Society of Teachers of Family Medicine

Advocacy Network Representatives

The following family medicine faculty members have been selected to represent their institutions in the Council of Academic Family Medicine's national advocacy network:

  • Jimmy Acklin, MD, AHEC West FMR, Fort Smith, AR
  • Thomas Anan, MD, Providence FMR, Southfield, MI
  • Lorenzo Aragon, MD, Texas Tech Health Sciences Center
  • Jose Avalos, MD, Kaiser Permanente FMR, Los Angeles, CA
  • Austin Bailey, MD, Fort Collins FMR, Fort Collins, CO
  • David Bercaw, MD, FAAFP, Christiana Care, Wilmington, DE
  • Heather Bleacher, MD, University of Colorado, Denver FMR, Denver, CO
  • Nathan Bradford, MD, AnMed FMR, Anderson SC
  • Kara Cadwallader, MD, FMR of Idaho, Boise, ID
  • Maya Carter, MD, Atlanta Medical Center FMR, Morrow, GA
  • William Cayley, MD, MDiv, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine, Eau Claire
  • Leanne Chrisman-Khawam, MD, MEd, Case Western Reserve University FMR
  • Francis Chu, MD, Kaiser Permanente Riverside FMR, Riverside, CA
  • Molly Clark, PhD., University of Mississippi Medical Center
  • Deborah Clements, MD, University of Kansas Medical Center 
  • Chris Clemow, MD, FACSM, AnMed FMR, Anderson, SC
  • Ivy Click, MA, East Tennessee State University
  • Anthony Costa, MD, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, OH
  • Dereck DeLeon, MD, Kaiser Permanente San Diego FMR, San Diego, CA
  • James Della Valle, MD, MBA, Guthrie Clinic/Robert Packer Hospital,Sayre, PA
  • Veronica Deza, MD, Family Practice Franklin Square, Baltimore, MD
  • Dennis Dimitri, MD, University of Massachusetts
  • Tricia Elliott, MD, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
  • John Epling, MD, MSEd, FAAFP, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY
  • Ted Epperly, MD, FMR of Idaho, Boise
  • Pat Evans, MD, Georgetown University-Providence Hospital FMR, Washington DC
  • Dinah Fedyna, MD, St. Elizabeth Health Center FMR, Youngstown, OH
  • David Fiore, MD, University of Nevada
  • Joseph Florence, MD, East Tennessee State University
  • Gail Floyd, MD, Cook County-Loyola-Provident FMR, Chicago, IL
  • Ronald Fong, MD, MPH, University of California, Davis FMR, Sacramento, CA
  • Joshua Freeman, MD, University of Kansas Medical Center
  • Lance Fuchs, MD, Kaiser Permanente San Diego FMR, San Diego, CA
  • Corrine Ganske, MD, Iowa Lutheran FMR, Des Moines, IA
  • Marie-Denise Gervais, University of Miami
  • David Gilchrist, MD, University of Massachusetts-Worcester FMR,Worcester, MA
  • Marji Gold, MD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center
  • Joseph Gravel, MD, Lawrence FMR, Lawrence, MA
  • Jeff Haney, MD, Santa Rosa FMR, Santa Rosa, CA
  • Memoona Hasnain, MD, MHPE, Ph.D., University of Illinois - Chicago
  • Caryl Heaton, DO, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey - School of Osteopathic Medicine
  • Grant Hoekzema, MD, Mercy FMR, Chesterfield, MO
  • Tochi Iroku-Malize, MD, MPH, Hofstra-North Shore LIJ School of Medicine
  • Asim Jaffer, MD, University of Illinois - Peoria
  • James Jarvis, MD, FAAFP, Eastern Maine Medical Center FMR, Bangor, ME
  • Mark Johnson, MD, Swedish FMR - First Hill, Seattle, WA
  • Anne Jones-Leeson, DO, Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice
  • Rick Kellerman, MD, University of Kansas, Wichita 
  • Sanford Kimmel, MD, University of Toledo 
  • Anne Kittendorf, MD, University of Michigan 
  • Peter Koopman, MD, University of Missouri
  • Jerry Kruse, MD, MSPH, Southern Illinois University
  • Anton Kuzel, MD, MHPE, Virginia Commonwealth University 
  • Ronald Labuguen, MD, University of California, San Francisco
  • Paul Lazar, MD, McLaren FMR, Flint, MI
  • Thomas Macabobby, MD, St. Elizabeth Health Center FMR, Youngstown, OH
  • Mario Maffei, MD, Virtua FMR, Voorhees, NJ
  • Constance Magoulias, MD, MetroHealth System, Cleveland, OH
  • Sara Malone, MD, Southern Illinois University FMR, Carbondale, IL
  • Viviana Martinez-Bianchi, MD, Duke University
  • Lisa Maxwell, MD, Christiana Care FMR, Willmington, DE
  • Kristine McCoy, MD, MPH, Hawaii Island Family Health Center, Hilo, HI
  • Patrick McFarlane, MSW, MA, MSN, Eastern Maine Medical Center FMR, Bangor, ME
  • Darlyne Menscer, MD, Carolinas Medical Center FMR, Charlotte, NC
  • Karen Mitchell, MD, Providence FMR, Southfield, MI
  • Anne Montgomery, MD, FAAFP, FABM, Spokane FMR, Spokane, WA
  • Carl Morris, MD, MPH, Group Health Cooperative FMR, Seattle, WA
  • Wael Mourad, MD, University of Missouri, Kansas City FMR, Kansas City, MO 
  • Krishnan Narasimhan, MD, Howard University
  • Katherine Neely, MD, FAAFP, Forbes FMR/West Pennsylvania Alleghany Health System, Monroeville, PA
  • Bich-May Nguyen, MD, MPH, Baylor College of Medicine
  • Veronica Ochua, Yuma Valley Family Medical Center, Yuma, AZ
  • Folashade Omole, MD, FAAFP, CPEHR, Morehouse School of Medicine
  • Timothy Ott, DO, FAAFP, Southern Illinois University FMR, Quincy, IL
  • Elissa Palmer, MD, University of Nevada - Las Vegas
  • Judy Pauwels, MD, MPH, University of Washington
  • Neubert Philippe, MD, Southside Hospital FMR, Bayshore, NY
  • Jacob Prunuske, MD, MSPH, University of Minnesota - Duluth
  • Goutham Rao, MD, North Shore University Health System/University of Chicago
  • Nahid Rianon, MD, University of Texas - Houston
  • Katiera Rivera, DO, Waukesha FMR, Waukesha, WI
  • Cecile Robes, DO, New Hanover Regional Medical Center FMR, Wilmington, NC
  • Michelle Roett, MD, MPH, FAAFP, Georgetown University
  • Mark Ryan, MD, Virginia Commonwealth University
  • Peggy Saint-Croix, MD, San Joaquin FMR, San Joaquin, CA
  • David Schneider, MD, Santa Rosa FMR, Santa Rosa, CA
  • Steve, Schultz, MD, University of Rochester
  • Dan Sepdham, MD, University of Texas, Southwestern 
  • Anuj Shah, MD, Northwestern McGaw FMR, Chicago, IL
  • Anne Sly, MD, HCA Midwest Research FMR, Kansas City, MO
  • Sharon Smaga, MD, Southern Illinois University - Carbondale, Carbondale, IL
  • Scott Stringfield, MD, University of Kansas - Wichita/Via Christi FMR, Wichita, KS
  • Harry Strothers, MD, MMM, Morehouse School of Medicine
  • Neena Thomas-Eapen, MD, University of North Dakota/Minot FMR
  • Kelechi Uduhiri, MD, MPH, MS, Family Practice Franklin Square, Baltimore, MD
  • Kent Voorhees, MD, University of Colorado, Denver
  • David Walsworth, MD, Michigan State University
  • Roberta Weintraut, MD, Medical Center of Central Georgia FMR, Macon, GA
  • Randy Wexler, MD, MPH, FAAFP, The Ohio State University
  • Alan Wrightson, MD, Bluegrass Community Health Center, Lexington, KY