INDIANAPOLIS,
Indiana – Richard D. Feldman, MD, has been named as an at-large member of the
board of curators of the American Academy of Family Physicians’ Center of the
History of Family Medicine.
The three-year
appointment is effective July 1. In 2014, Dr. Feldman was the recipient of the Center's first Fellowship Award that supported
his writing of the book, Family
Practice
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 IAFP and is past president of
the Indiana Medical History Museum. He also is a lay
member of the Indiana General Assembly’s Interim Study Committee on Public
Health, Behavioral Health and Human Services.
Dr. Feldman served as
Indiana State Health Commissioner from 1997 to 2001, and he’s a featured
editorial columnist for the Indianapolis Star.
