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