Raymond Teets, MD

Dr. Teets is Faculty at the Beth Israel Family Medicine Residency in New York City.  He practices Integrative Family Medicine in the inpatient and outpatient settings, where he has both English and Spanish-speaking patients. He also has the honor of teaching residents and medical students.   

Dr. Teets went to medical school in Philadelphia, where he went to MCP-Hahnemann Medical School.  Dr. Teets developed an interest in primary care, and chose to pursue a Family Medicine training.  He received his training in Charleston, South Carolina, at the Trident Family Medicine Residency, and is board-certified in Family Medicine.  After working as a locum tenums doctor in South Carolina, Dr. Teets returned north to New York City, and was honored to become a Bravewell Fellow of 2006.  He worked at the Continuum Center of Health and Healing, while completing his Associate Fellowship in the Program for Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona.

Dr Teets’ interests in Integrative Medicine and current practice have root in his life prior to medical school.  He grew up on a farm in rural Ohio, where his parents raised vegetables and goats.  In addition, he worked at an organic farm during his summers.  His parents were also both teachers, and taught science and nursing.  Dr. Teets pursued philosophy in college, at DePaul University, in Chicago, and graduated with a B.A. in Philosophy.  His experiences nurtured in him an interest in nutritional approaches to health, as well as an appreciation for teaching.  Dr. Teets also maintains an interest in philosophy, as he works to investigate how medicine and the healing arts are affected by the histories of science, medicine, and knowledge.