Local Chapter Information
The MAFP has 12 local chapters, each with its own officers.
To get involved in your local chapter or find out about the
next meeting, call the president or director of your local chapter.
The MAFP office can provide specific phone numbers or email addresses.
Local Chapter Map
The local chapter boundaries follow Minnesota county lines with
three exceptions which occur in the southwest, west central, and
around Duluth.
Central Chapter
(Stearns, Wright, Sherburne, Isanti, Chisago, Benton, Mille Lacs, Kanabec, Aitkin, Crow Wing, and Cass Counties, including the portion of Morrison County north and east of Hwy. 10)
Glenn Nemec, M.D., Monticello, President
Mary Berg, D.O., Sartell, Vice President
Greg Anderle, D.O., Cambridge, Secretary/Treasurer
Glenn Nemec, M.D., Monticello, Director
Ted Trueblood, M.D., Aitkin, Alternate Director
Heart of the Lakes Chapter
(Wilkin, Clay, Becker, the portion of Otter Tail County north and east of Hwy. 10, Wadena, Hubbard, Norman, and Mahnomen Counties)
Paul Hendrickson, M.D., Detroit Lakes, President
Brad Refsland, M.D., Detroit Lakes, Secretary/Treasurer
Robert Koshick, Jr., M.D., Detroit Lakes, Director
West Metro Chapter
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(Anoka, Carver, Hennepin and Scott Counties)
Pamela Dumke, M.D., Maple Grove, President
Amy Bonifas, M.D. - Director
Lake Superior Chapter
(Cook, Lake, the SE corner of St. Louis, Carlton, and Pine Counties)
Mark Boyce, M.D., Hermantown, President
Betsy Schwartz, M.D., Proctor, President-Elect
Beth Mork, M.D., Cloquet, Vice President
Nicole Hecimovich Schaefer, M.D., Duluth, Secretary/Treasurer
Carol Farchmin, M.D., Duluth, Director
Christopher Thiessen, M.D., Moose Lake, Alternate Director
Lake of the Woods Chapter
(Polk, Red Lake Clearwater, Beltrami, Pennington, Marshall, Kittson, Roseau, and Lake of the Woods Counties)
Director - Robert Rutka, M.D., Bemidji
Minnesota Valley Chapter
(Redwood, Renville, McLeod, Meeker, Kandiyohi, Chippewa, Swift, Lac Qui Parle, and Big Stone Counties, and the portion of Yellow Medicine County east of Hwy. 59)
Alan Olson, M.D., Redwood Falls, Director, President and Treasurer
Richard Horecka, M.D., Benson, Alternate Director
Park Region Chapter
(Traverse, Stevens, Pope, Grant, Douglas, and Todd Counties and all of Otter Tail County excluding the portion north of Hwy. 10, and including the portion of Morrison County west and south of Hwy. 10)
Philip Stoyke, M.D., Long Prairie, Director
Bruce Ver Steeg, M.D., Fergus Falls, Secretary/Treasurer
East Metro Chapter
(Dakota, Ramsey and Washington Counties)
Mark Bogel, M.D., North St. Paul, President
Paul Chlebeck, M.D., West St. Paul Vice President
Thomas Scheider, M.D., Woodbury, Treasurer
Karen Karlinski, M.D., Hugo, Director
Jane Flad, M.D., Inver Grove Heights, Alternate Director
Range Chapter
(Itasca, Koochiching, and northern St. Louis County, excluding
Duluth)
Cathy Cleary, M.D., Grand Rapids, Director
Phillip Holmes, M.D., Nashwauk, MN, Alternate Director
Southeast Chapter
(Houston, Fillmore, Mower, Dodge, Olmstead, Winona, Wabasha, and Goodue Counties)
Gregory Angstman, M.D., Cannon Falls, President and Director
Jennifer Horn-Ommen, M.D., Rochester, Secretary/Treasurer
Southern Chapter
(Rice, Le Sueur, Sibley, Nicollet, Brown, Watonwan, Blue Earth, Waseca, Steele, Freeborn, Faribault, and Martin Counties)
John McCabe, M.D., Mankato, President
Caroline Baerg, M.D., Mankato, Secretary/Treasurer
Southwest Chapter
(Rock, Nobles, Jackson, Cottonwood, Murray, Pipestone, Lincoln, and bounded on the north by Yellow Medicine county and on the east by Hwy. 59 to where it meets the northern county line of Lyon)
William Kremer, Jr., M.D., Marshall, President
Thomas Odland, M.D., Marshall, President-Elect/Treasurer
Mohammed T. Fareed, M.D., Tracy, Director
Sundara Nalla, M.D., Worthington, Alternate Director