Past Presidents

*Tyler B. Boling, MD - 1949 – 1950

*James L. Patterson, MD - 1950 – 1951

*Donald R. Roberts, MD - 1951 – 1952

*Thomas H. Blake, MD - 1952 – 1953

*Carl B. Hall, MD - 1953 – 1954

*Jacob C. Huffman, MD - 1954 – 1955

*T. Maxfield Barber, MD - 1955 – 1956

*Logan W. Hovis, MD - 1956 – 1957

*Halvard Wagner, MD - 1957 – 1958

*Seigle Parks, MD - 1958 – 1959

*Myer Bogard, MD - 1959 – 1960

*J. Keith Pickens, MD - 1960 – 1961

*Randall Connolly, MD - 1961 – 1962

*Don. S. Benson, MD - 1962 – 1963

*Joseph A. Smith, MD - 1963 – 1964

*Peter A. Haley, MD - 1964 – 1965

*Jack Leckie, MD - 1965 – 1966

*L. Dale Simmons, MD - 1966 – 1967

*Martha J. Coyner, MD - 1967 – 1968

*DelRoy R. Davis, MD - 1968 – 1969

*C. Carl Tully, MD - 1969 – 1970

*James E. Spargo, Jr., MD - 1970 – 1971

*Joe N. Jarrett, MD - 1971 – 1972

*Richard E. Flood, MD - 1972 – 1973

*Donald P. Brown, MD - 1973 – 1974

*William D. Crigger, MD - 1974 – 1975

*John W. Traubert, MD - 1975 – 1976

*Ray M. Kessel, MD - 1976 – 1977

*Marshall J. Carper, MD - 1977 – 1978

*Asel P. Hatfield, MD - 1978 – 1979

*Thomas P. Long, MD - 1979 – 1980

John L. Fullmer, MD - 1980 – 1981

*Thomas L. Ritz, MD - 1981 – 1982

*Robert D. Hess, MD - 1982 – 1983

A. Paul Brooks, MD - 1983 – 1984

*William H. Harriman, Jr., MD - 1984 – 1985

Joseph B. Reed, MD - 1985 – 1986

D. Dean Patton, MD - 1986 – 1986

Thomas G. Wack, Jr., MD - 1986 – 1987

Thomas G. Wack, Jr., MD - 1987 – 1988

*Jose Ricard, MD - 1988 – 1989

Wilbur Z. Sine, MD - 1989 – 1990

John E. Beane, MD - 1990 – 1991

*John V. Merrifield, MD - 1991 – 1992

*Michael J. Lewis, MD - 1992 – 1993

Dennis R. Niess, MD - 1993 – 1994

*John B. Walden, MD - 1994 – 1995

William L. Harris, MD - 1995 – 1996

Terry Elliot, MD - 1996 – 1997

*David Avery, MD - 1997 – 1998

*Linda Savory, MD - 1998 – 1999

Stephen Sebert, MD - 1999 – 2000

Brian W. MacAulay, MD - 2000 – 2001

*Harry D. Fortner, MD - 2001 – 2002

Anne Cather, MD - 2002 – 2003

Lester Labus, MD - 2003 – 2004

Kelly M. Pitsenbarger, MD - 2004 – 2005

*David R. Hess, MD - 2005 – 2006

Greenbrier Almond, MD - 2006 – 2007

Nancy Lohuis, MD, FAAFP - 2007 – 2008

R. Gregory Juckett, MD - 2008 – 2009

Carmen Rexrode, MD - 2009 – 2010

Sidney Jackson, MD - 2010 – 2011

*Michael Gibbs, MD - 2011 – 2012

Sarah Chouinard, MD - 2012 – 2013

John Parker, MD - 2013 – 2014

E. Robert Marks, MD - 2014 – 2015

Tracy Hendershot, MD, FAAFP - 2015 – 2016

Adam Breinig, DO, FAAFP - 2016 – 2017

Philip Galapon, MD, FAAFP - 2017 – 2018

Mary Ann Maurer, DO, FAAFP - 2018 – 2019

Sherri Young, DO, FAAFP - 2019 – 2020

Joanna Bailey, MD, FAAFP (Virtual President) - 2020 – 2021

Howard Lafferty, DO, FAAFP - 2021 – 2022

Joanna Bailey, MD, FAAFP - 2022 – 2023

Benjamin Silverberg, MD, MS, FAAFP - 2023 – 2024

* Deceased

These distinguished physicians have served in the office of President of the West Virginia Academy of Family Physicians and have given of their time, efforts, and devotion to this organization for the improvement of medical care to the people of our state.

To them, we are all indebted.