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Academy Hands Out Honors, Awards
By News Staff
Each year at the AAFP Assembly, the Academy recognizes members and others for their outstanding contributions to family medicine. The following persons were honored during this year’s Assembly.
- 2008 Family Physician of the Year -- David Demuth, M.D., of York, Neb.
- Honorary Membership -- Reg Perkin, M.D., of Mississauga, Ontario, former executive director of the College of Family Physicians of Canada
- John G. Walsh Award for Lifetime Contributions to Family Medicine -- Otis Bowen, M.D., of Bremen, Ind., former governor of Indiana
- Thomas W. Johnson Award for Career Contributions to Family Medicine Education -- Edward Bope, M.D., of Columbus, Ohio
- Exemplary Teaching Awards -- Elizabeth Baxley, M.D., of Columbia, S.C. (full-time faculty); Richard Levandowski, M.D., of Lawrenceville, N.J. (volunteer faculty)
- AAFP Public Health Award -- L. Allen Dobson, M.D., of Concord, N.C.
- Robert Graham Physician Executive Award -- Mary Jo Welker, M.D., of Columbus, Ohio
- Humanitarian Award -- Susan Black, M.D., of Johannesburg, South Africa
- Outstanding Service Award -- Stephen Meyer of Skaneateles Falls, N.Y.
- Award of Merit -- Allan Pelch, M.D., of Herlufmagle, Denmark
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News From 2008 Annual Assembly