CURRICULUM VITAE

Education

• B.A.Chemistry 1965, Duke University, Durham, N.C
• M.D., 1969, Duke Medical School, Durham, N.C.
• Rotating Internship, 1969-1970, Kaiser Permanente Foundation Hospital, Oakland, CA
• Pediatric Residency, 1970-1971, Kaiser Foundation Hospital, San Fransisco, CA

Licenses

• Washington  12287
• California  G-19043

Faculty Appointment

• Clinical Instructor, Department of Preventive Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin 1979-1982

Professional Experience

• Burien General Hospital Emergency Department  - 1972 to 1973
• General practice locum tenens in Pacific Grove, CA spring 1975
• General practice locum tenens in Watsonville, CA spring through fall 1975
• Medical Advisor, Maharishi European Research University in Avoriaz, France in 1976
• General practice physician with the TM organization in Vittel and Biarritz, France, 1976
• Staff Physician at Sacred Heart Rehabilitation Hospital in Milwaukee WI in 1977
• General practice Elm Grove, WI January 1977 through April 1978
• Staff Physician at the Alcoholism Treatment Program in Brookfield WI from 1977-1982
• General practice Brookfield, WI April 1978 through June 1982
• General practice locum tenens in Red Bluff, CA February 1983 through May 1983
• Locum tenens Red Bluff and Ilwaco, WA summer 1983
• General practice Port Townsend, WA fall 1983 to present
• Locum tenens Wrangell, AK summer 1984
• ER work in Ilwaco, WA and with Northwest Emergency Physicians in Port Angeles and Arlington, WA, 1984 though 1986
• Emergency Room Physician in Burien, Forks, Port Angeles and Arlington, WA between 1972 and 1985
• General Practice:  Port Townsend, WA, 1983 to present

Hospital Affiliations

• Jefferson General Hospital, Port Townsend, WA 1984 through 2004
• Elmbrook Memorial Hospital, Brookfield, WI 1977 through 1982
• St Joseph's Hospital, Milwaukee, WI 1977 through 1982
• St. Elizabeth Community Hospital, Red Bluff, CA 1983 (locum)

Appointments

• Secretary, Jefferson County Medical Society 2007
• Chairman Department of Family Practice, Elmbrook Memorial Hospital, Brookfield, WI 1979-1982
• Hospice Physician, Jefferson General Hospital, 1984-1989

Professional Societies

• American Society for Nutrition
• Washington State Medical Association
• Association of American Physicians and Surgeons
• Jefferson County Medical Society

Awards

• James B. Rast Award for Excellence in Comparative Anatomy, Duke University, 1964

Publications

• “Ten Treatments for Common Ailments”  Olympic Business Journal 2007 March page 20.
• “Health Courts Appeal” (letter)  Duke Alumni Magazine 2007 January page 7.
• “Medicine for People!” Newsletter for patients published irregularly from 1985 and monthly since May 2003, archived at www.RienstraClinic.com
• “Retirement Lifestyles: Health and Aging Living”  Olympic Business Journal 2005 June page 7.
• “Why you shouldn’t buy drugs from Canada (or what the US drug companies are doing right)” Olympic Business Journal 2005 January page 16
• “Osteoporosis”  Fifty Something 1990 October page 18.
• “Cholesterol: A doctor explains the numbers” Medical Abstracts Newsletter 1989 May page 1.
• “At Last a Cure for the Common Cold?”  Port Townsend Leader 1984 December 25.
• “Res ipsa loquitur” (letter) Western Journal of Medicine 1984 July. Washington State Medical Association insert page 8.
• “Curanderismo” (letter) Western Journal of Medicine 1984 March; 140(3):457.
• “Heal Thyself” Northwest Passage 1973 July 30 page 9.

Presentations and Lectures

• “Nutritional Physiology of Parkinson’s Disease” presentation to the Parkinson’s Support Group at Jefferson Healthcare, Port Townsend, WA March 22, 2007.
• “Malpractice Insurance Issues“ presentation at the annual meeting of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons in Portland, OR, on October 15, 2004.
• “Doctor Talk” ten one-half to one-hour video programs on various health issues aired on PTTV in Jefferson County, BKAT in Bremerton, and BIB on Bainbridge Island produced between 2000 and 2002.  
• “Fibromyalgia: Current concepts” presentation given as part of the Wellness Program at Jefferson General Hospital  February 17, 2000.
• “Underused methods of diagnosis and treatment” presentation at the Journal Club at Jefferson General Hospital on January 4, 2000.
• "Fast-Track Treatment of Suspected Strep Throat" presentation at the Journal Club at Jefferson General Hospital on March 4, 1999.
•  “How Integrative Medicine can Lower Costs” presentation to Kiwanis Club, Sequim, WA, and to Lions Club, Silverdale, WA  April 23, 1998
• “Steroid pathways and natural hormone replacement in the menopause” presentation at the Journal Club at Jefferson General Hospital on January 6, 1998.
• “Free Radicals in Health and Disease” sponsored by Skookum Corporation, Port Townsend, WA May 27, 1994
• “Body and Soul:  Health in the Eighties” weekly lecture series given through Peninsula Community College from January 4 through March 19, 1985.
• "Nutrition and Aging" given through the Senior Nutrition, Information and Assistance Program at the Port Townsend Community Center March 22, 1984

3/24/07