Publisher: Springer-Verlag, New York 2005

Integrating Behavioral Health into Graduate Medical Education (2005)

Chapter: "Developing a Family-Oriented Primary Care Education in a Family Medicine Residency: The Rochester Experience,"

Authors: Lorenz, A., McDaniel, S., Gawinski, B.

Publisher: Harren, Tucson, Arizona. 2005

Procedural Manual and Guide for a Standardized Application of the International (2004)

Chapter: Chapter VI, Genitourinary and Reproductive Functions

Authors: Lorenz, A - joint product of the World Health Organization and the American Psychological Association

Publisher: World Health Organization and the American Psychological Association 2004

Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice -- Mental Health (1999)

Chapter: Models of Collaboration, - Chapter 12

Authors: Lorenz, A., Mauksch, L., Gawinski, B.

Publisher: W. B. Saunders, Philadelphia 1999

Among These Stones: Death Stories by Family Doctors, (1998)

Chapter: A chapter in Among These Stones: Death Stories by Family Doctors,

Authors: Lorenz, A

Publisher: Ambulatory Sentinel Practice Network,, Denver, CO 1998

Behavioral Health in Primary Care: A Guide for Clinical Integration (1997)

Chapter: Collaboration in Action: Key Strategies for Mental Health Providers,

Authors: Gunn, W., Seaburn, D., Lorenz, A., Gawinski, B., Mauksch, L.

Publisher: Psychosocial Press, Madison, CT 1997

The Shared Experience of Illness: Stories of Patients, Families, and Their Thera (1997)

Chapter: "Working Together to Get Control: Treating Encopresis,"

Authors: McDaniel S., Hepworth, J. & Doherty, W.

Publisher: Basic Books, New York 1997

Models of Collaboration: A Guide for Mental Health Professionals (1996)

Authors: Seaburn, D., Lorenz, A., Gunn, W., Gawinski, B., Mauksch, L.

Publisher: Basic Books, New York 1996