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Members vie for Academy offices, seats on Board of Directors

Thirteen Academy chapters have announced candidates for the following AAFP positions. All the candidates are AAFP Fellows and past presidents of their chapters, and they either are or have been delegates to the AAFP Congress of Delegates. The Congress will elect officers and three new directors Oct. 3 in New Orleans.


President-elect

Neil H. Brooks, MD, Rockville, CT in group family practice; ABFP Diplomate; serves as speaker of AAFP Congress and on AAFP Foundation board; chairs Committee on Resident and Student Affairs; served on commissions on Special Issues and Clinical Interests and Public Health and Scientific Affairs and on Committee on Mental Health.

Kenneth L. Evans, MD, Edmond, OK: rural health director, family practice residency; clinical associate professor; ABFP Diplomate; chairs AAFP Board, Executive Committee; serves on AAFP Foundation board; chaired Commission on Public Health and Scientific Affairs and Committee on Drugs and Devices; served on committees on Public Relations and Marketing and Rural Health.

Dale C. Moquist, MD, Grand Forks, ND: in group family practice; nursing home medical director; clinical associate professor; ABFP Diplomate; serves on AAFP Board, Executive Committee; chairs Commission on Quality and Scope of Practice; chaired Commission on Membership and Member Services; served on Task Force on Obstetrics and commissions on Legislation and Governmental Affairs and Membership and Member Services.

John E. Verhoff, MD, Columbus, OH: in group family practice; clinical assistant professor; ABFP Diplomate; is AAFP vice president and AAFP Foundation board member; chaired AAFP Commission on Health Services; served on Commission on Continuing Medical Education.


Vice president

Susan Black, MD, Lowell, MA in solo practice; assistant clinical professor; serves on AAFP Board; chairs Commission on Continuing Medical Education; served on committees on Aging and Health Education.


Speaker

Richard G. Roberts, MD, JD, of Madison, WI in rural family practice; professor; ABFP Diplomate; is vice speaker of Congress; chairs Commission on Clinical Policies, Research, and Scientific Affairs; served on Commission on Legislation and Governmental Affairs and committees on Professional Liability and Finance; chaired Task Force on Clinical Policies for Patient Care.


Vice speaker

David H. Filipi, MD, Omaha, NE medical director of regional multispecialty group practice; clinical associate professor; family practice residency coordinator; ABFP Diplomate; serves on Commission on Health Care Services.

Michael O. Fleming, MD, Shreveport, LA: in group family practice; ABFP Diplomate; serves on Committee on Finance and Insurance; chaired Committee on Public Relations and Marketing; served on Committee on Health Education and Task Force on Relationships With Proprietary Entities.

Thomas J. Weida, MD, Lititz, PA: in group family practice; ABFP Diplomate; serves on Committee on Public Relations and Marketing; chaired Parke-Davis Teacher Development Awards Committee; served on committees on Finance, Members' AAFP Insurance and Financial Services, New Physicians, Scientific Program, and Publications.


Board of Directors

Rose Mary Hatem Bonsack, MD, Aberdeen, MD delegate to Maryland's General Assembly; in limited practice of family medicine; serves on Commission on Legislation and Governmental Affairs; chaired Committee on Chapter Affairs.

Melvin D. Gerald, MD, Washington, DC: in group family practice with six offices; nursing home medical director; clinical associate professor; ABFP Diplomate; serves on Commission on Health Care Services; served on Task Force on Obstetrics.

Marjorie Uhalde, PhD, MD, Reno, NV: in group family practice; medical director of skilled care facility and home health care agency; clinical associate professor; ABFP Diplomate; served on Commission on Membership and Member Services.

David M. West, MD, Grand Junction, CO: in group family practice; clinical professor; residency preceptor; ABFP Diplomate; served on commissions on Health Care Services and Legislation and Governmental Affairs.



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