INDIANAPOLIS – Richard D. Feldman, MD, has been reappointed
as a lay member of the Indiana General Assembly’s Interim Study Committee on
Public Health, Behavioral Health and Human Services.
Dr. Feldman is
director of the Franciscan St. Francis Health Family
Medicine Residency Program, which he has headed since 1981. He
also directs the hospital’s medical education program. He has held several elected appointments with the Indiana Academy
of Family Physicians (IAFP), the Indianapolis Medical Society and Indiana State
Medical Association.
In 2014, he received lifetime achievement
accolades from the IAFP and the Indiana Public Health Foundation.
An Indianapolis resident, he has served as president of the
Indiana Academy of Family Physicians (IAFP) and is past president of
the Indiana Medical History Museum.
Dr. Feldman served as Indiana State Health
Commissioner from 1997 to 2001, and he’s a featured editorial columnist for
the Indianapolis Star.