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LAFP Board of Directors

LAFP Board of Directors 2011/12


District 1 (parishes: Orleans and St. Bernard)

Director: Sarat Raman, MD- New Orleans, LA          Alternate Director: Coleman Pratt, MD-New Orleans, LA


District 2 (parishes: Jefferson, Plaquemines, St. Charles, St. James and St. John the Baptist)

Director: Daniel Jens, MD - Mandeville, LA                   Alternate Director: Position Vacant


District 3A (parishes: Assumption, LaFourche, St. Mary, Terrebone)

Director: Melvin Bourgeois, MD - Morgan City, LA         Alternate Director: Jack Heidenreich, MD- Raceland, LA


District 3B (parishes: Evangeline, Iberia, Lafayette, Moss Bluff, St. Landry, St. Martin, Vermillion)

Director: Zeb Stearns, MD - Eunice, LA                   Alternate Director: Tim Viator, MD- Jeanerette, LA


District 4 (parishes: Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, DeSoto, Red River, Webster)

Director: Ricky Jones, MD - Shreveport, LA              Alternate Director: Gregory Bell, MD- Coushatta, LA


District 5 (parishes: Caldwell, Catahoula, Concordia, East Carroll, Franklin, Jackson, Lincoln, Madison, Morehouse, Ouachita, Richland, Tensas, Union, West Carroll)

Director: Tahir Quayyum, MD- Bastrop, LA         Alternate Director: William Ellerbe, MD- Columbia, LA


District 6A (parishes: Ascension, E. Baton Rouge, E. Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston, Pointe Coupee, W. Baton Rouge, W. Feliciana)

Director: James Taylor, MD - Livingston, LA      Alternate Director: Position Vacant


District 6B (parishes: St. Helena, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Washington)

Director: Richard Friend, MD- Bogalusa, LA                  Alternate Director: Chris Foret, MD- Frandlinton, LA


District 7 (parishes: Acadia, Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis)

Director: Jason Fuqua, MD- Sulphur, LA     Alternate Director: Charles Humphries, MD-Lake Charles, LA


District 8 (parishes: Avoyelles, LaSalle, Natchitoches, Rapides, Sabine, Vernon, Winn)

Director: Brian Elkins, MD - Alexandria, LA       Alternate Director: Kiranmaye Balapala, MD - Alexandria, LA


Directors at Large

Director: Admir Seferovi, MD          Alternate: Esther Holloway, MD


AAFP Delegates

Delegates: Cissy Picou, MD - Natchitoches, LA                          Russell Roberts, MD - Shreveport, LA
Alt. Delegates: Bryan Picou, MD- Natchitoches, LA                    James Campbell, MD- Kenner, LA 


Resident Board Member

Representative: Lacey Millet, MD- Sulphur, LA             Alt. Representative: Matt Delfino, MD-New Orleans, LA


Student Board Members

Representative:  Ronald Slipman, New Orleans, LA        Alt Representative: Larissa Thomas, New Orleans, LA