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LAFP Leadership

LAFP Executive Committee

The Louisiana Academy of Family Physicians is the state's largest primary care medical specialty society. Family physicians are unique because they are trained and qualified to treat up to 90 percent of all conditions and care for all family members: men, women, the elderly, and children of all ages.
President
David Euans, MD
David Euans, MD, is the Residency Director at East Jefferson General Hospital Family Practice Residency Program and a Clinical Associate Professor at Tulane University Medical Center, School of Medicine, Department of Family and Community Medicine. He is a 1974 graduate of University of Michigan School of Medicine in Ann Arbor, MI. Dr. Euans completed his residency in Family Practice at Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital in Greensboro, NC. Dr. Euans has received the Degree of Fellow of American Academy of Family Physicians as well as served as a Diplomat to the National Board of Medical Examiners. He is also a Diplomat to the American Board of Family Practice and has received the Certificate of Added Qualifications in Geriatric Medicine.     

Dr. Euans is an active member of the American Academy of Family Physicians, the Louisiana Academy of Family Physicians and the Louisiana State Medical Society.   

President-Elect
Mark Dawson, MD
Mark Dawson, MD, MBA, is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Family Medicine in the Family Practice Residency Program based at Lake Charles Memorial Hospital in Lake Charles, La. He oversees Pediatrics and Pain Management in the Family Practice Residency Program at Lake Charles Memorial Hospital in the LSUHSC School of Medicine's Department of Family Medicine. He is a graduate of Louisiana State University School of Medicine-New Orleans. He completed a Family Medicine residency at W.O. Moss Regional Hospital in Lake Charles, La., and a pediatrics residency at Earl K. Long Hospital in Baton Rouge. Dr. Dawson is certified by the American Board of Family Practice and the American Board of Pediatrics. In addition, he has a master's in business administration from LSU, adding knowledge of business to the residency program.

Dr. Dawson is married with four daughters and enjoys LSU basketball and equestrian sports.   

Vice President
Bryan Picou, MD
Bryan Picou, MD, is Family Physician who has been practicing in Natchitoches since 1988 as owner of the Family Medical Clinic of Natchitoches. Dr. Picou attended medical school at Louisiana State University in New Orleans, LA, and completed his residency at E.A. Conway Hospital in Monroe, LA, where he served as Chief Resident in from 1987-1988. He presently serves as a Preceptor for LSU Medical School New Orleans, Tulane Medical School and LSUHSC-Shreveport. He accepts students at all levels with in these schools. Dr. Picou has been a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians since 1985 and received the AAFP Degree of Fellow in 1996. Dr. Picou has served on the Louisiana Academy of Family Physicians' Operations Committee as well as was a founding member of the LaFamPac. In 2006, Dr. Picou was elected as LAFP President and in 2007, served as LAFP Foundation President. Dr. Picou is presently an Alternate Delegate to the AAFP Congress. 

Dr. Picou is a member of the Louisiana State Medical Society, and the Natchitoches Parish Medical Society in which he served as President from 1998-2004. Dr. Picou is marred to Marguerite "Cissy" Picou, MD, in which he shares his private practice with. The Picou's also have three children and one grandchild.  

Secretary
Brian Elkins, MD
Dr Elkins is a 1992 Magna Cum Laude graduate of LSU. His medical education was at LSUHSC-Shreveport 1992-1996.  He was awarded membership in Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society. Dr Elkins was an outstanding resident and served as chief resident at In His Image Family Practice Residency in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He became a member of the LSUHSC-Shreveport Family Medicine Residency in Alexandria in 1999. As the physician for the Rapides Children’s Advocacy Center, he has examined approximately 100 children for child abuse. At LSU-Shreveport Family Medicine Residency Program in Alexandria he became Associate Program Director in 2002 and Program Director in 2005. He is active in the medical staff of Rapides Regional Medical Center. He is presently a member of the Medical Executive Committee and chairs the Performance Improvement Committee and Medical Records Committee.

Dr Elkins has an active private life. He is a deacon in his church, is a tenor in the Red River Chorale, and is an avid runner. He and his lovely wife Barbara are raising 4 children. The most recent addition, Faith, was adopted from an orphanage in China.
 
Treasurer
Herbert Muncie, MD
Herbert L. Muncie Jr., MD, is a Professor of Family Medicine and Director of the Section of Predoctoral Education in the Department of Family Medicine.  After completing a bachelor's degree in pre-med at the University of Georgia, Dr. Muncie received his MD from the Medical College of Georgia in 1971. He completed a Family Medicine residency at University of Maryland Hospital, where he served as chief resident, as well as a fellowship in Family Medicine. He is board-certified in Family Medicine and Addiction Medicine, with a certificate of added qualifications in Geriatrics.  Before joining the LSU faculty, Dr. Muncie served as Chairman of the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.

Immediate Past President
Alan LeBato, MD
Dr. LeBato is an Assistant Professor of Family Medicine and Director of the Family Medicine Residency Program at Lake Charles Memorial Hospital in Lake Charles, La. He is a 1983 graduate of LSU School of Medicine in Shreveport. He completed his residency at the W.O. Moss Regional Family Practice Residency, where he served as chief resident in his third year. Dr. LeBato has been active in the American Academy of Family Physicians and is a Diplomate and Fellow of the American Board of Family Medicine. Dr. LeBato worked in private practice for 14 years, and his practice in Sulphur, La., encompassed the full range of a family physician, including obstetrics, endoscopy, and other procedures. Dr. LeBato became program director in 1997 and continues to maintain private patients in the LSU Family Practice Center and teach procedural skills to residents.

He is past president of the Calcasieu Parish Medical Society and the West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital and Lake Charles Memorial Hospital staff. He is a member of the President's Council Advisory Board for Lake Charles Memorial Hospital.  Dr. LeBato is married with three children and enjoys tennis, jogging, hunting, and fishing.