About Dr. Alan Lindemann

Byline BIO: An obstetrician and maternal health expert, “Rural Doc” Alan Lindemann, M.D., teaches women and their families how to create the outcomes they want for their own personal health and pregnancy. A former Clinical Associate Professor at the University of North Dakota, he served as a clinical faculty member and preceptor with medical students in rural rotations. Learning, practicing, and teaching for 50 years, Dr. Lindemann delivered around 6,000 babies and achieved a maternal mortality rate of zero! His new book is "Pregnancy Your Way: Choose a Safe and Happy Birth." Learn more at RuralDocAlan.com and LindemannMD.com.

Broadcast BIO: Our guest today is “Rural Doc” Alan Lindemann, M.D. He’s an obstetrician and maternal health expert. Learning, practicing, and teaching for 50 years, Dr. Lindemann delivered around 6,000 babies and achieved a maternal mortality rate of zero! Dr. Alan is author of the new book "Pregnancy Your Way: Choose a Safe and Happy Birth." He inspires women to learn how to steer their own pregnancies and deliveries, as well as their long-term overall health, with helpful resources at his new websites RuralDocAlan.com and LindemannMD.com. Welcome to the program, Dr. Alan.

Full BIO: Obstetrician and maternal health expert Dr. Alan Lindemann has made it his mission in life to see healthy babies delivered from healthy mothers. He teaches women and their families how to create the outcomes they want for their own health and pregnancy.
Learning, practicing, and teaching for 50 years, Dr. Lindemann delivered around 6,000 babies and achieved a maternal mortality rate of zero! He is author of the new book "Pregnancy Your Way: Choose a Safe and Happy Birth."

A former Clinical Associate Professor at the University of North Dakota, he served as a clinical faculty member and preceptor with medical students in rural rotations. During his time as professor, he earned several acknowledgements including OB/GYN Outstanding Clerkship Teaching Awards, Excellence in Teaching Award, Outstanding Volunteer Faculty Award, and Preceptor of the Year Award.

Dr. Alan is also co-author of “Modern Medicine: What You’re Dying to Know,” a consumer action guide about how to navigate the United States healthcare system. He recently published a short e-book titled "Safe Pregnancy Explained," a brief introduction to "Pregnancy Your Way."

He earned his medical degree from the University of North Dakota in 1977, is boarded by the National Board of Physicians and Surgeons, and is a member of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the American Medical Association.

Dr. Alan's goal is to reach women everywhere who might otherwise have no access to this information. He is inspiring women to learn how to steer their own pregnancies and deliveries, as well as their long-term overall health, with helpful resources at his new websites RuralDocAlan.com and LindemannMD.com.

Fondly known as the “Rural Doc,” his favorite hobbies are washing his vintage Cadillacs and tending to his pet chickens. He practices medicine and lives with his wife and co-author Diane Haugen in Elgin, North Dakota.

Learn more at RuralDocAlan.com and LindemannMD.com.