Kansas Family Physician of the Year
Eligibility:
- Nominee must be a member of the KAFP in good standing and currently practice family medicine in the state of Kansas.
Nomination Materials:
- The letter of nomination should include a brief summary of the person’s contribution this past year and why the member deserves this award.
- Nominee’s curriculum vitae.
- Two letters of recommendation.
Past Kansas Family Physician of the Year Recipients
2025 Belinda Vail MD, FAAFP (Kansas City)
2024 Jen Bacani McKenney, MD, FAAFP (Fredonia)
2023 Jen L. Brull (Plainville)
2022 Linda Bean, DO, FAAFP (Pittsburg)
2021 Drew Miller, MD, FAAFP (Lakin)
2020 Stacy Dashiell, MD, FAAFP (Sterling)
2019 John Eplee, MD, FAAFP (Atchison)
2018 Michael Machen, MD (Quinter)
2017 Jerry Niernberger, MD, FAAFP (Wichita)
2016 Charles Allred, MD (Salina)
2015 Rick Kellerman, MD, FAAFP (Wichita)
2014 Kevin Hoppock, MD (Wichita)
2013 Debra Doubek, MD, FAAFP (Manhattan)
2012 Deborah Haynes, MD, FAAFP (Wichita)
2011 Robert Jacoby II, MD, FAAFP (Topeka)
2010 Victor Nemechek, MD (Quinter)
2009 Duane Fredrickson, MD, FAAFP (Lindsborg)
2008 John Atkin, III, MD, FAAFP (Yates Center)
2007 Paul Davis, MD (Wichita)
2006 Robert Moser, MD, FAAFP (Tribune)
2005 Earl Merkel, MD, FAAFP (Russell)
2004 Jed Holmes, MD (Wichita)
2003 Rick Rajewski, MD, FAAFP (Hays)
2002 Jeff Atwood, MD (Wamego)
2001 Dennis Tietze, MD, FAAFP (Topeka)
2000 Richard Ohmart, MD, FAAFP (Oakley)
1999 F. Ronald Seglie, MD, FAAFP (Pittsburg)
1998 Richard Egelhof, MD, FAAFP (Wichita)
1997 Joseph Stech, MD, FAAFP (Andale)
1996 Don Goering, MD (Coldwater) NATIONAL RECIPIENT
1995 Walter Reazin, MD (Wichita)
1994 Roger Tobias, MD, FAAFP (Lyons)
1993 Thomas Simpson, MD (Sterling)
1992 Herbert Doubek, MD, FAAFP (Belleville)
1991 Charles Stephens, MD, FAAFP (Minneola)
1990 Larry Anderson, MD, FAAFP (Wellington)
Nominate a physician for Kansas Family Physician of the Year
Nominations for this year’s Kansas Family Physician of the Year is open through March 20, 2026.
