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 Eishenhower 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 OK, Oklahoma City, in 1984 and earned a Master of Public Health degree. Dr. Blake was Residency/Fellowship Director at the University of MI 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, TN Air National Guard. He served as commander of the 129th Medical Cleaning Company, A National Guard during Operation Desert Storm. Lieutenant Colonel Blake served as a flight surgeon for the 171 st 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

Mark Mengel, MD, MPH. Dr. Mengel received his M.D. degree from Harvard Medical School in 1981 and completed an internship and residency in Family Practice at Madigan Army Medical Center, Fort Lewis, Washington (1981-83). He was chief resident during his last year of his Family Practice Residency Program at Central Maine Medical Center, Lewiston, Maine (1983-84). Dr. Mengel completed a second residency in Preventive Medicine at the University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Seattle (1984-86) and also received a Master of Public Health degree.

In 1986, Dr. Mengel was appointed Assistant Professor of Family Medicine at the University of Oklahoma. From 1991-1993 he was Associate Professor of Family Medicine and predoctoral director on the faculty at the University of Texas Medical School, Houston. In 1993, Dr. Mengel became the founding program director of the Family Practice Residency Program at Beverly Hospital, a community hospital near Boston. The program became formally affiliated with Boston University in 1999 and Dr. Mengel was promoted to Clinical Professor. In 2000, Dr. Mengel became Professor and Chair of the Department of Community and Family Medicine at Saint Louis University where he built the Department’s research and clinical programs. In 2008, Dr. Mengel accepted the position of Vice-Chancellor for Regional Programs and Executive Director of the Area Health Education Center network for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.

Dr. Mengel is author or co-editor of numerous articles and books in his field, including the Handbook of Family Medicine, entering its 5^th edition, and a textbook entitled Fundamentals of Clinical Practice: A Textbook on the Patient, Doctor, and Society. He is a Residency Program Solutions (RPS) consultant for the American Academy of Family Physicians since 1998. His research in the area of community and family medicine has been funded by NIH, the CDC and by private foundations and institutions.

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 CA at Riverside (UCR) and a 1974 graduate of the University of CA 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 CA 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

Eric Skye, MD
University of Michigan