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Family Physician of the Year

The Nominations Committee urges all LAFP members to consider their colleagues and submit a nomination for the Louisiana Family Physician of the Year (FPOY) Award. This award is one of the LAFP's highest honors. Help us bring recognition and visibility to a deserving family physician that serves and benefits the profession, the specialty and the community. Click here for criteria. The 2011 nominating period has passed but 2012 nominations will begin in January of 2012.

Special Note
The Louisiana Academy Family Physician of the Year will automatically become the LAFP’s nominee for the AAFP Family Physician of the Year award in the following year.

2011 Family Physician of the Year- Kim Edward LeBlanc, MD, PhD
Baton Rouge, LA. – The Louisiana Academy of Family Physicians (LAFP) was proud to honor Kim Edward LeBlanc, MD, PhD, as its 2011 LAFP Family Physician of the Year on Saturday, August 6, at the Awards and Installation Ceremony held in New Orleans, LA.  This award recognizes Dr. LeBlanc’s years of service to his patients, his dedication to Family Medicine and his contributions to developing and improving the profession for future physicians and their patients.  Letters of endorsement were received from patients, colleagues and friends who have known Dr. LeBlanc for numerous years, where he has been delivering health care to the State of Louisiana.

Dr. LeBlanc is the Marie Lahasky Professor and Head of the Department of Family Medicine at LSUHSC School of Medicine – New Orleans. He is also the Director of Rural Education for the School of Medicine, overseeing the Rural Scholars Track, and a Professor in the Department of Orthopedics.

Dr. LeBlanc, a 1978 graduate of LSU School of Medicine-Shreveport, trained in Family Medicine at W.O. Moss Regional Medical Center in Lake Charles, La., and obtained a Ph.D. in 1998 from LSU in Exercise Physiology. He is board-certified in Family Medicine and holds a Certificate of Added Qualifications in Sports Medicine. Dr. LeBlanc practiced Family Medicine and Primary-Care Sports Medicine in rural Breaux Bridge, La., for nearly twenty years prior to joining the LSU faculty full-time. He also served as Program Director of the LSU Family Medicine Residency Program at University Medical Center in Lafayette, La.

Dr. LeBlanc is a fellow of both the American Academy of Family Physicians and the American College of Sports Medicine. He has served on the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners since 2000. In addition, he serves on the U.S. Medical Licensing Examination Step 3 Committee, the Board of Directors of the National Board of Medical Examiners, and the Board of Directors of the Accreditation Council of Continuing Medical Education. He is a Past President of the Louisiana Academy of Family Physicians. As the LAFP’s Family Physician of the Year, Dr. LeBlanc will automatically be submitted in the running for the AAFP Family Physician of the Year award. Congratulations Dr. LeBlanc!

Past Family Physician of the Year Recipients
Gerald C. Keller, MD - 1980
David M. Carlton, MD - 1981
George B. Mowad, MD - 1982
Donald Haynes, MD - 1983
Dennis LaRavia, MD - 1984
James F. Gladney, MD - 1984
Lucien Simpson, MD - 1986*
Merlin Allen, MD - 1987*
Trenton L. James, MD - 1988
Filmore P. Bordelon, MD - 1989*
Vance Byars, MD - 1990*
Gerald C. Keller, MD - 1991
Eli Sorkow, MD - 1992*
George Mowad, MD - 1993*
John Bernard, MD - 1993
Robert St. Amant, MD - 1995
Michael O. Fleming, MD - 1996
E.  Edward Martin, Jr., MD - 1997
H.F.M. “Flood” Garrett, MD - 1998*
Doyle Hamilton, MD - 1999*
Donnie Batie, MD - 2000
Wayne LaHaye, MD - 2001
George L. Risinger, MD - 2002
Harold L. Ishler, Jr., MD - 2003
John H. Haynes, Jr., MD - 2004
Donald Givler, MD—2005
Richard R. Michel, MD—2006
John Fleming, MD—2007
Brian Elkins, MD- 2008
Michael Madden, MD- 2009
Michael Harper, MD- 2010
*Deceased