Phoenix Newsletter – June 2023

ABFM Welcomes New Board Members and Officers (2022)

Dr. Lauren Hughes elected as ABFM Board Chair.

Lauren Hughes, MD, MPH, MSc, FAAFP, ABFM Board Chair

We are pleased to announce the election of four new officers and three new board members. The new officers elected at ABFM’s spring board meeting in April are: Lauren S. Hughes, MD, MPH, MSc, FAAFP, of Aurora, Colorado as Chair; Gerardo Moreno, MD, of Los Angeles, California as Chair-Elect; Daniel Spogen, MD, of Reno, Nevada as Treasurer; and Bob Wergin, MD, of Milford, Nebraska as Member-at-Large of the Executive Committee. In addition, ABFM welcomes this year’s new members to the Board of Directors: Christine Hancock, MD, of Bellingham, Washington; Saby Karuppiah, MD, of Overland Park, Kansas; and Anna R. Kuo, MD, of Atlanta, Georgia. The new board members will each serve a five-year term. A full  list of the Board members and officers can be found here.

Watch a brief message from ABFM Board Chair Lauren Hughes, as she shares her vision for ABFM over the next year, and learn more about Dr. Hughes in our latest Diplomate Perspectives article.