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Candidate for director
Personal statement
I am a family physician. I have delivered babies in rural Montana, lead campaigns for legislation in Minnesota and managed chronic disease in urban Boston. I have driven 60 miles to work through snow and smoke. I have run a safety-net health center where the budget is tight and the patients are complex and the mission is non-negotiable.
I am running for the AAFP Board of Directors because family medicine needs leaders who have done the work at every level. I have done it in the exam room, the boardroom, the halls of Congress and HHS.
I know what it takes to keep a community health center open. As CMO at Codman Square Health Center in Boston, I balance a budget, recruit and retain a workforce, and make sure every patient who walks through our doors gets the care they deserve. This is not theoretical for me. It is Tuesday.
I know what it takes to build a workforce pipeline. As vice chair of health equity at Boston University School of Medicine and past president of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, I have led national efforts to train the next generation of family physicians. I founded The Ladder, a mentorship program that inspires youth from underserved communities to pursue careers in health care. If we do not build the pipeline, there will be no one to do this work after us.
I know what it takes to shape policy. I chaired the AAFP Commission on Federal and State Policy. I served as the Commissionβs national liaison to the FamMedPAC Board. I spent three years on the Academic Family Medicine Advocacy Committee, building consensus across STFM, AAFP, ADFM, AFMRD and ABFM. I completed a DHHS Primary Care Health Policy Fellowship. I have been in the rooms where decisions are made and brought the perspective of my patients into those rooms.
I know where health care is going and engaging responsibly with new technologies is paramount. I hold a Harvard Executive Certificate in AI in Healthcare. I am nationally recognized as an expert in the equitable application of AI in medicine. Technology will transform family medicine. The question is whether that transformation serves all of our patients or only some of them. I intend to make sure it serves all of them.
My platform is built on three pillars: primary care payment reform, because our practices cannot survive without it; building a strong workforce pipeline, because our profession cannot grow without it; and responsible engagement with AI, because our future depends on getting it right.
I have practiced in towns where the nearest hospital is 60 miles away and in cities where patients ride three buses to see their doctor. I have seen what works and what fails. Family medicine is strongest when every community has access to a family physician, every practice can sustain itself and every voice is heard.
I am asking for your vote. I will stand up for family medicine. I have done it my whole career. I will not stop now.
Renee Crichlow, MD, FAAFP, is a distinguished health care leader serving as Chief Medical Officer at Codman Square Health Center in Boston and vice chair for health equity at Boston University's Department of Family Medicine. With over 20 years of experience in family medicine and obstetrics, she has emerged as a national expert in health equity and the intersection of artificial intelligence with health care delivery. She additionally serves as a lecturer at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, teaching leadership in health equity and health policy to health system executives.
As medical editor for diversity, equity and inclusion at the American Family Physician journal and immediate past president of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, Dr. Crichlow continues to influence medical education and practice nationally. She is also the immediate past chair of the AAFP Commission on Federal and State Policy, where she guided the Academy's federal advocacy program and supported constituent chapters in their state-level advocacy efforts.
In 2011, Dr. Crichlow founded The Ladder, an innovative program providing cascading mentorship to students from underrepresented groups interested in health care careers. The program creates a structured environment for service learning and leadership development, connecting students from fourth grade through practicing physicians.
A graduate of the University of California, Davis, School of Medicine, Dr. Crichlow's career has included roles as associate medical director at Riverstone Community Health Center and vice chair of Advocacy and Policy at the University of Minnesota's Department of Family and Community Medicine. She held the inaugural Mac Baird Endowed Chair for Family Medicine Advocacy and Policy, and completed specialized training through Harvard's Crisis Leadership Higher Education program.
Throughout her career, Dr. Crichlow has focused on practice redesign, payment reform and building primary care workforce capacity, particularly emphasizing providing comprehensive health services to underserved communities. Her expertise in equity in artificial intelligence has positioned her as a leading voice in health care's technological transformation.