Each year at the AAFP Assembly, the AAFP recognizes members and others for their outstanding contributions to family medicine. The following persons were honored during this year's Assembly:
- 2006 Family Physician of the Year -- Sister Adele O'Sullivan, C.S. J., M.D., of Phoenix
- Honorary Membership -- Roger Sherwood, C.A.E., of Kansas City, Mo., executive director of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine
- Award of Merit -- Cheryl Myers, C.A.E., of Louisville, Ky., former EVP of the Kentucky AFP
- John G. Walsh Award for Lifetime Contributions to Family Medicine -- Barbara Starfield, M.D., M.P.H., of Baltimore
- Thomas W. Johnson Award for Career Contributions to Family Medicine Education -- John Pfenninger, M.D., of Midland, Mich.
- Exemplary Teaching Awards -- Kathleen Macken, M.D., of St. Paul, Minn. (full-time faculty); Michael Machen, M.D., of Quinter, Kan. (part-time faculty); and Larry Anderson, M.D., of Wellington, Kan., and David McRay, M.D., of Jellico, Tenn. (volunteer faculty)
- AAFP Public Health Award -- Eduardo Sanchez, M.D., M.P.H., of Austin, Texas
- Robert Graham Physician Executive Award -- Larry Green, M.D., of Aurora, Colo.
- Humanitarian Award -- Calvin Wilson, M.D., of Lakewood, Colo.
