Baruch Roter, MD is a Family Physician with 36 years of experience working in non-profit, sliding-scale Community Health Centers. His practice has included a focus on mental health. He is an Emeritus Clinical Associate Professor with the University of Washington School of Medicine with 33 years as a faculty member. He currently works part-time as a family doctor at the Sea Mar clinic on Vashon Island and supervises family medicine residents at the International District Community Health Center. For fifteen years, he has been teaching people how to have more joyful lives and more successful relationships. He has been a VYFS Board Member for five years.