Raphael Knauf, MD

"Raphael Knauf, M.D. was born and raised in Germany. He first came to the Kimberton area after finishing high-school in 2001 when he spent one year at The Camphill School, a school serving children with developmental disabilities. He then attended medical school at the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany; he spent parts of his clinical training at McGill University, Canada, and the Ita Wegman Klinik, a hospital offering integrative anthroposophic Medicine in Switzerland. After finishing medical school in 2010, he worked at the Ita Wegman Klinik as a resident physician for one year and then completed a four-year residency in Family Medicine at Middlesex Hospital, CT. During that time he also completed a two-year long-distance Fellowship in Integrative Medicine at the Arizona Center of Integrative Medicine of the University of Arizona. He is board-certified in Family Medicine and certified in Anthroposophic Medicine. Raphael Knauf is dedicated to providing integrative anthroposophic Family Medicine through meeting his patients as the individuals they are and accompanying them on their individual paths towards well-being and healing. He lives with his wife and two young children at The Camphill School, where he also serves as school physician. Raphael's special interests include pediatrics, child development, preventive care and anthroposophically extended heart auscultation, an innovative method of listening to the heart."

"Our current healthcare system with its focus on the physical body has led to astonishing results in areas such as emergency medicine. However, many people do not feel met in areas of medicine that involve our individuality more strongly. The relationship between patients and health-care practitioners has been neglected. Instead, we are increasingly relying on sub-specialists and technology. This has also led to surging costs, threatening the economic future of individuals, businesses and organizations in our country. Our healthcare system is in crisis. In response, the Direct Primary Care movement is rapidly growing all over the US. In order to allow time with and easy access to the primary care physician, it is economically supported through memberships instead of insurance billing. It has been shown to lead to significant decreases in hospital stays and emergency room visits, which means people stay healthier. At the same time overall healthcare costs are lowered. That means better care at overall lower cost. Carah Medical Arts is building on this foundation."