Tyeler Rayburn, MD, is the founder of Atlas Medical, a deliberately counter-culture practice grounded in principles of what it means to live a good life. He is also the principle organizer of the Wiregrass Medical Education Collaborative (WMEC), a think tank focused on sustaining the primary care workforce across the rural Wiregrass bioregion and neighboring areas.
He has published, delivered lectures, and conducted original research on topics ranging from medical education, humanism and philosophy in medicine, oncology, and numerous teaching case-studies from his practice.
Dr. Rayburn received his Doctorate of Medicine (M.D.) from the Whiddon College of Medicine in coastal Alabama in the top quartile of his class. While working toward his medical degree he spent summers practicing bush-medicine in Sub-Saharan Africa, worked as a peer tutor of Anatomy & Physiology, and served on the USMLE board examination committee. He achieved clinical honors across diverse disciplines and was awarded a scholarship for clinical excellence for his pursuits in the neurosciences.
He trained for four years in both family medicine and psychiatry, during which time he was the recipient of several awards, including an academic development scholarship for an international health project comparing primary care delivery in Northern Ireland and the US. During his residency he served on a medical team with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Lviv, Ukraine during the first one-hundred days of the Russo-Ukranian invasion, and as a preceptor for a student-run free clinic in conjunction with the Salvation Army. He was appointed to numerous committees, including the wellness committee(s), hospital medicine committee, and as a delegate to the county and state chapters of his respective training programs. He also authored several clinical curricula for physician training in corrections medicine, emergency and hospital point-of-care-ultrasound, urgent care, and global health.
He achieved his Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Biology and Pre-Medicine, with a focus in Neuroscience and an academic Minor in Psychology while on full academic scholarship, where he held positions as a research assistant investigating the oncogenic role of transcription factors in tumor progression, and as a biology departmental assistant supporting all manner of laboratory and teaching activities.
His current interests include bedside physical exam teaching, evidence-based medicine, point-of-care ultrasound, artificial intelligence in medicine and medical education, and exploring ways of building lasting relationships with patients despite an increasingly fragmented and rushed health landscape.
He is privileged to begin a new appointment this Summer as Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at a top-tier medical school for research and primary care.
He maintains active licensure from the state boards of Florida and Alabama and is certified in the practice of family medicine (ABFM) and the provision of advanced cardiovascular life support (ACLS), pediatric advanced life support (PALS), advanced life support in obstetrics (ALSO), and advanced trauma life support (ATLS). He is on track for certification in lifestyle medicine (ABLM) and election as a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians (FAAFP) in 2028.
One of his proudest achievements has been training his puppy, Atlas, a scruffy wirehaired pointing griffon, to work as a patient-therapy assistant when he's not busy sniffing every rock and tree on their many hikes across the continent together.
