Dr. Rachel Brook received her MD from Case Western Reserve School of Medicine and completed her IM residency at UCLA. She served as a chief resident in 2013-2014, then became a hospitalist and primary care physician with a focus on women's health. She is a prolific educator who has taught in nearly every existing medical school course at the DGSOM at UCLA. She was Chair of the Doctoring 1 course, Vice Chair for the Academic Medicine College, and was one of the inaugural members of the DGSOM Educators for Excellence. In addition to being an APD, she is currently the Director of Clinical and Career Coaching for our residency program. She has won multiple teaching and mentoring awards, including the Ambulatory Teaching Award, Inpatient Teaching Award, & Mentor of the Year Award from the UCLA IM Residency program, and the DGSOM Wilbur S. Schwartz MD Prize for Kindness, Compassion, and Humanity for her dedication to the physician-patient relationship and mentoring the next generation of healthcare leaders.