STFM Foundation Donors

Foundation Donors

The STFM Foundation appreciates the generous support provided by the following individuals in 2025.

  • Ndidi Ogechi Ivy Abara, MD
  • Melissa Abuel
  • Thomas Agresta, MD
  • Suzanne Allen, MD, MPH
  • Andrea Anderson, MD, MEd
  • Kurt B. Angstman, MD
  • Heather A. Archer-Dyer, MPH
  • Mary Axelrad, MD
  • R Eugene Bailey, MD
  • Macaran A. Baird, MD, MS
  • Dennis Baker, PhD
  • Chris Barlow, PhD, MHA
  • Wendy B. Barr, MD, MPH
  • Roger M. Bean
  • Janice L. Benson, MD
  • Katherine Bergs, PhD, LMFT
  • Renée Betancourt, MD
  • Ray Biggs, MBA
  • Wendy S. Biggs, MD
  • Adrian Billings, MD, PhD
  • Bernard Birnbaum, MD
  • Thomas Ward Bishop, PsyD
  • Jamie Bishop, DO
  • Hugh M. Blumenfeld, MD, PhD
  • Stephen P. Bogdewic, PhD, MA
  • Jeffrey M. Borkan, MD, PhD
  • Kelly Bossenbroek Fedoriw, MD
  • Marjorie A. Bowman, MD, MPA
  • Juliet Bradley, MD
  • Melissa Bradner, MD, MHA
  • Scott Bragg, PharmD
  • Serena Brewer, DO
  • Allyson Brotherson, MD
  • Steven R. Brown, MD
  • Carina Brown, MD
  • Joedrecka S Brown Speights, MD
  • Lia Bruner, MD
  • Stacy H. Brungardt, CAE, MA
  • Laura Torrico Brusky, MD
  • Wayne Bryant, MD, MS
  • Sandra K. Burge, PhD
  • Elizabeth A. Burns, MD, MA
  • Larry R. Butcher, MD
  • Elise Butkiewicz, MD
  • Amber Cadick, PhD
  • Lucy M. Candib, MD
  • Diana Nicole Carvajal, MD, MPH
  • Daniel B. Castro, MD
  • Jennifer Cavin, MD
  • William Edward Cayley, MD, MDiv
  • Tonya Caylor, MD
  • Jason Chao, MD, MS
  • Frederick M. Chen, MD, MPH
  • Alexander W. Chessman, MD
  • Jacquelene Christine Childs, MD
  • Nelson Chiu, MD
  • Tana Chongsuwat, MD, MPH
  • Francis N Chu, MD
  • Cathy A. Churgay, MD
  • Molly Clark, PhD
  • Amy Clithero-Eridon, PhD, MBA
  • Susan E. Cochella, MD, MPH
  • Peter G. Coggan, MD
  • Nikola Conrad, MD
  • Jessica S. Coulter, MD
  • Megan Lynne Cranor, DO, MPH
  • Michael Avery Crouch, MD, MSPH
  • Robert A. Cushman, MD
  • Barbara Cymring, MD
  • Carla Da Goia Pinto, MD, MPH
  • Bill Dabbs, MD
  • Cara Dalbey, PsyD
  • Sarah N. Dalrymple, MD
  • Patricia A. Darcy, MSW
  • Margaret Ann Day, MD, MSPH
  • Maria Syl (Marisyl) de la Cruz, MD
  • John E. Delzell, MD, MBA, MSPH
  • Matthew Desir, MD
  • Perry Dickinson, MD
  • James Docherty, DO, MS
  • Stephen Dunbar, III, JD, CLU
  • Jennifer Y. C. Edgoose, MD, MPH
  • Jennifer Edwards-Johnson, DO
  • Tricia C. Elliott, MD
  • Rami Elmasry, MD
  • Nida Emko, MD
  • Melissa Encarnacion, MD
  • John W. Epling, MD, MSEd
  • David Evans, MD
  • Patrick J. Fahey, MD
  • Matthew Farrell, MD
  • Julia L Fashner, MD, MPH
  • Karla Felix, PhD
  • Scott A. Fields, MD, MHA
  • Edgar Figueroa, MD, MPH
  • Evelyn M. Figueroa, MD
  • Lynn R. Fisher, MD
  • Colleen T. Fogarty, MD, MSc
  • Edward C. Foley, MD, MPH
  • Klive M. Forde, MD
  • Katherine T. Fortenberry, PhD
  • Krys Elise Foster, MD, MPH
  • Jared Frandson, MD, MPH
  • John P. Franko, MD
  • Kathryn Fraser, PhD
  • Joshua Freeman, MD
  • Kathryn Freeman, MD
  • John J. Frey, MD
  • Adam Froyum Roise, MD, MPH
  • Lance Corey Fuchs, MD
  • Annette Gadegbeku, MD
  • Aury Garcia, MD
  • Richard Gardner, MD
  • Mollyanne Gardner
  • Elizabeth (Betsy) Ann Garrett, MD, MSPH
  • John Day Gazewood, MD, MSPH
  • Sarah C. Gebauer, MD, MSPH
  • Michael Geishauser, PharmD
  • LuShawna Gerdes, BA
  • Winslow G. Gerrish, PhD
  • Sarah Galinato Gerrish, MD
  • John P. Geyman, MD
  • Val Gilchrist, MD
  • Christopher L. Gleason, MD
  • Patricia T. Glowa, MD
  • Marji Gold, MD
  • Arnold Goldberg, MD
  • Melly Goodell, MD
  • Kristen Goodell, MD
  • Glenn Gookin, MD, PhD
  • Victoria A. Gorski, MD
  • Robert Graham, MD And Jane Henney, MD, MD
  • Gilberto Granados, MD, MPH
  • Judith A. Gravdal, MD
  • Joseph Gravel, MD
  • Leslie Greenberg, MD
  • Kevin Grumbach, MD
  • William B. Gunn, PhD
  • Richard A. Guthmann, MD, MPH
  • Katherine F. Guthrie, MD
  • Irene Gutierrez, MD, MPH
  • Emmeline Sophia Ha, MD
  • Katherine Haga, DO
  • Mary Nolan Hall, MD
  • Brian H. Halstater, MD
  • Larry Halverson, MD
  • Jeffrey J. Haney, MD
  • Lalitha Hansch, MD
  • Amy E. Harrison, MD
  • Katherine Hartl, MD
  • Fern R. Hauck, MD, MS
  • John Hayes, DO
  • William B. Haynes, PhD, LMFT, LPC
  • Caryl J. Heaton, DO
  • Warren A. Heffron, MD
  • Joel J. Heidelbaugh, MD
  • Timothy Michael Heilmann, MD, MHA
  • Diana Heiman, MD
  • Johnathan E. Henderson, MD
  • Charles E Henley, DO, FACOFP
  • Jeri Hepworth, PhD
  • Ruben Hernandez Mondragon
  • Sho Higuchi, CPA
  • Grant Hoekzema, MD
  • Matthew Holley, PhD
  • Harland Holman, MD
  • Kristen Hood Watson, MD
  • Claire Horn, DPT
  • James Edward Hougas, MD
  • Vincent R. Hunt, MD
  • Lindsey Hunt, PhD
  • Mark K. Huntington, MD, PhD
  • Ammar Husan, MD, MBA
  • Mindy Hutchinson, MD
  • Tochi Iroku-Malize, MD, MBA, MPH
  • Gretchen Irwin, MD, MBA
  • Christine Kathryn Jacobs, MD
  • Paul A. James, MD
  • Richelle Jefferson, MD
  • Babatunde Jinadu, MD
  • Nicolas Anders Johnson, MD
  • Martha Johnson, MD, MHS
  • Esther Miriam Johnston, MD, MPH
  • Jessica L. Jones, MD, MSPH
  • Samuel M. Jones, MD
  • Pablo Joo, MD
  • Bonnie Jortberg, PhD, CDE, RD
  • Norman B. Kahn, MD
  • Victoria S. Kaprielian, MD
  • Sara Beth Karp, MD
  • Barbara Keber, MD
  • Drew Keister, MD
  • Rick Kellerman, MD
  • Scott Kelley, MD
  • Tara Kennedy, MD
  • Tina M. Kenyon, ACSW, MSW
  • Donald O. Kollisch, MD
  • Veerauo Konkankit, MD, MS
  • Peter J. Koopman, MD
  • Jahanvi Kothari, DO
  • Stanley M. Kozakowski, MD
  • Archana Kudrimoti, MD, MPH
  • Sraddha Kuncharapu
  • Lars C. Larsen, MD
  • Magnolia Jean Larson, DO
  • Erin Lee, EdD
  • Hobart Lee, MD
  • Amy L. Lee, MD
  • Shou Ling Leong, MD
  • Paola Lepe-Chowdhury, MD
  • Gary Lewis LeRoy, MD
  • Winston R. Liaw, MD, MPH
  • David Douglas Lick, MD, MBA, MPH
  • Steven Lin, MD
  • Jennifer E. Lochner, MD
  • Amy B. Locke, MD
  • Randall L. Longenecker, MD
  • Diorella Lopez-Gonzalez, MD
  • Katie A. Loth, PhD, MPH, RD
  • Jody L. Lounsbery, PharmD
  • Alicia Ludden-Schlatter, MD
  • Corey J. Lyon, DO
  • Phyllis MacGilvray, MD
  • Arch Mainous, PhD
  • John Malaty, MD
  • Michael A. Malone, MD
  • Nicole Mandall, MPH
  • Amber Schwed Maratas, MD
  • Katherine Margo, MD
  • Jason E. Marker, MD
  • Crystal Marquez, MD
  • Traci Jean Marquis-Eydman, MD
  • M. Kim Marvel, PhD
  • Eva McCarthy, DO
  • Matthew McCoskey, MD
  • Susan Holmes McDaniel, PhD
  • Amy Leah McGaha, MD, MPH
  • Donna Brock McGee, MD
  • David A. McInnes, MD
  • Bob E. McKinney, PhD, LCSW
  • Nathan D McLaughlin, MD
  • David Mersy, MD
  • Daniel R. Merz, PhD
  • Linda N. Meurer, MD, MPH
  • Stephanie Miller, MD
  • William L. Miller, MD, MA
  • Laura Miller, MD, MPH
  • Suzanne Minor, MD
  • W Fred Miser, MD, MA
  • Karen B. Mitchell, MD
  • Richard Moberly, MD
  • Linda M. Montgomery, MD, MA
  • Miranda Moore, PhD
  • Carlos A. Moreno, MD, MSPH
  • Laura Elizabeth Moreno, MD
  • Carlos A. Moreno, MD, MSPH
  • Christopher P. Morley, PhD, MA
  • Jeffrey Morzinski, PhD, MSW
  • Kirsten Naumann Murtagh, MA
  • Linda Myerholtz, PhD
  • Rahmat O. Na'Allah, MD, MPH
  • Elizabeth H. Naumburg, MD
  • Amaris Navedo, MD
  • Lisa C. Navracruz, MD
  • Anna Nelson, MD, MS
  • Nancy K. Newman, MD
  • Warren Polk Newton, MD, MPH
  • Dana R. Nguyen, MD
  • Cameron Nienaber, MD
  • Tanner Nissly, DO
  • Corina Norrbom, MD
  • Thomas E. Norris, MD
  • Bernard Noveloso, MD
  • Julie G. Nyquist, PhD
  • Ruth Obayemi, MD
  • Kaitlin O'Malley, MD, MPH
  • Winifred Oniah, MBA
  • Daniel J. Ostergaard, MD
  • Heather Paladine, MD, MEd
  • Elizabeth Payment, MD
  • Larry T. Peery
  • Lauren Penwell-Waines, PhD
  • Robert A. Perkins, MD, MPH
  • Lars Peterson, MD, PhD
  • John Petrilli, MD
  • Michael J. Petrizzi, MD
  • Aerial Petty, DO
  • Andrea L. Pfeifle, EdD
  • William R. Phillips, MD, MPH
  • Catherine Florio Pipas, MD, MPH
  • Karly Pippitt, MD
  • Lealah Pollock, MD, MS
  • Charles D. Ponte, PharmD
  • Stacy E Potts, MD, MEd
  • Jacob Prunuske, MD, MSPH
  • Tamatha Psenka, MD
  • Katherine Putnam, MD, MPH
  • Kathryn Huggins Rampon, MD
  • Don C. Ransom, PhD
  • Brigit Elizabeth Ray, MD
  • Bonzo Kwesi Reddick, MD, MPH
  • Alexis Reedy-Cooper, MD, MPH
  • Randall S. Reitz, PhD
  • Julie Lewis Rickert, PsyD
  • Jeffrey M. Ring, PhD
  • Joyce Robert, MD
  • Melissa D. Robinson, MD
  • Jehni Robinson, MD
  • Melissa D. Robinson, MD
  • Juan Robles, MD
  • Rashmi Rode, MD
  • Phillip Rodgers, MD
  • John C. Rogers, MD, MEd, MPH
  • Tessa E. Rohrberg, MD
  • Stephanie E. Rosener, MD
  • Michael Peter Rosenthal, MD
  • Kate Rowland, MD, MS
  • Daniel Rubin, MD
  • Mary C. Rubino
  • Ann Rutter, MD
  • Tomoko Sairenji, MD, MS
  • Zuleica Marie Santiago-Delgado, MD
  • John Saultz, MD
  • Payam Sazegar, MD
  • Joseph E. Scherger, MD, MPH
  • Erika Schillinger, MD
  • Julie M. Schirmer, ACSW, LCSW
  • David Schneider, MD, MSPH
  • Sarina B. Schrager, MD, MS
  • Thomas L. Schwenk, MD
  • Dean Seehusen, MD, MPH
  • Larry Severidt, MD
  • Sumi Makkar Sexton, MD
  • Kathryn S. Shaffer, MD
  • Allen F. Shaughnessy, MSEd, PharmD
  • Margarette J Shegog, MD, MPH
  • Roger A. Sherwood
  • William B. Shore, MD
  • Hugh J. Silk, MD, MPH
  • Deborah Simpson, PhD
  • William M. Simpson, MD
  • Marilyn and Michael Sitorius, MD
  • Jay Siwek, MD
  • Sharon Smaga, MD
  • Mindy Smith, MD
  • Nicholas Smith, DO
  • Jeannette E. South-Paul, MD
  • Stephen Kimball Stacey, DO
  • Joseph Stanford, MD, MSPH
  • Jeffrey A. Stearns, MD
  • Terrence E. Steyer, MD
  • Linda C. Stone, MD
  • Rick Streiffer, MD
  • Maureen Strohm, MD
  • David Stromberg, MD
  • Elizabeth Ashley Suniega, MD
  • Jeff L. Susman, MD
  • Jennifer Svarverud, DO
  • David E. Swee, MD
  • Johnny C. Tenegra, MD, MSc
  • Nicole Tenegra, MD, MBA
  • Traci Terrance, PhD
  • Sushama Thandla, MD
  • Mary Theobald, MBA
  • Davon Thomas, MD
  • Niral H. Tilala, MD
  • Robert Tortolani, MD
  • Yun Tran, MD
  • Lyly Tran, MD
  • Shruti Varadarajan, MD
  • Maili Velez-Dalla Tor, MD
  • William B. Ventres, MD, MA
  • Astrud Villareal, MD
  • Kirsten Vitrikas, MD
  • William C. Wadland, MD
  • Jenny Walker, MD, MPH, MSW
  • Gregg Warshaw, MD
  • Judy C. Washington, MD
  • Dael Waxman, MD
  • A.J. Weinhold, MD
  • Andrea Wendling, MD
  • David Werdegar, MD, MPH
  • Ebony B Whisenant, MD
  • Jason K. Wilbur, MD
  • Diva Wilson, MD, BA, BS
  • Stephen A. Wilson, MD, MPH
  • Jeanette Wilson, MD
  • Matthew Witthaus, MD
  • Karen Wolf, MD
  • Laurie Woodard, MD
  • Jocelyn Young, DO, MS
  • Kathleen Marie Young, PhD, MPH
  • Marian Younge, MD
  • Richard G Younge, MD, MPH
  • Philip Zazove, MD
  • Nikitas J. Zervanos, MD
  • Kathy A Zoppi, PhD, MPH
  • Steven Zweig, MD
  • Kira Zwygart, MD

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STFM's AI Assistant is designed to help you find information and answers about Family Medicine education. While it's a powerful tool, getting the best results depends on how you phrase your questions. Here's how to make the most of your interactions:

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