Ohio Academy of Family Physicians delegates to the American Academy of Family Physicians, Jeff Bachtel, MD, of Talmadge, OH, and Renee Markovich, MD, of Akron, OH, and OAFP alternate delegates to the AAFP, Sarah Sams, MD, of Grove City, OH, and Elizabeth L. Righter, MD, of Dayton, OH, represented the OAFP at the AAFP Congress of Delegates (COD) meeting held in San Antonio September 10-13.
Joining the OAFP delegation were Kathleen Meehan-de la Cruz, MD, of Norwalk, OH, who served as a Member Constituencies alternate delegate and Anna Askari, of Columbus, OH, who served as an alternate student delegate to the AAFP Congress.
Dr. Bachtel served as a member of the Reference Committee on Advocacy and Dr. de la Cruz served as a member of the Tellers Committee.
At the close of the COD, Mike Sevilla, MD, of Salem, OH, was named chair of the AAFP Commission on Membership and Member Services for 2018.
During the meeting, the OAFP announced that Gary LeRoy, MD, of Dayton will run for AAFP president-elect at the 2018 COD meeting in New Orleans.