David E. Drake D.O.

David E. Drake, D.O., M.T.S., FACN, DLFAPA 
Board Certified Psychiatrist
televideo office is based in Des Moines, Iowa - and serving all of Iowa and Colorado
[email protected]
text:   515-229-5085

Current:  Private televideo psychiatry practice

Foreign Language: intermediate proficiency in Spanish and ongoing interest in Hispanic and Native cultures.

2002 Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association (DFAPA)
2002 Elected Fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Neurologists and Psychiatrists (FACN) 
2000 Elected Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association (FAPA)

Board Certified by the American Board of Osteopathic Neurology and Psychiatry.

Personal Data

• Birth date: March 25, 1952
• Birthplace: Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. Raised in Denver, Colorado.
• Attended Denver Public Schools.
• Married with two adult offspring

EDUCATION

• 1984-1987 General Psychiatry Residency: The Karl Menninger School of Psychiatry; Topeka, Kansas; Instructor of Medical Student
  Interviewing Seminar, Admissions Committee. (July 1, ’84 to July 1, ’87)
• 1983-1984 General Rotating Internship: Eisenhower Hospital Osteopathic; Colorado Springs, Colorado. (July 1, ‘83 to July 1, ‘84)  - included one month on medical rotations in the Dominican Republic. 
• 1979-1983 Doctor of Osteopathy (D.O.): College of Osteopathic 
  Medicine and Surgery - University of Osteopathic Medicine and Health Sciences; Des Moines, Iowa. (August, ‘79 to June, ’83))
• 1976-1979 Master of Theological Studies (M.T.S.): Harvard Divinity 
  School, Harvard University; Cambridge, Massachusetts.
• 1970-1975 Bachelor of Arts in Religion: The Colorado College; Colorado Springs, Colorado - President of the Student Body (Colorado College Campus Association), Dean’s List.
• 1967-1970 George Washington High School, Denver, Colorado - Senior Class President.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Psychiatric Director of Axis Healthcare System in Southwestern Colorado - April 2018- October 2019

July, 2001- 2018 Solo Private Practice – David E. Drake, D.O, P.C., Des Moines, Iowa.

July, 2000 – July 2001 - Private Practice of Psychiatry with Richard Preston, MD, PC, Des Moines, Iowa.

Feb., 1995 – July, 2000- Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry/Behavioral Medicine, Des Moines University – Osteopathic Medicine Center. Advanced to Adjunct Professor Psychiatry - current. Served as faculty president in 2000.

August, 1991 – Feb., 1995 - Solo Private Practice: Sandia Family Psychiatry, P.A.; Albuquerque.

August 1987- July, 1991 National Health Service Corps: Staff Psychiatrist; Catawba Mental Health Center; South Carolina Department of Mental Health; Rock Hill, South Carolina.

HONORS AND AWARDS

• 2008 Top Doc award in Des Moines Magazine (August/September/October issue) – chosen by Des Moines area physicians.
• IOMA MEMBER FEATURED IN DSM MAGAZINE
• “City magazines across the country are recognizing the highest quality medical care providers in their community through a special feature called, TOP DOCS. Surveys went out a few months ago to thousands of doctors in Des Moines. Each doctor was asked: If you or a loved one required medical treatment, which physician would you choose? Each physician chose one doctor in each of the following categories: Cardiovascular Disease, Family Medicine, General Internal Medicine, General Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ophthalmology, Orthopaedic Surgeons, Otolarynology and Psychiatry. Dr. David Drake was selected as top doc winner for psychiatry and was featured in the August/September/October edition of dsm Magazine.”
• 2000 Nominated by DMU-OMC chapter of the Student Osteopathic Medical Association for National SOMA Northup Award for an Outstanding Educator in Osteopathic Medicine
• 2000 Elected Fellow, American Psychiatric Association
• 1995 The Popular Press Writing Award of the Menninger Alumni Association for the series of articles published 1993-1995 in the Albuquerque Journal.
• 1993 Robert Kellner Teaching Award for Clinical Faculty - Department of Psychiatry; University of New Mexico.
• 1990 The Menninger Foundation Scientific Writing Award for the 
  Popular Press in Periodicals.
• 1987 Resident Graduation Paper Writing Award: The Karl Menninger School of Psychiatry.
• 1979 - awarded four year National Health Service Corps scholarship - covered medical school tuition and educational expenses

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS/APPOINTMENTS

• American College of Neurologists and Psychiatrists, elected Fellow October 2002.
• American Psychiatric Association, elected Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, May, 2000, followed by Distinguished Fellow. and Distinguished Life Fellow
• Iowa Psychiatric Society, Executive Council, 2010 and Chair of Ethics Committee
• Member of Colorado Psychiatric Society and continued connection with the Iowa Psychiatric Society
• Past member of Polk County Medical Society - served on board of directors

Community Involvement

•  President-elect of Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR): focused on education on health effects of the climate crisis and on the importance to abolish nuclear weapons worldwide to   avoid catastrophic health consequences  - 2020; president 2021; immediate past president 2022.
• Board member, PSR-Iowa
• Board member of Free Clinics of Iowa:  2020 - 
• Member, Des Moines Valley Friends Meeting (Quaker) - health and safety committee, ministry and counsel
• Contributor to the Des Moines Register on topics related to climate change/abolition of nuclear weapons and in and out of health care/psychiatry
• Commissioner, Des Moines Human Rights Commission, January 2009 - 2011
  Served as chair 2010-2011
• Des Moines Diversity Chorus, 2008 – 2017 and 2019 to present

Personal Interests: yoga, hiking, skiing, rowing, biking, martial arts (1st degree black belt in Korean art of Hapkido), physical fitness in general; travel (peace delegations to Iran, Colombia, Israel; and medical delegation to Gaza; England, Scotland, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Canada, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong), meditation (serve as weekly presenter to meditation group), family connections, writer.