Election Results
Delegates Choose Lori Heim, M.D., President-elect
By News Staff
9/17/2008
The AAFP Congress of Delegates today elected Lori Heim, M.D., of Vass, N.C., to be the Academy's next president-elect. Others elected or chosen by acclamation for the following positions are
Friends and family members surround Lori Heim, M.D., of Vass, N.C., when she hears that she won the race to be AAFP's new president-elect.
- Speaker of the Congress -- Leah Raye Mabry, M.D., R.Ph., of San Antonio, Texas
- Vice Speaker -- John Meigs Jr., M.D., of Centreville, Ala.
- Directors -- Jeffrey Cain, M.D., of Denver; Tom Felger, M.D., of Granger, Ind.; and George Shannon, M.D., of Columbus, Ga.
- New physician Board member -- Jason Dees, D.O., of New Albany, Miss.
- Resident Board member -- Jennifer Bacani, M.D., of Wichita, Kan.
- Student Board member -- Amy McIntyre of Cranston, R.I.
Finalists for the AAFP position on the board of directors of the American Board of Family Medicine, or ABFM, are
- Robert Morrow, M.D., of Bronx, N.Y.;
- Diane Beebe, M.D., of Brandon, Miss.; and
- Mary Elizabeth Roth, M.D., of Dallas, Pa.
The ABFM will select one finalist next spring to serve a five-year term.
News From 2008 Annual Assembly