Health Promotion & Disease Prevention | North Carolina Academy of Family Physicians

Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

The council addresses all issues related to Health Promotion, Disease Prevention, and Chronic Disease Treatments. If a vacancy exists on any of the state agencies listed, Council Members may have an opportunity to be considered for appointment. The group will be asked to review and provide information related to the work of the following agencies:

NC Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Task Force
Governor's Council on Physical Fitness and Health
Governor's Task Force for Healthy Carolinians
Osteoporosis Task Force
Governor's Advocacy Council for Persons with Disabilities
Health and Wellness Trust Fund Commission
NC Prevention Partners

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Chairperson

Jessica Schorr Saxe, MD

Members

M.A. Bhatti, MD, MPH

Mott Parks Blair, IV, MD

Paula Adriana Breit, MD

Marjory Cannon, MD

Heather Carroll

C. Franklin Church, MD

Donald Clarke, MD

Elizabeth Dewey, MD

Katrina E P Donahue, MD

Erwin Bruce Elliston, MD

Robert Falge, MD

Conrad Flick, MD

Gregory K. Griggs, MPA, CAE

Marc Francis Guerra, MD

Douglas I. Hammer, MD

Al Nelson Hawks, Jr., MD

Mark Heffington, MD

Virginia A. Hemelt, MD

Stephen Hulkower, MD

Michelle F. Jones, MD

Victoria S. Kaprielian, MD

Thomas F. Koinis, MD

Joseph C. Konen, MD

Laura Marie Lawson, DO

David C. Luoma, MD

Thomas S. Marlowe, MD

Robert H McConville, Jr, MD

Ofelia Melley, MD

George H. Moore, Jr., MD

Thomas Newton, MD

Martha Gabriel Peck, MD

Jennifer Benjamina Phifer, MD

Marcus Plescia, MD

John Carson Rounds, MD

Arletty Del Pilar Smith, MD

Christopher Snyder, MD

David W. Swayne, MD

R.W. Watkins, MD

Thomas R. White, MD

Lawrence R. Wu, MD

Thomas Zuber, MD, MBA