Academic Family Medicine Chairs

The family medicine departments in US medical schools are diverse, eclectic, and in transition. Whereas almost all maintain the historic focus on training medical students and residents, others are homes to large research programs and practice networks, and many are experimenting with innovative methods of improving patient and community outcomes. Computerized medical records, open-access scheduling systems, and better methods of helping patients change behaviors are being tested and improved in many sites, while others are experimenting with systems for improving the postdischarge care of high-risk patients or the utility of workplace-based primary care. Educational methods are in flux as well, as more restrictive requirements in training are imposed, and as knowledge and skills in evidence-based practice and communication becomes increasingly important.

If you have not checked to see what your family medicine department is doing, and what you might learn or how you may help, you may wish to get in touch. The current listing of the academic department chairs is displayed below. Full contact information is always available at the Association of Departments of Family Medicine Web site, at http://www.adfammed.org/.

Lloyd Michener, MD

Duke University

• ALABAMA

• University of Alabama, Birmingham

• Michael T. Harrington, MD

• University of Alabama, Huntsville

• Alan Maxwell, MD

• University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa

• William Owings, MD

• University of South Alabama

• E. Lee Taylor, MD

• ARIZONA

• University of Arizona

• Tamsen Lynn Bassford, MD

• ARKANSAS

• University of Arkansas for the Medical Sciences

• Geoffrey Goldsmith, MD, MPH

• CALIFORNIA

• University of California, Davis

• Klea Bertakis, MD, MPH

• University of California, Los Angeles

• Patrick Dowling, MD, MPH

• University of California, San Francisco

• Kevin Grumbach, MD

• University of Southern California

• Ricardo Hahn, MD

• University of California, San Diego

• Gene Kallenberg

• University of California, Irvine

• Kathryn Larsen, MD

• Loma Linda University

• John Testerman, MD, PhD

• COLORADO

• University of Colorado

• Frank deGruy, III, MD, MSFM

• CONNECTICUT

• University of Connecticut

• Robert Cushman, MD

• DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

• Georgetown University

• Jay Siwek, MD

• Howard University

• Henry Williams, MD, MPH

• FLORIDA

• University of South Florida

• H. James Brownlee, MD

• University of Florida

• R. Whit Curry, MD

• Florida State University

• Curtis Stine, MD

• University of Miami

• E. Robert Schwartz, MD

• GEORGIA

• Mercer University

• Fred Girton, MD

• Medical College of Georgia

• Joseph Hobbs, MD

• Emory University

• Lawrence Lutz, MD, MSPH

• Morehouse School of Medicine

• Gregory Strayhorn, MD, PhD

• HAWAII

• University of Hawaii

• Neal Palafox, MD, MPH

• ILLINOIS

• Loyola University

• Eva Bading, MD

• University of Chicago

• Bernard Ewigman, MD, MSPH

• University of Illinois, Peoria

• John Halvorsen, MD, MS

• University of Illinois, Rockford

• Eric Henley, MD, MPH

• Southern Illinois University, Quincy

• Jerry Kruse, MD, MSPH

• University of Illinois, Urbana

• Christian Wagner, MD

• Northwestern University Medical School

• Martin Lipsky, MD

• Finch University of the Health Sciences

• David Rudy, MD, MPH

• Rush Medical College

• William Schwer, MD

• University of Illinois, Chicago

• Patrick Tranmer, MD, MPH

• INDIANA

• Indiana University

• Douglas McKeag, MD

• IOWA

• University of Iowa

• Gerald Jogerst, MD

• KANSAS

• University of Kansas, Kansas City

• Joshua Freeman, MD

• University of Kansas, Wichita

• Rick Kellerman, MD

• KENTUCKY

• University of Kentucky

• Samuel Matheny, MD, MPH

• University of Louisville

• James O'Brien, MD

• LOUISIANA

• Louisiana State University, Shreveport

• Arthur Fort, MD

• Louisiana State University, New Orleans

• Kim LeBlanc, MD, PhD

• Tulane University

• Richard Streiffer, MD

• MARYLAND

• University of Maryland

• Herbert Muncie, MD

• Uniformed Services Academy

• Brian Reamy, MD

• MASSACHUSETTS

• Boston University

• Larry Culpepper, MD, MPH

• Tufts University

• Robert Dickman, MD

• University of Massachusetts

• Daniel Lasser, MD

• MICHIGAN

• Wayne State University

• Maryjean Schenk, MD, MPH

• University of Michigan

• Thomas Schwenk, MD

• Michigan State University

• William Wadland, MD

• MINNESOTA

• Mayo Medical School

• David Agerter, MD

• University of Minnesota

• Macaran Baird, MD, MS

• MISSISSIPPI

• University of Mississippi

• D. Melessa Phillips, MD

• MISSOURI

• University of Missouri, Kansas City

• R. Stephen Griffi th, MD

• St. Louis University

• Mark Mengel, MD, MPH

• University of Missouri

• Harold Williamson, MD, MSPH

• NEBRASKA

• University of Nebraska

• Michael Sitorius, MD

• Creighton University

• Donald Frey, MD

• NEW HAMPSHIRE

• Dartmouth College

• Michael Zubkoff, PhD

• NEW JERSEY

• UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Camden

• Myung Chung, MD

• UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, Newark

• Mark Johnson, MD, MPH

• UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway/New Brunswick

• David Swee, MD

• NEW MEXICO

• University of New Mexico

• Arthur Kaufman, MD

• NEW YORK

• State University of New York, Upstate

• Lorne Becker, MD

• University of Rochester

• Thomas Campbell, MD

• (interim)

• New York Medical College

• Joseph Halbach, MD, MPH

• Albany Medical College

• Neil Mitnick, DO

• State University of New York, Buffalo

• Thomas Rosenthal, MD

• Mount Sinai School of Medicine

• Heather Sealy, MD

• Albert Einstein College of Medicine

• Peter Selwyn, MD, MPH

• State University of New York, Stony Brook

• Jeffrey Trilling, MD

• State University of New York, Downstate

• Miriam Vincent, MD, MS

• NEVADA

• University of Nevada, Reno

• Gary Johnson, MD

• University of Nevada, Las Vegas

• James Lenhart, MD

• NORTH CAROLINA

• Wake Forest University

• Michael Coates, MD, MS

• Duke University

• J. Lloyd Michener, MD

• University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

• Warren Newton, MD, MPH

• East Carolina University

• Dean Patton, MD

• NORTH DAKOTA

• University of North Dakota

• Elizabeth Burns, MD, MA

• OHIO

• Wright State University

• Mark Clasen, MD, PhD

• Northeastern Ohio Universities

• Valerie Gilchrist, MD

• Medical College of Ohio

• Larry Johnson, MD

• Case Western Reserve University

• George Kikano, MD, CPE

• University of Cincinnati

• Jeff Susman, MD

• Ohio State University

• Mary Jo Welker, MD

• OKLAHOMA

• University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City

• Steven Crawford, MD

• University of Oklahoma, Tulsa

• Robert Morse, MD

• OREGON

• Oregon Health & Science University

• John Saultz, MD

• PENNSYLVANIA

• University of Pennsylvania

• Marjorie Bowman, MD, MPA

• Pennsylvania State University

• James Herman, MD, MSPH

• Drexel University

• John Heydt, MD

• Temple University

• Stephen Permut, MD, JD

• University of Pittsburgh

• Jeannette South-Paul, MD

• Thomas Jefferson University

• Richard Wender, MD

• PUERTO RICO

• Ponce School of Medicine

• Jaime Rodriguez-Arias, MD

• Universidad Central del Caribe

• Ramon Suarez, MD, MPH

• University of Puerto Rico

• Richard de Andino, MD

• SOUTH CAROLINA

• University of South Carolina

• Elizabeth Baxley, MD

• Medical University of South Carolina

• William Hueston, MD

• SOUTH DAKOTA

• University of South Dakota

• H. Bruce Vogt, MD

• TENNESSEE

• University of Tennessee Health Science Center

• John Midtling, MD, MS

• Vanderbilt-Meharry Medical College

• W. Macmillan Rodney, MD

• East Tennessee State University

• Jim Wilson, MD

• TEXAS

• Texas A&M University

• Glen Couchman, MD

• University of Texas, San Antonio

• Carlos Jaen, MD, PhD

• University of Texas, Houston

• Carlos Moreno, MD, MSPH

• Texas Tech University

• Mike Ragain, MD

• University of Texas, Southwestern (Dallas)

• Shelley Roaten, Jr., MD

• Baylor College of Medicine

• Stephen Spann, MD

• University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

• Barbara Thompson, MD

• UTAH

• University of Utah

• Michael Magill, MD

• VERMONT

• University of Vermont

• John Fogarty, MD

• VIRGINIA

• University of Virginia

• Sim Galazka, MD

• Virginia Commonwealth University

• Anton Kuzel, MD

• Eastern Virginia Medical School

• Christine Matson, MD

• WASHINGTON

• University of Washington

• Alfred Berg, MD, MPH

• WEST VIRGINIA

• Marshall University

• Robert Walker, MD

• West Virginia University

• CHM Jacques, MD, PhD

• West Virginia University-Charleston

• Jeffrey Ashley, MD

• WISCONSIN

• Medical College of Wisconsin

• Alan David, MD

• University of Wisconsin, Madison

• John Frey, MD

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