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Numerous Candidates Vie for AAFP Leadership Positions

Review Stances, Pose Questions via Candidates' Web Page

By News Staff
4/28/2009

Eleven candidates are seeking election or re-election to Academy offices and the AAFP Board of Directors. The AAFP Congress of Delegates will elect officers and new directors Oct. 14 in Boston. Find out more about the candidates' views on key topics by checking out the 2009 "AAFP Candidates" Web page (Members Only). From that page, you can link to each candidate's individual Web page, read his or her personal statement, and review biographical information and a curriculum vitae.
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You also can ask questions of the candidates via the "2009 Candidates Question & Answer Forum" option shown on the main candidates Web page or by using the "Question & Answer Forum" link shown in the left-hand column of each individual candidate's Web page. Be sure to check back later to see the candidates' responses to questions posed.

If you find you share common ground with some of the candidates on issues important to you and your practice, consider asking your chapter delegates to the AAFP Congress to vote for those candidates.

For President-elect

Photo of David Avery, M.D., candidate for AAFP president-elect
David Avery, M.D.
Vienna, W. Va.

B&W photo of James Dearing, D.O.
James Dearing, D.O.
Phoenix

Photo of Roland Goertz, M.D., candidate for AAFP president-elect
Roland Goertz, M.D., M.B.A.
Waco, Texas

For Speaker

Leah Raye Mabry
Leah Raye Mabry, M.D.
San Antonio

For Vice Speaker

Photo of John Meigs Jr., M.D., candidate for AAFP vice speaker
John Meigs Jr., M.D.
Brent, Ala.

For Director

B&W photo of Reid Blackwelder, M.D.
Reid Blackwelder, M.D.
Kingsport, Tenn.

Photo of John Carroll, M.D., candidate for AAFP director
John Carroll, M.D.
Carroll, Iowa

B&W photo of Conrad Flcik, M.D.
Conrad Flick, M.D.
Raleigh, N.C.

Photo of Laura Knobel, M.D., candidate for AAFP director
Laura Knobel, M.D.
Walpole, Mass.

B&W photo of Robert Moser, M.D.
Robert Moser Jr., M.D.
Tribune, Kan.

Photo of Steven Strode, M.D., candidate for AAFP director
Steven Strode, M.D., M.Ed., M.P.H.
Sherwood, Ark.