Michigan Academy of Family Physicians Announces New Board Leadership

Michigan Academy of Family Physicians (MAFP), the state’s largest specialty physician organization, has announced its 2025–2026 Board of Directors, effective July 19. Comprising experienced and emerging leaders from across the state, the board is tasked with guiding the organization’s mission to support family physicians and advocate for accessible, high-quality primary care.

Officers:

• Chair: Rachel Klamo, DO, MS, FAAFP (Oxford)
• President: Bashar Yalldo, MD, FAAFP (Howell)
• President-elect: Brandon Karmo, DO, FAAFP (Farmington Hills)
• Vice President: Kristi VanDerKolk, MD, FAAFP (Kalamazoo)
• Speaker: Delicia Pruitt, MD, MPH, FAAFP (Saginaw)
• Treasurer: Christopher Milback, MD, MBA, FAAFP (Detroit)

• Chief Executive Officer: Karlene Ketola, MSA, CAE (Okemos)

AAFP Delegates:

• Delegate: Mustafa 'Mark' Hamed, MD, MBA, MPH, FAEMS, FAAFP (Sandusky, Detroit)
• Delegate: Srikar Reddy, MD, FAAFP (Eastpointe)
• Alternate Delegate: Glenn Dregansky, DO, FAAFP (Jerome)
• Alternate Delegate: Beena Nagappala, MD, MPH, FAAFP (Clinton Township)

At-Large Directors:

• Arti Madhavan, MD, MBA, FAAFP (Farmington Hills)
• Holli Neiman-Hart, MD, FAAFP (Battle Creek)
• Raymond Rion, MD (Ann Arbor)
• Susan Stevens, DO, FAAFP (Livonia)
• Teniesha Wright-Jones, DO, FACOFP, FAAFP (Southfield)
• Vince Winkler-Prins, MD, FAAFP (Petoskey)
• Peter Ziemkowski, MD, FAAFP (Kalamazoo)
• Christopher Hopper, MD, PscPH, FAIHM (Allen Park)
• Kari Beth Watts, DO, FAAFP (Kalamazoo)
• Frank Animikwam, MD (Petoskey)

• Lindsay Martin-Engel, MD, MPH, FAAFP (Birmingham)

Resident Representative:

• Samantha Huang, MD (Alma)

Student Representative:

• Blaine Teahan (Lansing)

MAFP’s Board reflects the geographic, professional, and generational diversity of Michigan’s family medicine community, united by a shared commitment to improving the health and well-being of patients across the state.