Dr. Catherine Florio Pipas, MD, MPH

Chief Wellness Officer

Dr. Pipas is a Professor in Community and Family Medicine at Dartmouth’s School of Medicine. Over the last 25 years, she has served as Assistant Dean, Vice Chair, Chief Clinical Officer, and Director of the Office of Community-Based Education and Research and Director of Dartmouth’s Regional Primary Care Center. She has been recognized as a leader in education, research and clinical care with awards including: 2017, 2018 and 2019 New Hampshire Top Doctor, Dartmouth Medical School Master Educator, AOA Honor Society, Clinical Teacher of the Year, and 2019 STFM Humanism in Medicine Award. 

Dr. Pipas is author of A Doctor’s Dozen: 12 Strategies for Personal Health and a Culture of Wellness. Her book delivers the framework for a wellness curriculum for Health Professionals – and Everyone Else! Dr. Pipas is committed to improved health nationally and internationally and provides training across professions to promote healthy individuals and healthy organizations. Her vision is for Healthy Individuals Contributing to Healthy Communities.

 She received her medical degree at Jefferson Medical College, and completed residency at Medical University of South Carolina, Faculty Development Fellowship at UNC- Chapel Hill and an MPH at The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice (TDI). Dr. Pipas contributes to the development of undergraduate and medical students, nurses, resident, faculty and community members across the institution and regionally. She teaches The Social and Behavioral Determinants of Health at TDI and directs Dartmouth’s Leadership and Culture of Wellness Curriculum.

 Dr. Pipas serves on the Administrative Board of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Council of Faculty and Academic Societies, the Board of Trustees of Kimball Union Academy, and Leads the Family Medicine Education Consortium Culture of Wellness Collaborative. She is Past President of the New Hampshire Academy of Science, and has served on the STFM Board of Directors, the NHAFP Board and the NH Board of Medicine. She is a Founding Faculty for STFM’s Medical Student Educators Development Institute and has contributed to the STFM Leading Change Course, the AAMC National LEAD Certificate Program and the ACGME Milestones Project.

Dr. Pipas speaks, consults and collaborates locally, nationally and globally with medical schools, residency programs, hospitals and other organizations including the Tuck School of Business, Center for Healthcare.