Friday 26 October 2018

Alaska-Based Family Physician Is New AAFP President


Robert VandenBosche, MD, of Middletown, Maryland, serves as a primary care physician at Seton Medical Group. Active in his field, Dr. Robert VandenBosche belongs to the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP). 

The sole medical society dedicated exclusively to primary care, AAFP recently announced that longtime member John S. Cullen, MD, has taken leadership of the organization as of October 10, 2018. Dr. Cullen brings considerable experience in family medicine to his role as AAFP president. Over the past 25 years, he has practiced in Valdez, Alaska. He is also the director of emergency medical services at Providence Valdez Medical Center. 

Committed to medical education, Dr. Cullen maintains a post as a clinical professor at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College. Dr. Cullen holds degrees from the University of California, San Diego, and the University of Arizona College of Medicine.