Rachel Frazin

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APRN, BC, MSN

Rachel is a Board Certified Advanced Practice Registered Nurse in Family Practice. She has practiced primary care medicine in the inner cities of Milwaukee, Minneapolis, and Saint Paul, beginning in 1982.

In 2008, she began traveling to the Arctic Circle where she treated the Inupiat people for up to six months each year through 2014.

In 2015, she began working for various tribal organizations in Alaska  including the Kenaitze Indian Tribe, Tanana Chiefs, Southeast Alaska Native Consortium in Sitka, and Copper River Native Association.

Recently she has provided per diem medical care at Minnesota Community Care, a Federally Qualified Health Center with multiple sites in St Paul which provide comprehensive health care to homeless people, immigrants, Latinx, and other vulnerable populations.

Education

Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology, Indiana University

Bachelor of Science, University of Minnesota School of Nursing

Yale University School of Nursing

Cultivating Emotional Balance Teacher Certification, Santa Barbara Institute for Consciousness Studies

Medical Certifications

Advanced Trauma Life Support - 1/2020 Alaska Native Medical Center

Advanced Cardiac Life Support - 2/2019 American Heart Association

Pediatric Advanced Life Support in progress

Basic Life Support 2/2018 American Heart Association

Professional Memberships

American Society of Addiction Medicine since 2018

American Nurses Association

American Psychosomatic Society

Languages - Spanish and French