About Jacqueline Redmer
Jacqueline Redmer MD, MPH is a family medicine physician who practices geriatrics and palliative care in the Driftless Region of Southwest Wisconsin.
Outside of work, she often reads and writes in her she-shed or backyard sauna. She enjoys canoeing, camping, and skiing, and delights in the company of her husband and three daughters.
She started writing poetry during the pandemic to steady herself during the brief pause of a busy life.
Her writing has been published in the Examined Life Journal, The Intima Journal, Bramble, Pulse, Wisconsin Poets Calendar and Kevin MD Blog. She completed the Columbia University Narrative Medicine CPA program and pursued creative writing courses through Stanford University Continuing Studies Program.
Her debut poetry collection, Dissociative Effect, will be published through Shanti Arts Press in the fall of 2025.
Education & Training
Jacqueline Redmer, MD, MPH, was born and raised in Wisconsin. After she graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a degree in botany and zoology, she served as a public health Peace Corps Volunteer in Kazakhstan. She returned from the Peace Corps with renewed interest in social justice and community health.
She completed her medical (MD) and public health degrees (MPH) through the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health before joining the UW Department of Family Medicine Residency Program.
During medical school and residency, she worked in underserved communities in the U.S.and abroad including rural Guatemala, Lesotho, and the Menominee reservation in Wisconsin.
After residency, she completed an integrative medicine fellowship through the UW Department of Family Medicine. She practiced rural family medicine for 10 years before she transitioned to palliative care and geriatrics.