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Formerly called. American Academy of General Practice. The American Academy of Family Physicians ( AAFP) was founded in 1947 to promote and maintain high-quality standards for family medicine, an offshoot of the classical general practitioner. It is headquartered in Leawood, Kansas .
The American Board of Family Medicine is the second largest medical specialty board in the United States. Its purposes include: Improving the quality of medical care available to the public. Establishing and maintaining standards in the specialty of family medicine. Improving the standards of medical education for training in family medicine.
Clinical bioethics scholar, family physician J. Hartwell Harrison: 1932 Medicine Pioneering kidney transplant surgeon Charles T. Pepper: 1855 Medicine Physician who surgeon who was the original "Dr. Pepper" according to the Dr Pepper Company: Vivian Pinn: 1967 Medicine
The Harrison family of Virginia is an American family with a history in politics, public service, and religious ministry, beginning in the Colony of Virginia during the 1600s. Their descendants include a Founding Father of the United States, Benjamin Harrison V , and three U. S. presidents : William Henry Harrison , Benjamin Harrison , and ...
The American Medical Student Association (AMSA), with more than a half-century history of medical student activism, is the oldest and largest independent association of physicians-in-training in the United States. Founded in 1950, AMSA is a student-governed, non-profit organization committed to representing the concerns of physicians-in-training.
Medical Society of Virginia. The Medical Society of Virginia ( MSV ), is a professional association of more than 11,000 Virginia physicians, medical students, residents, physician assistants and physician assistant students. It was founded in December 1820, and incorporated in 1824. It has been responsible for the creation of the State Board of ...
The Center for the History of Family Medicine (CHFM) is a historical research center which is part of the non-profit American Academy of Family Physicians Foundation (AAFP Foundation), a non-profit, charitable 501 (c) (3) organization located in Leawood, Kansas. The CHFM serves as the primary repository of information and resources on the ...
Virginia Apgar (June 7, 1909 – August 7, 1974) was an American physician, [1] [2] obstetrical anesthesiologist [3] and medical researcher, [4] best known as the inventor of the Apgar score, a way to quickly assess the health of a newborn child immediately after birth in order to combat infant mortality. [5]