On September 4, Sarah Sams, MD, FAAFP, received the Community Practice Alumni Award from The Ohio State University College of Medicine Alumni Society.
Dr. Sams is a board-certified family physician, educator, and advocate for family medicine at the OhioHealth Grant Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio, where she serves as associate director of the Family Medicine Residency Program. As full-time faculty, she taught the health systems’ management curriculum to her residents and developed a joint teaching program with the Capital University Law School, pairing third-year family medicine residents with law students to participate in a mock deposition.
Dr. Sams has served in multiple roles in organized medicine. In 2010, she served as president of the Ohio Academy of Family Physicians. She has also served on the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Commission on Governmental Advocacy and Commission on Finance and Insurance, and was chair of each of those commissions. Currently an at-large board member on the AAFP Board of Directors, Dr. Sams also serves as a trustee on the AAFP Foundation Board of Trustees.
She has been a mentor for medical students and residents through the AAFP Foundation Emerging Leaders Scholars program, a highlight of which was when she traveled with her first mentee to Uganda to teach the Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics course to Ugandan midwives. This award recognizes her experience in improving the care for her patients, educating the next generation of doctors, and improving the practice of medicine for her colleagues.
Congratulations, Dr. Sams!
Congratulations Sarah! Well deserved.
Congratulations Dr. Sams. You truly have made and continue to make significant contributions in so many areas of Family Medicine.
Thanks.