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Typically, six of the faculty will teach at each course. Unlike other board review courses, use of 10-20 faculty has been avoided. This provides a course that is tightly orchestrated and conducted exclusively by family practice faculty known to be energetic and effective educators.

 

	Bob Lorinser, MD -- Dr. Lorinser has served as the Course Director for the National Family Medicine Board Review course since its inception. He is the former Assistant Director of the Family Practice Residency Program at Marquette General Hospital in Marquette, MI, Associate Medical Director of the Upper Peninsula Health Plan (HMO for Medicaid), Medical Director of Pharmacy of Marquette General Hospital, and a hospitalist at Marquette General Hospital. As a reflection of his abilities and commitment to the education of family physicians, Dr. Lorinser was named Educator of the Year by the Michigan Academy of Family Practice in 2003.
	Edward Jackson, MD -- Dr. Jackson is the Director of the Family Practice Residency at the Synergy Medical Education Alliance in Saginaw, MI. His passion for teaching was recognized when he became the recipient of the Outstanding Community Faculty Award for 1999 at Michigan State University. He is past President of the Michigan Academy of Family Physicians and past Chair of its Continuing Medical Education and Accreditation Committee.
	Wendy Biggs, MD -- Dr. Biggs is currently a member of the faculty of the MSU/Midland Family Practice Residency in Midland, MI. She is an Assistant Professor for Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, and she is on the Editorial Board for Journal Watch for Women's Health. With an interest in women's health and obstetrics, Dr. Biggs has published in a variety of primary care journals and texts.
	Gregg VandeKieft, MD -- Dr. VandeKieft is on faculty at the Providence St. Peter Family Medicine Residency Program in Olympia, WA, and is a Clinical Associate Professor of Family Medicine at the University of Washington, Seattle. He was previously on faculty at the MSU Department of Family Practice. Dr. VandeKieft has received a variety of teaching awards, including MSU's Teacher-Scholar Award and St. Peter Family Medicine's Role Model in Family Medicine Award.
	Susan Radecky, MD -- Susan L. Radecky, M.D. was Director of the Grand Rapids FP Residency from 1987-2006. She was recognized for her commitment to excellence in 2002 with the MSU Family Practice Residency Network Robert LaChance Award for Vision and Leadership. In 2006, the Michigan Academy of Family Physicians honored her with their Family Medicine Educator of the Year Award. She is actively involved in international health care, with experience in Papua New Guinea, Togo, and Niger.
	Randy Pearson, MD -- Dr. Pearson has been a member of the MSU Family Medicine faculty for 22 years. The former director of the MSU/St. Lawrence Family Practice Residency, he currently serves as Senior Associate Director of the Sparrow/MSU Family Medicine Residency and Director of the MSU Sports Medicine Fellowship. He has served as team physician for the MSU football team for the past 14 years and was a member of the medical staff for the 1999 World University Games. Dr. Pearson was appointed as Assistant Dean for Graduate Medical Education for MSU's College of Human Medicine in 2007.

The NFMBR reserves the right to modify the faculty as needed. In accordance with the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) Standards and the policy of the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), all faculty are required to disclose to the program audience any real or apparent conflict(s) of interest related to their presentation(s).

 

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