Julie Marcinek, DO, FAAFP, has been appointed to a four-year term on the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Commission on Quality and Practice. Her term of service began on December 15, 2021, and ends Sunday, December 14, 2025.
Energized by making health care safer, more efficient, and most cost effective for patients and their practice teams, Dr. Marcinek currently serves as the assistant director for her large hospitalist group. She completed the OhioHealth Accelerated Quality and Safety Fellowship in 2020 and works predominately in the population health arena at her health system where she chairs the ACO board and serves as vice chair of the Clinically Integrated Network Leadership Council.
Dr. Marcinek’s involvement in the Academy began early on during her residency when she became a member of the Ohio Academy of Family Physicians (OAFP) Public Policy Committee. That involvement and interest evolved when she was appointed to serve as the resident representative to the AAFP Commission on Governmental Advocacy. As part of that commission membership experience, she participated in the 2016 Family Medicine Advocacy Summit. After residency training in 2020, Dr. Marcinek completed the Robert L. Phillips, Jr., Health Policy Fellowship at the Robert Graham Center in Washington, D.C. During the fellowship, she split her time between the Graham Center, Georgetown University, and the Health Resources and Services Administration.
Dr. Marcinek is a member of the OAFP Board of Directors and serves as OAFP alternate delegate to the Ohio State Medical Association. Dr. Marcinek earned her medical degree at the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine and completed residency at the Grant (OhioHealth) Family Medicine Residency Program in Columbus, OH.
Congratulations, Dr. Marcinek!