Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

Redwood Falls Doctor Elected Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians President-Elect

April 26, 2010

(St. Louis Park)— Alan Olson, M.D., has been elected president-elect of the Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians (MAFP). Dr. Olson, a family physician with Affiliated Community Medical Centers - Redwood Falls, was elected to the position last week at the MAFP’s 64^th Annual Meeting.

As president-elect, Dr. Olson will serve as a member of the Board of Directors and as an ex-officio member of all committees and task forces. In addition to these duties, he will assume the duties of the president and vice president in their absence and at the discretion of the board of directors. He will be installed as MAFP President next year.

The Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians is a professional association of approximately 3,000 family physicians, family medicine residents and medical students established to assist family physicians in providing quality medical care in Minnesota. The MAFP is the largest specialty organization in Minnesota and is a state chapter of the American Academy of Family Physicians, the largest medical specialty organization in the United States, with more than 90,000 members.