AFP Past and Present Editors, Medical Editors, and Medical Editing Fellows

AFP Editors (from 1950 to the present)

Kenneth Albrecht, MD, 1950-1950

Walter C. Alvarez, MD, 1950-1951

Hugh Hussey, MD, 1951-1959

Arthur DeGraff, MD, 1959-1962

John C. Rose, MD, 1962-1988

Jay Siwek, MD, 1988-2018

Sumi Makkar Sexton, MD, 2018-present

AFP Family Physician Medical Editors (from 1981 to the present)

Jay Siwek, MD, 1981-present

Ray Jarris, MD, 1989-1993

Doug Kamerow, MD, 1989-1994

Marc Rivo, MD, 1989-1996

Jack Rodnick, MD, 1989-1992

Anne Walling, MD, 1989-present

Charlie Smith, MD, 1992-2003

Barbara Apgar, MD, MS, 1993-2020

Richard Sadovsky, MD, 1993-2004

Grace Brooke Huffman, MD, 1994-2002

Caroline Wellbery, MD, 1995-present

Thomas Barloon, MD, 1996-1999

George Bergus, MD, 1996-1999

Richard Sloan, MD, 1996-2002

Bill Zepf, MD, 1996-2004

Jeffrey Kirchner, DO, 1997-2001

Karl Miller, MD, 1997-2008

James Nuovo, MD, 1997-2002

Amy Crawford-Faucher, MD, 1997-1998 and 2007-2013

Marc Berger, MD, 1998-2003

Roasire Verna, MD, 1998-2002

Clarissa Kripke, MD, 1999-2011

Mark Zamorski, MD, 1999-2002

Robert Kelly, MD, 1999-2002

Sumi Makkar Sexton, MD, 1999-present

Mark Ebell, MD, MS, 2003-present

Allen Shaughnessy, PharmD, MMedEd, 2003-present

Charles Carter, MD, 2003-2008

Margaret Gourlay, MD, 2003-2006

Daniel Stulberg, MD, 2003-2006

Henry Barry, MD, 2004-2005

Kenny Lin, MD, MPH, 2005-present

Kenneth Moon, MD, 2007-2013

Colin Kopes-Kerr, MD, 2008-2013

Uma Jayaraman, MD, 2008-2010

John Delzell, MD, MSPH, 2009-present

Barry Weiss, MD, 2010-present

Corey Fogleman, MD, 2012-present

Nathan Hitzeman, MD, 2012-2016

Aaron Saguil, MD, MPH, 2012-present

Dean Seehusen, MD, MPH, 2012-present

Jennifer L. Middleton, MD, MPH, 2014-2024

Steven Brown, MD, 2015-present

Christopher W. Bunt, MD, 2016 -present

Jacob S. Anderson, DO, 2017-present

Sarah Coles, MD, 2017-present

Elizabeth Salisbury-Afshar, MD, MPH, 2018-2023

Michael Arnold, MD 2020-present

Renée Crichlow, MD, 2021-present

Joanna L. Drowos, DO, MPH, 2022-2024

Hector Arreaza, MD, 2022-present

Natasha Pyzocha, DO, 2022-present

Jorge Finke, MD, 2023-2025

Laura Blinkhorn, MD, 2024-present

Lilian White, MD, 2024-present

Michelle Nelson, MD, 2025-present

Kento Sonoda, MD, 2025-present

AFP Medical Editing Fellows (from 1991 to the present)

Denise Leclair, MD, 1991-1992

Grace Brooke Huffman, MD, 1992-1993

William J. Zepf, MD, 1993-1994

Caroline Wellbery, MD, 1993-1997

Rosaire Verna, MD, 1997-1998

Clarissa Kripke, MD, 1998-1999

Amy Weichel, DO, 1999-2000

Sumi Makkar Sexton, MD, 2000-2001

Margaret Gourlay, MD, 2001-2002

Charles Carter, MD, 2002-2003

Rebecca Poage, MD, 2003-2004

Kenneth Lin, MD, 2004-2005

Lara Johnson, MD, 2005-2006

Laurie MacDonald Crain, MD, 2005-2006

Uma Jayaraman, MD, 2006-2007

Michael Arnold, MD, 2019-2020

Joanna L. Drowos, DO, MPH, 2020-2021

Natasha Pyzocha, DO, 2020-2021

Jorge Finke, MD, 2021-2022

Jarrett Sell, MD, 2022-2023

Laura Blinkhorn, MD, 2023-2024

Michelle Nelson, MD, 2024-2025

Michael Harding, MD, MPH, 2025-present

All current AFP staff

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