David Loxterkamp, MD
David Loxterkamp lives on the coast of Maine, where he practiced family medicine for 35 years. He has authored two books, A Measure of My Days: The Journal of a Country Doctor (1997) and What Matters in Medicine: Lessons from a Life in Primary Care (2013), as well as journal articles that have appeared in JAMA, the BMJ, Annals of Family Medicine, and elsewhere. His work was featured in a 1998 LIFE Magazine photo essay and a 2015 PBS documentary called “Rx: The Quiet Revolution” by award-winning director David Grubin. After three years on faculty at the Northern Light Family Medicine Residency Program in Bangor, Maine, he has returned to general practice. Dr. Loxterkamp’s outside interests include running, gardening, a cappella choral singing, and local architecture.