Light the Torch Club

Thank You to the Light the Torch donors

The Light the Torch Club was created in 2017 to celebrate STFM's 50th Anniversary and those generous donors who have contributed at least $5,000 over their lifetime to the STFM Foundation.

We celebrate these loyal donors who have provided that spark, that inspiration through our Foundation programs, to light the fire inside our faculty to excel as teachers, achieve new heights as leaders, and advance their scholarly work for the benefit of the discipline.

If you would like to join the Light the Torch Club, contact Mindy Householder at mhouseholder@stfm.org or (800) 274-7928.

 

 

Suzanne Allen, MD, MPH
Robert Avant, MD
Mac Baird, MD, MS
Kay Bauman, MD, MPH
Joan E Baumer, MD
Diane Beebe, MD
Janice Benson, MD
Steve Bogdewic, PhD
Marjorie Bowman, MD, MPA
Kent Bream, MD
Stacy Brungardt, CAE
Beth Burns, MD, MA
Lucy Candib, MD
Dan Castro, MD
Peter Catinella, MD, MPH
Frederick Chen, MD, MPH
Heidi Chumley, MD
Peter Coggan, MD, MSEd
Byron Crouse, MD
Sam Cullison, MD
Rob Cushman, MD
David Deci, MD
Alison Dobbie, MD
Alan Douglass, MD
Patrick Dowling, MD, MPH
Jennifer Edgoose, MD
Patricia Eiff, MD
Nancy Elder, MD, MSPH
John Epling, MD, MSEd
Scott Fields, MD, MHA
Edgar Figueroa, MD, MPH
Evelyn Figueroa, MD
Colleen Fogarty, MD
John Franko, MD
Josh Freeman, MD
John Frey, MD
Sim Galazka, MD
Betsy Garrett, MD, MSPH
Val Gilchrist, MD
Marji Gold, MD
Melly Goodell, MD
Victoria Gorski, MD
Gilberto Granados, MD

 

Robert Graham, MD & Jane Henney, MD
Mary Hall, MD
Larry Halverson, MD
Caryl Heaton, DO
Warren Heffron, MD
Jim Herman, MD, MSPH
David Holub, MD
Bill Hueston, MD
Vince Hunt, MD
Paul James, MD
Cynda Johnson, MD, MBA
Pablo Joo, MD
Norman Kahn, Jr, MD
David Keahey, MSPH, PAC
Rick Kellerman, MD
Sandy Kimmel, MD
Joseph Konen, MD
Stan Kozakowski, MD
Jerry Kruse, MD, MSPH
Tony Kuzel, MD, MHPE
Christy Ledford, PhD
Shou Ling Leong, MD
Randy Longenecker, MD
Jason Marker, MD, MPA
Sam Matheny, MD, MPH
Amy McGaha, MD
Joel Merenstein, MD
Aaron Michelfelder, MD
John Midtling, MD
Lew Miller, MS, CCMEP
Carlos Moreno, MD, MSPH
Cathy Morrow, MD
Tim Munzing, MD
Linda Myerholtz, PhD
Betsy Naumburg, MD
Michael O'Dell, MD, MSHA
Dan Ostergaard, MD
Heather Paladine, MD
Paul Paulman, MD
Mark Penn, MD
Ted Phillips, MD
Bill Phillips, MD, MPH
Karly Pippitt, MD
Perry Pugno, MD, MPH, CPE
Jake Prunuske, MD, MSPH
Bonzo Reddick, MD, MPH
Jeff Ring, PhD
Denise Rodgers, MD

Jose Rodriguez, MD
John Rogers, MD, MPH, MEd
John Saultz, MD
Joseph Scherger, MD, MPH
Erika Schillinger, MD
Julie Schirmer, LCSW
Robert Schwartz, MD
Tom Schwenk, MD
Bill Schwer, MD
Ed Shahady, MD
Roger Sherwood, CAE
Bill Shore, MD, FAAFP
Deb Simpson, PhD
Michael Sitorius, MD
Jay Siwek, MD
Susan Skochelak, MD, MPH
Frank Snope, MD
Jeannette South-Paul, MD
Linda Speer, MD
Jeff Stearns, MD
Beat Steiner, MD, MPH
Terrance Steyer, MD
Curt Stine, MD
Rick Streiffer, MD
Maureen Strohm, MD
Harry Strothers, MD, MMM
Marian Stuart, PhD
Jeff Susman, MD
David Swee, MD
Robert Taylor, MD
Deborah Taylor, PhD
Barbara Thompson, MD
Janet Townsend, MD
Jim Tysinger, PhD
Richard Usatine, MD
Bill Ventres, MD, MA
Bill Wadland, MD
Lorraine Wallace, PhD
Judy Washington, M
Vince WinklerPrins, MD
Mack Worthington, MD
Nik Zervanos, MD
Steven Zweig, MD

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