The Ohio Academy of Family Physicians is pleased to honor Heidi Gullett, MD, MPH, as Family Physician of the Year and Kate Conway, MD, MPH, as Family Medicine Educator of the Year. Since we are unable to celebrate in person this year, President-Elect Mike Sevilla, MD, FAAFP, interviewed Drs. Gullett and Conway to learn more about their family medicine journeys and to congratulate them for their recognition.
Heidi Gullett, MD, MPH – Family Physician of the Year
Dr. Gullett is a practicing physician at the Neighborhood Family Practice Community Health Center and Cleveland Clinic Lutheran Hospital in Cleveland, OH. She is also the medical director of the Cuyahoga County Board of Health and serves as the Population Health Liaison with the Case Western Reserve University (Case) School of Medicine, the Title X Director, and has served as the COVID-19 Incident Commander.
In addition to her clinical and public service roles, she is an associate professor in the Center for Community Health Integration and the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at Case. Dr. Gullett has also served as program director for the University Hospitals Public Health/General Preventive Medicine Residency Program and core faculty in the Family Medicine Residency Program.
Please enjoy Dr. Gullett’s award interview and get to know her as a family physician.
Kate Conway, MD, MPH – Family Medicine Educator of the Year
Dr. Conway has been an assistant professor for the Wright State University (WSU) Boonshoft School of Medicine’s Department of Family Medicine since 2014 and the department’s director of medical education and clinical clerkship director since 2015.
Dr. Conway also serves the Boonshoft School of Medicine as its Director of Global Health. In this role, she provides didactic instruction for students and residents and expands their exposure to refugee health care through the founding of a medical clinic serving refugees at Fiver Rivers Health Center in Dayton.
Please enjoy Dr. Conways’ award interview and get to know her as a family medicine educator.
Recordings of the award interviews are available on the OAFP Facebook page, the OAFP website, and the OAFP YouTube page. We encourage you to share the videos to help celebrate and congratulate Drs. Gullett and Conway!