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AAFP Board names chairs of commissions, committees

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Some family physicians moved into key leadership positions within the Academy during the Annual Assembly.

Mary Jo Welker, M.D., of Columbus, Ohio, has been named the at-large member of the Executive Committee of the AAFP Board of Directors.

The Board also announced new chairs of AAFP commissions and committees, as follows:

Commission chairs: Commission on Clinical Policies and Research -- Doug Campos-Outcalt, M.D., M.P.A., of Phoenix; Commission on Continuing Medical Education -- Thomas Bent, M.D., of Laguna Beach, Ca.; Commission on Education -- Colleen Conry, M.D., of Aurora, Colo.; Commission on Finance and Insurance -- Mitchell Miller, M.D., of Virginia Beach, Va.; Commission on Health Care Services -- Donnie Batie, M.D., of Baton Rouge, La.; Commission on Legislation and Governmental Affairs -- Timothy Alford, M.D., of Kosciusko, Miss.; Commission on Membership and Member Services -- Christine Stabler, M.D., of Lancaster, Pa.; Commission on Public Health -- F. David Schneider, M.D., of San Antonio; Commission on Quality and Scope of Practice -- David Flinders, M.D., of Provo, Utah; and Commission on Resident and Student Issues -- Mary Helen Morrow, M.D., of College Station, Texas.

Committee chairs: Committee on Chapter Affairs -- Linda Stone, M.D., of Worthington, Ohio; Committee on Rural Health -- Dennis Gingrich, M.D., of Hershey, Pa.; Committee on Scientific Program -- Harry Strothers III, M.D., M.M.M., of Atlanta; and Committee on Special Constituencies -- Linda Siy, M.D., of Fort Worth, Texas.


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