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Election Results

Delegates Choose Lori Heim, M.D., President-elect

By News Staff

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
Photo of Lori Heim, MD
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.

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