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Dr. Kevin Creelman of Kodiak named 2009
Alaska Family Physicians of the Year!


 


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 familydoctor.org.

Each year the Alaska Academy of Family Physicians chooses from among its' members an Alaska Family Physician of the Year. The award is announced at the Annual Meeting of the Academy.

The Academy is presently soliciting for nominations of Family Physicians who have made a significant contribution to their Patients and Communities. The public is encouraged to submit nominations to the Academy for consideration. Nominations are due no later than May 1. Nominations should be submitted to the Alaska Academy of Family Physicians, P. O. Box 231793, Anchorage, AK 99523, fax 530 326-5612 or e-mailed to akafp@gci.net

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