November 2001 • POST-ASSEMBLY EDITION
President-elect James Martin, M.D., tops list of election winners
The Congress of Delegates chose James Martin, M.D., of San Antonio as the Academy's new president-elect. The delegates re-elected Speaker Michael Fleming, M.D., of Shreveport, La., and Vice Speaker Carolyn Lopez, M.D., of Chicago.
The new directors for the AAFP Board are Arlene Brown, M.D., of Ruidoso, N.M.; Larry Fields, M.D., of Ashland, Ky.; and Daniel Heinemann, M.D., of Canton, S.D. The new resident Board member is English González, M.D., M.P.H., of Silver Spring, Md. Jaime Hartung of Rootstown, Ohio, is the student member of the Board.
The delegates also selected three finalists as candidates for the Academy position on the board of directors of the American Board of Family Practice: Ted Epperly, M.D., of Boise, Idaho (USAFP); Karen Mitchell, M.D., of Southfield, Mich.; and George Shannon, M.D., of Columbus, Ga. The ABFP board will elect one of the three candidates this spring.
The Congress elected these delegates from the AAFP to the AMA: Larry Anderson, M.D., of Wellington, Kan.; David Avery, M.D., of Vienna, W.Va.; Robert Bosl, M.D., of Starbuck, Minn.; Glen Johnson, M.D., of Houston; Joseph Lieberman, M.D., of Wilmington, Del.; and Dale Moquist, M.D., of Bryan, Texas. Elected as alternate delegates to the AMA were Darlene Lawrence, M.D., of Washington; Glenn Loomis, M.D., of Fishers, Ind.; and Colette Willins, M.D., of Westlake, Ohio.
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