Dr. Flaata is a board-certified Internal Medicine physician practicing for 25 years. He came to medicine from the computer industry focusing on software engineering, systems integration and program management.
Dr. Flaata is dedicated and passionate about the study of Internal Medicine, diagnosing and treating disease and keeping people healthy through prevention and optimal wellness programs.
Dr. Flaata’s mission is to work closely with people, engaging and empowering people to optimize one’s health and wellness focusing on body-mind-spirit. His focus is whole person-based care and viewing the body as a highly integrated system.
Fundamental to this is discovering what matters most for an individual and formulating a plan that aligns with a person’s life goals and to strive for optimal wellbeing.
Within the field of medicine, he has been a strong leader designing and implementing innovative care models to advance health and wellness for people in both primary care and international health care settings.
Dr. Flaata believes it is important to live a principle-based life to serve as a foundation for daily living. In caring for people, “I strive to have an open mind and broad peripheral vision when dealing with life matters.”
He has achieved high assessment and patient satisfaction scores as a physician. Since the inception of satisfaction ratings, for eight years he was ranked in the top 1% in the United States for physician communication.
“While medicine can be viewed as highly complex, I rather like to view health and wellness in a straightforward, pragmatic way: health, wellness and overall wellbeing starts with a deep caring for human beings coupled with a high degree of empathy and applying knowledge and experience to work with people to address their needs and concerns.”
You can read more on Dr. Flaata at www.drflaata.com.