Dr. William Cooke
William Cooke, MD, FAAFP, AAHIVS is a Fellow of the
American Academy of Family Medicine, specializing in family medicine, addiction
medicine, and HIV medicine. He has received national recognition for his work
serving the rural community of Austin, Indiana, with limited resources. His
work has been covered by CBS, NBC, PBS, the BBC, USA Today, the New York Times,
NPR, and others. He was named Family Physician of the Year by the Indiana
Academy of Family Physicians in 2016 and the National Physician of the Year by
the American Academy of Family Physicians in 2019. In 2019, he joined the ranks
of two US Surgeon Generals and a former Secretary of the US Department of
Health and Human Services by receiving the Ryan White Distinguished Leadership
Award. He lives outside of Austin, IN with his wife Melissa and six children.
