The Alice L. Walton School of Medicine has hired Dr. Jacquelyn M. Paykel as assistant dean of Whole Health Education. In her new role, Paykel will help guide the school’s approach to Whole Health education, a key component of the institution’s medical training model.
Paykel brings extensive experience in women’s health, integrative medicine and Whole Health care. Most recently, she served as founder and CEO of S.H.E. Medical, LLC, where she led consulting and coaching initiatives focused on Whole Health practices.
Prior to launching her own company, Paykel served as Women’s Health Medical Director and physician in gynecology and integrative medicine at the Tomah VA Medical Center in Wisconsin. She also held several leadership positions at the James A. Haley Veterans’ Hospital and Clinics in Tampa, Florida, including Chief Well-being Officer, Chief of Whole Health Service and Director of the National THRIVE Program.
While serving in those leadership roles, Paykel continued her clinical practice and also worked as an assistant professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine from 2018 to 2023.
Her career has also included academic and clinical positions at Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin, Prevea Health, Riverside Medical Group and ProHealth Care.
Paykel’s medical career began in the U.S. Navy, where she served as a Lieutenant Commander, Staff Physician and Medical Student Clerkship Director in Portsmouth, Virginia.
She earned a bachelor’s degree in anthropology from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee before receiving her medical degree from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. She later completed an MBA through the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Kenan-Flagler Business School.
Her postgraduate training includes an internship in obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, a residency in obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, and a fellowship through the University of Arizona Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine.
Paykel is board-certified in obstetrics and gynecology by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology and in integrative medicine by the American Board of Integrative Medicine.
Her appointment adds another experienced healthcare leader to the growing faculty and administration of the Alice L. Walton School of Medicine as the institution continues developing its Whole Health-focused approach to medical education in Northwest Arkansas.
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