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Joseph E. Scherger, MD, MPH: 

Joseph E. Scherger, MD, MPH, is the founder of Restore Health Disease Reversal, a concierge primary care and consultation practice in Indian Wells, CA. He is a core faculty in the Eisenhower Health Family Medicine Residency program in La Quinta. Dr Scherger is clinical professor of family medicine at the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California (USC), Loma Linda University, and the University of California, Riverside School of Medicine. Dr Scherger has special interests in nutrition and using lifestyle change to reverse disease. He is the author of two books, 40 Years in Family Medicine (2014) and Lean and Fit: A Doctor’s Journey to Healthy Nutrition and Greater Wellness (Third Edition, 2019). He is a team physician for Reliance Hospice in Palm Desert, CA.

Dr Scherger has served in a variety of clinical and education roles. He has received numerous awards, including being recognized as a “Top Doc” in San Diego for 6 consecutive years; Outstanding Clinical Instructor at the University of California, Davis School of Medicine;  Family Physician of the Year by the American Academy of Family Physicians and the California Academy of Family Physicians; the Thomas W. Johnson Award for Family Practice Education from the American Academy of Family Physicians; the AAMC Humanism in Medicine Award; the STFM  Lynn and Joan Carmichael Recognition Award; and the Desert Health Integrative Practitioner Wellness Award.

He has served as the president of STFM and the Riverside County Medical Association and on the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Family Physicians and the American Board of Family Medicine. He was elected to the National Academy of Medicine (Institute of Medicine) of the National Academy of Sciences and to the Bishop Society of STFM. He served on the Institute of Medicine Committee on the Quality of Health Care in America. Dr Scherger currently serves on the editorial advisory board of Medical Economics and was previously an assistant editor of Family Medicine, medical editor of Family Practice Management, and editor-in-chief of Hippocrates. He was the Men’s Health expert and a consultant for Revolution Health and he answers questions for eDocAmerica. He has authored more than 1,000 medical publications and has given over 1,100 invited presentations.

Dr Scherger enjoys an active family life with his wife, Carol, and two sons, Adrian and Gabriel.  He has completed 40 marathons, ten 50K and five 50 mile ultramarathon trail runs.