Linda Smith, PA, MS

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Ms. Smith is the Director of Educational Programs for Duke Integrative Medicine (Duke IM), a Physician Assistant, and the founder and director of Duke's Integrative Health Coach Professional Training (IHCPT). As one of the founding executive team members of Duke IM, she is a core collaborator in bringing the vision of this new field of medicine to fruition at Duke from conception through operational planning and program development.

For more than 30 years, Ms. Smith has worked as a trainer, facilitator, designer and director of health and wellness programs. She is a member of the MINT and a corporate retreat trainer in motivational interviewing, mindfulness, stress management, resiliency and personal health planning for maximum wellness.

Ms. Smith is a member of the leadership team developing national certification standards for the field of health coaching. She is a chief medical editor for the book The Duke Encyclopedia of New Medicine: Conventional & Alternative Medicine for All Ages.