Dana Sprute, M.D., MPH, FAAFP, earned her master’s in public health from the University of California, Los Angeles, and her medical degree from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.

Dr. Sprute is a native of Idaho, and as a family physician and educator of adult learners, she is dedicated to caring for communities that are most vulnerable, community service and lifelong learning. She enjoys all aspects of medicine and has spent her professional career teaching family medicine residents, medical students and other health care learners and working in community-based clinics as a primary care physician.

Dr. Sprute served as the medical director for a tattoo removal program for at-risk youth in Austin from 1999 to 2017. Additionally, she has served as Physician of the Day for the Texas State Legislature since 2007. To develop her skills in academic medicine and leadership, she completed the Family Medicine Faculty Development Fellowship at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2002 and the National Institute of Program Director Development sponsored by the American Academy of Family Physicians, Society of Teachers of Family Medicine and Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors in 2011. She continues to serve on multiple committees in the community to advocate for her patients and medical education.

Dr. Sprute is affiliated with several professional organizations, including American Academy of Family Physicians, Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors, Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, Texas Academy of Family Physicians, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Texas Medical Association, Travis County Medical Society and Texas Health Action. She currently chairs the Texas Health Action Physician Board and has served on the TMA Council on Medical Education, Council on Public Health and Committee on Physician Distribution and Health Access; Texas Academy of Family Physicians Commission on Academic Affairs and Commission on Public Health, Clinical Affairs and Research; Texas Health Action Board of Directors; Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Family Practice Advisory Committee; and the Dell Medical School Faculty Senate.

Dr. Sprute has received several awards recognizing her work and contributions to academic medicine, including the Dell Medical School Excellence in Teaching Award in 2020 and induction into the Academy of Distinguished Educators in 2017. She was honored by the American Academy of Family Physicians and Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors with the Program Director Recognition Award, Gold Level in 2022 and the Texas Medical Association with the Award for Excellence in Academic Medicine, Silver Level in 2016.  Dr. Sprute was honored by her peers in 2014 when she was named to the Austin Monthly’s 2014 Annual Best Physicians List.