Past Presidents

In 1947, the Missouri Academy of General Practice was chartered as a Constituent Chapter of the American Academy of General Practice. To more accurately reflect the changing nature of primary health care, the national academy became the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) in 1971. The Constituent Chapters followed suit, and our organization become known as the Missouri Academy of Family Physicians. The Missouri Academy was granted 501(c)(6) status by the Internal Revenue Service under the American Academy of Family Physicians umbrella. The Missouri Academy was incorporated as a nonprofit corporation by the Missouri Secretary of State in February 1991.

Since 1947, MAFP has been led by an outstanding roster of family physicians who have dedicated their time and talent to advance family medicine in Missouri. We thank these individuals for their service to the MAFP.

1948–1950 — Robert Myers, MD
1950–1951 — W. J. Shaw, MD
1951–1952 — Robert McElvain, MD
1952–1953 — M. B. Casebolt, MD
1953–1954 — Kenneth Glover, MD
1954–1955 — William Wagenbach, MD
1955–1956 — George Wood, MD
1956–1957 — Thomas L. Dwyer, MD
1957–1958 — Charles Martin, MD
1958–1959 — R. R. Becker, MD
1959–1960 — P. V. Siegel, MD
1960–1961 — P. C. Hall, MD
1961–1962 — Cecil Leitch, MD
1962–1963 — Roy Pearce, MD
1963–1964 — Walter T. Gunn, MD
1964–1965 — Edson C. Carrier, MD
1965–1966 — Doyle C. McCraw, MD
1966–1967 — Charles A. Nester, Jr., MD, FAAFP
1967–1968 — R. Stacy Long, MD
1968–1969 — Kenneth E. Knabb, MD
1969–1970 — Barney W. Finkel, MD
1970–1971 — John T. Crowe, MD
1971–1972 — R. Glenn Elliott, MD
1972–1973 — Walter C. Gray, MD
1973–1974 — Ben Koon, MD
1974–1975 — W. Jack Stelmach, MD
1975–1976 — Lois C. Wyatt, MD
1976–1977 — Charles A. Worley, MD
1977–1978 — J. Max Haight, MD
1978–1979 — C. William Chastain, III, MD, FAAFP
1979–1980 — Carl R. Kruse, MD
1980–1981 — Thomas J. Hopkins, MD
1981–1982 — Arturo C. Montes, MD, FAAFP
1982–1983 — W. Wayne Boydston, MD, FAAFP
1983–1984 — David W. Hall, MD
1984–1985 — George P. Williams, MD
1985–1986 — William C. Allen, MD
1986–1987 — James F. Fairchild, MD
1987–1988 — Monaford D. Durnell, MD
1988–1989 — R. Raymond Lyle, MD
1989–1990 — Patrick B. Harr, MD, FAAFP
1990–1991 — Kenneth F. Scott, Jr., MD, FAAFP
1991–1992 — Mark C. Kasten, MD, FAAFP
1992–1993 — David W. Glover, MD, FAAFP
1993–1994 — Marla J. Tobin, MD, FAAFP
1994–1995 — William D. Soper, MD, FAAFP
1995–1996 — James D. Turner, MD, FAAFP
1996–1997 — Mark W. Martin, MD, FAAFP
1997–1998 — James E. Nahlik, MD, FAAFP
1998–1999 — C. Mark Costley, MD, FAAFP
1999–2000 — Michael L. Munger, MD, FAAFP
2000–2001 — Larry Rues, MD, FAAFP
2001–2002 — Bruce E. Preston, MD, FAAFP
2002–2003 — Julie K. Wood, MD, FAAFP
2003–2004 — T. Laurence Huffman, MD
2004–2005 — Darryl K. Nelson, MD, FAAFP
2005–2006 — Thomas D. Kelley, III, MD, FAAFP
2006–2007 — David C. Campbell, MD, FAAFP
2007–2008 — Elizabeth Garrett, MD, MSPH
2008–2009 — Michael C. Wulfers, MD, FAAFP
2009–2010 — Arthur G. Freeland, MD, FAAFP
2010–2011 — Keith M. Ratcliff, MD, FAAFP
2011–2012 — Todd D. Shaffer, MD, MBA, FAAFP
2012–2013 — Kate Lichtenberg, DO, MPH, FAAFP
2013–2014 — William Fish, MD, FAAFP
2014–2015 — Dan Purdom, MD, FAAFP
2015–2016 — Peter Koopman, MD, FAAFP
2016–2017 — Kathleen Eubanks-Meng, DO
2017–2018 — Mark Schabbing, MD, FAAFP
2018–2019 — Sarah Cole, DO, FAAFP
2019–2020 — Jamie Ulbrich, MD, FAAFP
2020–2021 — John Paulson, DO, PhD, FAAFP
2021–2022 — John Burroughs, MD
2022–2023 — Kara Mayes, MD, FAAFP
2023-2024 — Afsheen Patel, MD
2024-2025 — Natalie Long, MD
2025-current — Beth Rosemergey, DO, FAAFP