Holm, Richard P. (Richard Powell)

• Holm, Rick

Richard Powell Holm was born on February 1, 1949, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and raised in De Smet, South Dakota. He earned his medical degree from the University of South Dakota and Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia. In 1981, he returned to South Dakota, settling in Brookings, where he practiced at Brookings Health System and Avera Medical Group. From 1983 to 2013, he served as Director of Continuing Medical Education at the hospital and was a Full Clinical Professor of Medicine at the USD Sanford School of Medicine.

Dr. Holm held several leadership positions, including Chief of Staff at his local hospital, President of the South Dakota State Medical Association, and Governor of the South Dakota Chapter of the American College of Physicians. A frequent speaker at medical conferences, he was also active in professional associations including the American Medical Association and the Gold Humanism Honor Society.

A prolific writer, Dr. Holm contributed to four medical textbooks and published articles in journals such as the Journal of the American Medical Association, New England Journal of Medicine, The Pharos, and South Dakota Journal of Medicine. He also authored The Picture of Health: A View from the Prairie (2008).

He hosted a weekly 30-minute call-in radio show on KBRK and served as host and medical editor of On Call with the Prairie Doc, a one-hour television program on South Dakota Public Broadcasting. In recognition of his service, he was inducted into the South Dakota Hall of Fame in 2016 and received the National Volunteer of the Year Award from the American College of Physicians.

Dr. Holm married Joanie Smith, a registered nurse and certified pediatric nurse practitioner from Jacksonville, Florida. They had four children: Eric, Carter, Preston, and Julia.

Dr. Holm passed away on March 22, 2020."

Occupation: Physicians