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On Feb. 22, longtime NCAFP member Dr. Robert Earl Lane (pictured) received the Order of the Longleaf Pine, the state’s highest honor! Dr. Lane received the award from former NC senator Bob Steinberg, and NCAFP Exec. VP and CEO Greg Griggs made brief remarks about Dr. Lane’s decades of committed medical care for Perquimans County. “No matter how his work as a physician has changed, Dr. Lane has always put his patients and his community first,” Greg said.
Dr. Lane has practiced medicine since 1973 and opened his own practice, Coastal Carolina Family Practice, in the mid-1980s. In 2013, the NCAFP awarded him the Family Physician of the Year Award for his service. At the time, Dr. Lane stated, “During these years, I have experienced the full scope of medicine (delivering babies, caring for them, doing emergency, general and critical care medicine along with some surgery). In retrospect of my life and my chosen profession, I can say without reservation that I wouldn't change a thing. All these years caring for families and taking care of our community have made my life and my practice of medicine complete.” Congratulations to Dr. Lane!
The North Carolina Academy of Family Physicians, Inc. (NCAFP) is a nonprofit professional association headquartered in Raleigh which represents over 4,300 family physicians, family medicine residents, and medical students across the state. It is the largest medical specialty association in North Carolina and is a constituent chapter of the American Academy of Family Physicians, based in Leadwood, KS.
