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FP Report
Oct. 17, 2002

ASSEMBLY EDITION • SAN DIEGO

AAFP Congress selects new leaders

Michael Fleming, M.D., of Shreveport, La., was chosen as AAFP president-elect by the Congress of Delegates yesterday. Others elected or chosen by acclamation this week for the following positions are:

Speaker -- Carolyn Lopez, M.D., of Chicago, first woman speaker of the Congress of Delegates;

Vice speaker -- Thomas Weida, M.D., of Hershey, Pa.;

Directors -- Rick Kellerman, M.D., of Wichita, Kan.; John Sattenspiel, M.D., of Salem, Ore.; and Mary Jo Welker, M.D., of Columbus, Ohio;

New physician Board member -- Cynthia Romero, M.D., of Virginia Beach, Va., first to hold this new seat on the Board;

Resident Board member -- Michael Coffey, M.D., of Somerville, Mass.;

Student Board member -- Marc Carey, Ph.D., of Portland, Ore.;

Finalists for AAFP position on the board of directors of the American Board of Family Practice -- Douglas Campos-Outcalt, M.D., of Phoenix; Alain Montegut, M.D., of Brunswick, Maine; and David Price, M.D., of Broomfield, Colo. (the ABFP board will choose one finalist next spring to serve on the board for five years); and

AAFP delegates to the AMA -- Patrick Harr, M.D., of Maryville, Mo.; Edward Langston, M.D., of Lafayette, Ind.; Jerry Martin, M.D., of Bowling Green, Ky.; Mary Elizabeth Roth, M.D., of Allentown, Pa.; Colette Willins, M.D., of Westlake, Ohio; and Joseph Zebley, M.D., of Baltimore, Md.


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