Current & Past Presidents, MAFP Board of Directors
The MAFP President serves a one-year term that begins at his/her installation ceremony, held during the MAFP Annual Meeting of the membership; it expires when his/her successor is installed at the next MAFP Annual Meeting. At that time, the outgoing president becomes chair.
The MAFP President:
- Serves as an officer of the board
- Presides at and attends all meetings of the Executive Committee and the board; coordinates the agenda with the chief executive officer
- Is a member of all MAFP committees in an ex officio status
- Appoints all MAFP committees, with final approval of the full board, and helps establish the purpose and duties of these groups and monitors progress
- Participates in an oritentation with all committee chairs and vice chairs
- Has general supervision of the business of MAFP
- Is responsible for ensuring all orders and resolutions of the board are carried into effect
- Exercises personal leadership in the motivation of other officers, board members, committee chairs and members, staff, and membership
- Ifnluences the establishment of goals and objectives for MAFP during his/her term in office
- Acts as a spokesperson and inspirational leader, and takes an important part in monitoring and evaluating the organizational performance and effectiveness
- Communicates to the board, Executive Committee, and officers on the condition and operations of MAFP
- Carries out policies of the board, working with the chief executive officer, to see that basic policies and programs are furthering the goals and objectives of MAFP
- Annually reviews, with the chief executive officer, the organizational structure and policies of MAFP
- Works in partnership with the chief executive officer
- Supports and defends policies and programs adopted by the board
- Promotes interest and active participation in MAFP on the part of the membership and reports activities of the board to members
- Presents an annual end-of-term report at the MAFP Annual Meeting
- Along with the chief executive officer, acts as spokesperson for MAFP to the press, the public, legislative bodies, and related organizations
- In cooperation with those with financial responsibilities, helps develop, recommends, and ensures MAFP operates within an annual budget
- Attends the MAFP Annual Meeting and the annuall Michigan Family Medicine Conference & Expo.
- Represents MAFP at other AFP chapters' state meetings, or designates another officer, as needed
- Attends approved AAFP meetings to keep fully apprised of national programs and policies and their impact on MAFP
President, 2021-2022 MAFP Board of Directors
SRIKAR REDDY, MD, FAAFP
On July 24, 2021, Dr. Srikar Reddy was installed as the 2021-2022 president of the MAFP Board of Directors.
Dr. Reddy is a family physician affiliated with Ascension Medical Group in South Lyon, where he specializes in preventive medicine, adolescent and behavioral medicine, sports injury care, and virtual care visits.
He also serves as the ministry market regional medical director of virtual care at Ascension. In this role he was responsible for the implementation of a virtual care platform in ambulatory and urgent care settings for Ascension Medical Group Southeast Michigan.
He also is a national Ascension virtual care lead and subject matter expert involved with establishing clinical care guidelines and maintaining quality control across all markets, as well as a physician lead for Ascension Michigan’s remote patient monitoring.
Dr. Reddy earned his medical degree from Saba University School of Medicine, an accredited university in the Dutch West Indies, and completed family medicine residency at Mount Carmel Graduate Medical Education in Ohio, where he served as the 2009-2010 chief resident. He achieved the Degree of Fellow from the American Academy of Family Physicians (FAAFP) in 2014.
Prior to being elected president of MAFP, Dr. Reddy served as president-elect, vice president, speaker, and a director on the board.
As MAFP president, Dr. Reddy is working with the officers and directors on the board to help set the agenda for the upcoming year. In addition, he is one of the leading voices representing Michigan family physicians on local, state, and national issues.
Among his issues of focus during his presidential year are investing in expanding broadband internet access across the state and increasing access to/making permanent telemedicine visits.
From his experience as a telehealth expert, Dr. Reddy is committed to advocating for:
- Removing obsolete restrictions on the location of the patient and the physician
- Maintaining and enhancing the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ authority to determine appropriate providers, services, and modalities for telemedicine
- Ensuring clinicians at federally qualified health centers, critical access hospitals, and rural health clinics can provide telehealth services outside of the COVID-19 public health emergency
- Removing restrictions on Medicare beneficiaries’ access to mental and behavioral health services offered through telemedicine
As MAFP President, Dr. Reddy also serves as an ex officio member of all MAFP committees and the Michigan Family Medicine Political Action Committee.
Dr. Reddy’s one-year term as president will conclude when President-elect Glenn Dregansky, DO, FAAFP takes office July 9, 2022.
Past Presidents of the MAFP Board of Directors
Since MAFP was chartered in 1948, it has been led by an outstanding roster of family physicians who have dedicated their time and talent to guide the organization and advance family medicine in Michigan. We thank these individuals for their service to the MAFP.
2020-2021 Mark Hamed, MD, MBA, MPH, FAAFP
2019-2020 Keerthy Krishnamani, MD, MBA
2018-2019 Mary Marshall, MD, RN, FAAFP
2017-2018 Loretta Leja, MD
2016-2017 Robert J. Jackson, MD, MMM, FAAFP
2015-2016 Kim K. Yu, MD, FAAFP
2014-2015 Tina L. Tanner, MD, FAAFP
2013-2014 Fred J. Van Alstine, MD, MBA
2012-2013 E. Chris Bush, MD, FAAFP
2011-2012 Peter Graham, MD
2010-2011 Jennifer R. Aloff, MD, FAAFP
2009-2010 David T. Walsworth, MD, FAAFP
2008-2009 Angelo N. Patsalis, MD, FAAFP**
2007-2008 Robert E. Reneker, Jr., MD, FAAFP
2006-2007 Lynn S. Gray, MD, MPH, FAAFP**
2005-2006 Peter Scuccimarri, MD
2004-2005 Douglas L. Colberg, MD, FAAFP**
2003-2004 Danny D. Greig, MD, FAAFP
2002-2003 James A. Applegate, MD, FAAFP
2001-2002 Douglas Jackson, MD**
2000-2001 Edward A. Jackson, MD, FAAFP
1999-2000 Karen B. Mitchell, MD, FAAFP
1998-1999 Larry Carr, DO
1997-1998 Mary Elizabeth Roth, MD, FACPE
1996-1997 Archie Bedell, MD, PhD**
1995-1996 William P. Gifford, MD
1994-1995 Timothy J. Tobolic, MD
1993-1994 Michael L. Szymanski, MD
1992-1993 Bruce R. Deschere, MD
1991-1992 John M. Battle, MD**
1990-1991 Louis E. Sanford, MD**
1989-1990 Larry S. Kelly, MD, FAAFP
1988-1989 James F. Shetlar, MD, FAAFP
1987-1988 Gary R. Gazella, MD, FAAFP
1986-1987 L. Edmond Eary, Jr., MD, FAAFP
1985-1986 B.J. Woodley, MD**
1984-1985 C. Edward Cotton, MD
1983-1984 William W. Allen, MD, FAAFP
1982-1983 Harold F. Kendrick, MD**
1981-1982 John W. MacKenzie, Jr., MD, FAAFP
1980-1981 Gary E. Ruoff, MD, FAAFP
1979-1980 Donald E. DeWitt, MD**
1978-1979 Gordon W. Willoughby, MD**
1977-1978 Charles R. Zimont, MD, FAAFP**
1976-1977 George A. Dean, MD, FAAFP
1975-1976 Robert W. Oakes, MD, FAAFP
1974-1975 Cecelia F. Hissong, MD, FAAFP
1973-1974 Louis R. Zako, MD
1972-1973 Robert L. Vitu, MD**
1971-1972 Joseph Fisher, MD**
1970-1971 James F. Dooley, MD**
1969-1970 Douglass A. Haddock, MD**
1968-1969 Lee E. Feldkamp, MD**
1967-1968 J. Leonides Leach, MD
1966-1967 Edgar Cochrane, MD**
1964-1966 Fred Brace, MD**
1963-1964 Lyle Korum, MD**
1962-1963 Leighton Shantz, MD**
1961-1962 Howard Robinson, MD**
1960-1961 C. Howard Ross, MD**
1959-1960 Howard C. Rees, MD**
1958-1959 Clark W. Rover, MD**
1957-1958 Francis P. Rhoades, MD**
1956-1957 John W. Rice, MD**
1955-1956 Russell F. Fenton, MD**
1954-1955 Kenneth Toothaker, MD**
1953-1954 Karl Swift, MD**
1952-1953 Frederick E. Luger, MD**
1951-1952 E. Clarkston Long, MD**
1950-1951 John R. Failing, MD**
1949-1950 Leslie T. Henderson, MD**
1948-1949 Milner S. Ballard, MD**
1948 Arch Walls, MD**
**Deceased