Current & Past Presidents

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