During the December 2021 American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Board of Directors meeting, Ohio Academy of Family Physicians (OAFP) Vice Speaker Mary Krebs, MD, FAAFP, was appointed to serve as a member of the AAFP Delegation to the American Medical Association (AMA). This is a two-year appointment, which began on December 15, 2021, with the term ending on Thursday, December 14, 2023.
A strong proponent of amplifying the voice of family medicine and the AAFP by working with the AMA, Dr. Krebs is associate medical director of primary care for Cohere Health, where she is in charge of all primary care activities including value-based payment, decreasing administrative burden, and improving prior authorization. She also serves as family medicine faculty at the Open Arms Free Clinic and as faculty at the Soin Medical Center Family Medicine Residency Program, a new residency where she created and implemented their practice management and quality improvement curriculum.
Dr. Krebs has taken a leadership role in OAFP’s quality improvement initiatives and is a frequent continuing medical education presenter for our chapter and at the AAFP Family Medicine Experience (FMX). Her presentations are always highly evaluated and in demand.
Nationally, Dr. Krebs served as alternate delegate to the AMA CPT Editorial Panel. She regularly attends the AAFP Congress of Delegates (Congress) having served as Member Constituencies Delegate to the 2015 Congress where she led the Member Constituencies caucus. She also led colleagues as AAFP National Conference of Constituency Leaders co-convener. In addition, Dr. Krebs successfully chaired the AAFP Commission on Quality and Practice, a large commission with diverse membership and a substantial workload. During her tenure on Quality and Practice, she served as co-convener of the AAFP Working Group on Rural Health. Dr. Krebs also chaired the AAFP Workgroup on Telehealth in 2020.
Dr. Krebs earned her medical degree at The Ohio State University College of Medicine in Columbus, OH, and completed residency at the Miami Valley Hospital Family Medicine Residency in Dayton, OH.
Congratulations, Dr. Krebs!