NIPDD Faculty: The Academic Council

NIPDD is presented by the Academic Council, a group of seasoned program directors, many of whom hold or have held leadership positions within the RC-FM, AFMRD, AAFP, ABFM and other family medicine organizations.

The Academic Council is responsible for the coordination, supervision, and evaluation of the NIPDD's educational programs. Sponsored by the AFMRD, it reports to the AFMRD Board. Click on each name to read a biographical sketch.

Clark Denniston, MD
Academic Council Chair
Designated Institution Official for Graduate Medical Education
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC

Alan B. Douglass, MD, FAAFP
Clinical Professor
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Denver, CO

Marjorie Guthrie, MD
Program Director
St. Louis University (Southwest Illinois) Family Medicine Residency Program
O'Fallon, IL

Grant S. Hoekzema, MD, FAAFP
Chairman, Family Medicine
Sr. Associate Program Director
Mercy Family Medicine Residency
St. Louis, MO

Melissa Nothnagle, MD, MSc
Program Director
Natividad Family Medicine Residency
Salinas, CA

Stacy Potts, MD, MEd
Department Vice Chair of Education
University of Massachusetts Worcester Family Medicine
Worcester, MA

Amy Stevens, MD
Program Director
University of Tennessee Medical Center at Knoxville Program
Knoxville, TN

Karen Weaver, MD
Academic Chair and Program Director
Oakwood Annapolis Family Medicine Residency
Wayne, MI

Raj Woolever, MD, FAAFP
Program Director
Maine-Dartmouth Family Medicine Residency
Augusta, ME