AFMA Physician Advisors
The Association of Family Medicine Administration’s Board of Directors is responsible for the selection of Physician Advisors for the organization. Physician Advisor’s advise the board on a number of details related to AFMA decisions and activities. AFMA and its Physician advisors participate in the RPS Planning meeting each fall, including RPS speaker selection and selection of the plenary speaker for the conference. Our physician advisors also have committed to writing articles pertaining to pertinent topics for coordinators and administrators throughout the year. Finally, they meet with the board during RPS each year to review what each committee has been working on, the goals of the organization whether still in progress or completed and to ask questions regarding how they can better assist us in the year to come and how we might be able to assist them.
The collaboration allows for AFMA to play a huge role in administration of our specialty while giving us the benefit of having leaders in our field for advice when needed. It is truly a win-win situation! So, who are these men and women who assist us?
Gregory H. Blake, M.D., M.P.H.
University of Tennessee Medical Center
Dr. Blake received his medical degree from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas in 1977. He completed his residency in family practice at Dwight David Eisenhower Army Medical Center, Fort Gordon, Georgia. Dr. Blake spent four years at Martin Army Community Hospital, Ft. Benning, Georgia, where he was director of the Family Practice Residency Program. He joined the faculty of the University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, in 1984 and earned a Master of Public Health degree. Dr. Blake was Residency/Fellowship Director at the University of Mississippi Medical Center at Jackson from 1989 until he joined the Knoxville program in 1995.
Dr. Blake currently serves as senior physician in the 134th Medical Group, Tennessee Air National Guard. He served as commander of the 129th Medical Cleaning Company, Alabama National Guard during Operation Desert Storm. Lieutenant Colonel Blake served as a flight surgeon for the 171st Air Expeditionary Refueling Wing during Operation Iraqi Freedom. He has completed the Army Command and General Staff College and the Air War College . Special interests include weapons of mass destruction and medical organization and readiness for natural or manmade disasters.
Information retrieved from: http://gsm.utmck.edu/hss/hss_blake.htm
Judith Pauwels, MD
University of Washington Family Practice Residency Program
Judy Pauwels, MD, has been residency program director at the UW since October 2002, after serving as director at an affiliated program for over 6 years previously. She practiced full-spectrum family medicine in rural Wisconsin until 60-below temps made the temperate Northwest look wonderfully appealing. Her professional interests are in resident clinical education, the financing of medical education, and women's health. Personal interests include travel, flyfishing, jazz, and enjoying family and friends.
Information retrieved from: http://www.fammed.washington.edu/residency/rooseveltfaculty.htm
Michael Sparacino, DO
ISJ Clinic - North Ridge
Mayo Health System
Education: Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, Kirksville, Missouri
Internship/Residency: Scott Air Force Base, Illinois
Fellowship: High-risk OB and faculty development
Medical Interests: Medical education, medical ethics, end-of-life decisions, medical humanities
Personal Interests: Outdoor activities, listening to and playing jazz, reading
Information retrieved from: http://www.fm.umn.edu/fm/residency/mankato/faculty/home.html
Richard Viken, M.D.
The University of Texas Health Center
Dr. Richard Viken attended medical school at the Oregon Health Sciences University, residency at the University of Arizona Medical Center, and cut his teaching teeth while serving on the network faculty of the Family Medicine Department at the University of California at Davis. He moved to Tyler as director of the Family Medicine Residency Program in its third year (1987).
Dr. Viken is the only University of Texas physician to serve as President of the 500-member Smith County Medical Society, and he is the founding and current editor of the Society’s journal, East Texas Medicine . He is an active member of Residency Program Solutions (RPS), a consulting division of the American Academy of Family Physicians, dedicated to the enrichment of residency training. He maintains Certificates of Added Qualification in Geriatric Medicine and Sports Medicine and owns a 4A Texas State Football Championship ring.
He has two grown sons and a charming wife of 32 years who covers for him in awkward social situations. Dr. Viken appreciates thinking and working outside the box in order to arrive at creative solutions to problems (example: if your car is making loud noises, turn up the radio). His passion is writing, and he is currently working on his 723rd unpublished book. He enjoys international travel, and has lost his luggage in seven languages.
Information retrieved from: http://www.uthct.edu/education/medicaled/gme/family/faculty.asp
Perry Pugno, M.D., M.P.H., C.P.E.
AAFP Division of Medical Education
Dr. Pugno grew up in the Inland Empire of southern California. A 1970 graduate of the University of California at Riverside (UCR) and a 1974 graduate of the University of California at Davis (UCD) School of Medicine, Dr. Pugno completed his UCLA-affiliated Family Medicine Residency at Ventura General Hospital. Following a tour of duty with the National Health Service Corps in Barstow, CA, he entered the sphere of graduate medical education as a residency director and has accumulated more than 20 years of experience in that role. He has worked in programs from California to Connecticut, including public, private and university-sponsored settings.
He is Board-certified in both Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine, and has added experience as the director of a trauma center, hospital chief medical officer, public health officer, and medical director of a health plan. His MPH from Loma Linda University is in multidisciplinary educational administration.
He has served as President of the Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors, President of the University of California Medical Alumni Association, Chair of the ACGME Residency Review Committee for Family Medicine, and is the founding chair of the National Institute for Program Director Development. His recent experience in corporate physician leadership and managed care was as the Vice-President for Graduate Medical Education and Medical Affairs with Mercy Healthcare Sacramento, a division of Catholic Healthcare West.
Currently, Dr. Pugno is the Director of the Division of Medical Education for the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP). He is responsible for AAFP initiatives related to medical school and residency education, including supervision of the Residency Program Solutions consulting panel and providing staff support for Academy workforce policy and legislative advocacy. He has been married to Terry for 37 years, and their three sons live in northern California.
Information provided by: American Academy of Family Physicians
