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Dr.
Flora Sadri-Azarbeyejani - August 2012 -- Q&A with Flora
Sadri-Azarbeyejani, DO, MPH, FAAFP, who has been practicing family medicine for
7 years, and is currently the medical director of the Community Health Center
of Franklin County in Greenfield, Massachusetts. Dr. Sadri-Azarbeyejani said
the federally funded community health center opened in 1997 to serve the under
served in rural areas of Massachusetts. The area's population includes migrant
farm workers and many living in a depressed economy.
Dr. Jeffrey A.
Zlotnick
- July 2012 -- Q&A with Jeffrey Zlotnick, MD, CAQ,
FAAFP. Better known as "Dr. Z, " he practices family medicine and
sports medicine across state lines, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and
Phillipsburg, New Jersey. He's been in practice for nearly 30 years, and sat
for the sports medicine Certificate of Added Qualification exam in 1982. Dr. Z
became interested in sports medicine after working with a runner, who happened
to be insulin-dependent diabetic, with a goal of completing a marathon. Dr. Z
helped the runner to adjust his insulin, diet and fluid intake and complete the
26.2-mile race. From there, his interest expanded into taking care of local
athletes, becoming the race physician for the Multiple Sclerosis Society's
annual 150-mile bike tour, and teaching and giving lectures.
Dr. Marc Price - June 2012 --
Q&A with Marc Price, DO, who says he was a family physician even before
graduating medical school in 1999. In private practice in Malta, N.Y., Dr.
Price worked for a large group practice before deciding to open his own, solo
practice. Dr. Price sees about 100 patients per week in his practice, and said
it's the clinical patient interactions that attracted him to family medicine.
He is also heavily involved in advocacy efforts on behalf of family medicine,
serving on the AAFP Commission on Governmental Advocacy and the New York State
Academy of Family Physicians Advocacy Commission.
Dr. Barbara
Sheline
- May 2012 -- Q&A with Barbara L. Sheline, MD, MPH. Dr.
Sheline has made private practice, academics, global health, clinical
innovation and service to the under served all part of her career, practicing
the full scope of care, including obstetrics, through her position as assistant
dean for primary care and associate professor of family medicine at Duke
University School of Medicine. Dr. Sheline teaches at the university and sees
patients in Duke's clinic, which incorporates elements of the Patient-Centered
Medical Home model. Dr. Sheline joined the Duke faculty in 1990, after
completing a fellowship in social medicine at the University of New Mexico.
Dr. Russell Kohl - April 2012
-- Q&A with Russell Kohl, MD, FAAFP, a full-time faculty member at the
Univeristy of Oklahoma School of Community Medicine. Dr. Kohl brings a
full-scope expertise with him to the academic community, having practiced
full-scope family medicine for seven years, including surgical obstetrics and
endoscopy, with a strong focus on community involvement and public health. Dr.
Kohl served on the AAFP Board of Directors as its new physician member in
2010-11.
