Nominate a colleague now!

If you have a colleague you would like to nominate and are unsure if they are qualified by membership just reach out to Carletta at the SDAFP office and she will confirm eligibility.   If eligible, we need a letter of nomination and a current CV for the nominee.

Criteria for Selection:

1. Nominee must be an active member of the SDAFP, holding this membership for at least 15 years.
2. Nominee must be and have been actively engaged as a family physician in South Dakota, a majority of which time must have been in active practice.
3. Nominee must be certified and hold a current recertification certificate from the American Board of Family Medicine.
4. Nominee must be of good moral quality and standing, and hold an unrestricted license to practice medicine in South Dakota.

Other criteria for selection may include:

Medical Student and/or Resident Teaching; Publications; Clinical research; Other medical society activities; Community service; Public service; Religious activities; Family activities; Philanthropy

Please email carletta@sdafp.org with any questions or nominations.

• Craig Uthe, MD

  2024

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• Michael Holland, MD

  2023

• Susan Anderson, MD

  2022

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• Kevin Bjordahl, MD

  2021

• Scott Boyens, MD

  2020

• Aaron Shives, MD

  2019

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  2018	Jennifer Schriever, MD	Sioux Falls
  2017	Marlys Luebke, MD	Corsica
  2016	John Jones, MD	Chamberlain
  2015	Jerome Bentz, MD	Parkston
  2014	Tom Dean, MD	Wessington Springs
  2013	Richard Sample, MD	Madison
  2012	Dan Reiffenberger, MD	Watertown
  2011	Kurt Stone, MD	Rapid City
  2010	Earl Kemp, MD	Sioux Falls
  2008	Martin Christensen, MD	Mitchell
  2007	Robert Seidel, MD	Sioux Falls
  2006	Richard Honke, MD	Parkston
  2005	George Mangulis, MD	Philip
  2004	David Brechtelsbauer, MD	Sioux Falls
  2003	Clark Likness, MD	Watertown
  2001	Daniel Heinemann, MD	Canton
  2000	Tony Berg, MD	Winner
  1999	Stephan Schroeder, MD	Miller
  1998	Allen E. Nord, MD	Rapid City
  1997	J.D. Collins, MD	Mobridge
  1996	Thomas J. Huber, MD	Pierre
  1995	Richard Wake, MD	Brookings
  1994	Herbert A. Saloum, MD	Tyndall
  1993	Michael J. Brown, MD	Spearfish
  1992	Lawrence W. Finney, MD	Sioux Falls
  1990	Jerry L. Walton, MD	Sioux Falls
  1989	Loren H. Amundson, MD	Sioux Falls
  1988	Verlynn V. Volin. MD	Sioux Falls
  1987	John Stransky, MD	Watertown
  1986	G. Robert Bell, MD	DeSmet
  1985	Bruce C. Lushbough, MD	Brookings