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