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Dr. Kevin
Creelman of Kodiak named 2009 Alaska Family Physician of the Year
On June 13, 2009
at the Alaska Academy of Family Physicians Annual Scientific
Conference in Seward, Alaska, Academy President Mary Ann Foland M.D.
and lifetime Academy member John J. Smith MD presented Kevin Creelman
M.D. of Kodiak, the 2009 Alaska Family Physician of the Year award.
Dr. Creelman was
raised in Bremerton, Washington, received a degree in zoology at the
University of Washington in Seattle, then his medical diploma from
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York
City. After 3 years in the Public Health Service in Kotzebue and 3 in
an Anchorage multi-specialty clinic, Dr. Creelman moved to the rural
community of Kodiak Alaska where he has practiced for 27 years. He has
delivered over a thousand babies in the state and, in addition to a
busy clinic/hospital practice in Kodiak, covered a weekly 24 hour ER
shift for all of those years. During his years of practice in Kodiak
he has been physician member of Kodiak Red Cross; supervisor of local
EMT’s; medical director of PA clinics in Sand Point, Cold Bay, and the
Afognak Logging Company; and provided free weekly foot care clinics to
Kodiak Senior Center. He is past chief-of-staff of the Kodiak
hospital and a past president of the Alaska Academy of Family
Physicians. He has recently been named Assistant Clinical Professor
of Family Medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine.
He has repeatedly
demonstrated his compassion and ability in treating his patients as
well as in teaching medical students. Dr. Creelman received many
nominations from colleagues and patients. One nomination stated
“Kodiak offers the chance to provide care to a diverse ethnic group of
patients. Dr. Creelman does this in both his practice and in the
emergency room at the local hospital with compassion, diagnostic
diligence and respect.” Another nomination summed up the community’s
love of Dr. Creelman saying “Dr. Creelman is dedicated to the patients
of his practice and to the Kodiak community. Kodiak is fortunate to
call him our own.”
The Family
Physician of the Year Award is the
highest honor given to a member of the Alaska Academy of Family
Physicians. The winner is truly the best of the best. The criteria for
this award are (1) to be a compassionate, caring family physician, (2)
have engaged in community involvement that enhances the quality of
life in his/her home area, and (2) provides a credible role model as a
healer and human being to his/her community, and as a professional in
the science and art of medicine to colleagues, other health
professionals, and especially to young physicians in training and
medical students.
The Alaska
Academy of Family Physicians is a state chapter of the American
Academy of Family Physicians
which was founded in 1947, the AAFP represents more than 94,600
physicians and medical students nationwide. It is the only medical
society devoted solely to primary care. Family medicine’s cornerstone
is an ongoing, personal patient-physician relationship focused on
integrated care. To learn more about the AAFP and about the specialty
of family medicine, please visit
aafp.org.
For more information about health care, health conditions, and
wellness, please visit
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