FMEC Board of TrusteesFMEC Board Member-at-Large Vacancies For more information and how to apply, contact Scott Allen at [email protected]. 2026 FMEC Board Meeting Schedule Executive Committee
 Heather L. Paladine, MD Dr. Paladine is a family physician who lives and practices in Manhattan, New York, where she is the residency program director at the New York Presbyterian - Columbia Family Medicine Residency Program. She supervises residents and medical students and treats a predominantly Latino, low-income patient population. She focuses on women's health, including maternity care and reproductive health. In addition to her work on the FMEC board, she is a member of the boards of directors of the New York State Academy of Family Physicians and the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine. She believes that the United States needs a health care system based on primary care and that the public must learn more about family medicine to pave the way.
Molly Talley Molly Talley joined PAFP in 2003 as the lead staff liaison to residents and students. A non-physician, Molly brings a professional background in behavioral health, marketing and association management. With PAFP, Molly helped build a network of Pennsylvania's Family Medicine residency programs and medical schools to collaborate on the effort to strengthen student interest in Family Medicine and build initiatives to support the professional development of residents. Throughout her tenure, Molly has presented at medical schools and residency programs, regional and national conferences on topics related to Family Medicine, leadership and advocacy, and strengthening the workforce pipeline. She values collaboration with like-minded organizations like FMEC, AAFP, Primary Care Progress, and other primary care advocacy organizations to build coalitions and amplify our message. Together we are stronger.  Immediate Past President Drexel University College of Medicine Philadelphia, PA Leon McCrea II, MD, MPH, FAAFP, serves as the Deborah J. Tuttle, MD, and John P. Piper, MD Vice Dean for Educational Affairs at Drexel University College of Medicine. A dedicated leader in medical education, Dr. McCrea is recognized for his efforts to advance inclusive excellence in academic medicine. He works collaboratively to implement best practices for promoting educational innovation workforce development within the College of Medicine and its biomedical sciences programs. Dr. McCrea’s mission is to create an environment where learners and faculty are prepared to lead healthcare innovation across all educational domains. Dr. McCrea is an associate professor in the Department of Family, Community & Preventive Medicine and has served in multiple leadership roles, including as the Program Director for the Family Medicine Residency and the Drexel Pathway to Medical School (DPMS) programs. Through these roles, he focused on developing competency-based curricula, supporting learners who been personally impacted by health care disparities, socioeconomic or educational barriers, and fostering mentorship to advance the next generation of healthcare leaders. He is also a proponent of integrating novel technologies into medical education to enhance learning and evaluation. A graduate of Brown University, where he earned his degree in Human Biology, Dr. McCrea went on to complete his MD and Master of Public Health degrees at the University of Pittsburgh. He trained in Family Medicine at Crozer-Keystone Health System. Dr. McCrea is a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians (FAAFP) and board-certified in Family Medicine. His clinical interests span women’s health, adolescent medicine, contraception, men’s health, and office-based procedures. He currently serves on the Review Committee for Family Medicine for the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). Outside of his professional achievements, Dr. McCrea and his wife Nikki recently celebrated 18 years of marriage. He is a proud "girl dad" to their two daughters, ages 14 and 16. Balancing his personal and professional commitments, Dr. McCrea remains an exemplar of organizational innovation in medical education, preparing learners and faculty to lead in an evolving healthcare landscape. Board Members
Dr. Bode Adebambo is a Professor of Family Medicine at Case Western Reserve University and serves in inner city Cleveland as an advocate for health equity. Her career reflects a commitment to addressing the needs of communities disproportionately impacted by structural inequities, with a particular focus on urban and immigrant populations. Through the integration of narrative learning and spiral learning theory, Dr. Adebambo highlights systemic inequities within healthcare environments. She fosters dialogue around bias and microaggressions, while promoting allyship and a collaborative culture across the healthcare workforce.
Maya Bass, MD, MA, FAAFP
Donald Beckstead, MD, FAAFP
Uchenna Emeche, MD
Dr. Emeche is a graduate of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, OH and traveled south for residency at Lancaster General Hospital in PA. There, she developed an interest in caring for people frequently hospitalized and later integrated a biopsychosocial lens to providing holistic health care while in fellowship. During her Healthcare Hot-spotting and Super-Utilizer aka population health fellowship, she studied and successfully implemented data to both identify opportunities for health care improvement and innovation and to track programmatic progress (and pivot accordingly). After fellowship, she took on the role of Associate Medical Director at the Medstar Franklin Square Family Health Center where she led their Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) initiatives. There, she also established the resident PDSA/quality improvement projects, group visits to reduce pediatric obesity rates, and the interdisciplinary team caring for medically complex, high-risk patients. Her work centered around primary care redesign, population health, process improvement, care of the complex patient, cross sector partnership, and women's health/obstetrics. She recently left full-time medicine to create a company that designs healthy neighborhoods through real estate and economic development. She uses her population health skillset to create healthy mixed-use and mixed-income neighborhoods where "people and business thrive".
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Dennis Gingrich, MD Dr. Gingrich’s introduction to FMEC was at its very first formative conference in Lancaster, Pa. in 1992, and he has attended most of the meetings since that time! He retired in 2020 after 35 years on faculty at Penn State, teaching, advising, and in community practice in his hometown of Hershey. He has served on the boards of the AAFP, the AAFP Foundation, the Center for the History of Family Medicine, the Pennsylvania Medical Society, and as president and board chair of the Pennsylvania Academy of Family Physicians. In addition to FMEC, he currently serves on the boards of a local CCRC, his church, and the Southcentral Pennsylvania AHEC. He is still engaged with Penn State on the Admissions committee, in working with affiliated pre-medical students interested in primary care, and in teaching a course for medical students on the history of medicine. He is active in community and church service, writing, promoting the relevance and importance of family medicine, and enjoying the friendships of inspiring people.
Sarah Inés Ramírez, MD Dr. Sarah Inés Ramírez graduated from Ross University School of Medicine in 2011 and completed her Family Medicine Internship and Residency at MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center in 2014. She then completed a fellowship in Women’s Health/Obstetrics at the University of Illinois in Peoria, IL in 2015. As a surgically trained Family Physician, Dr. Ramirez’s scope of practice includes high risk obstetrical care and C-sections. She then joined Penn State Health Hershey Medical Center in 2016 and as an academic Family Physician her scope of work includes medical education and curriculum development. Since joining the Department of Family and Community Medicine at Penn State, Dr. Ramirez has built a local, regional, and national reputation in the areas of health equity for underserved populations and has grant funded work focused on culturally responsive health care curriculum and empathy formation in learners. She has published on a medical student interpreter training program as a strategy to developing humanism and developed curriculum for medical students and physician assistant students at the Penn State College of Medicine with focus on Culturally Responsive Health Care. She has also developed curriculum for health professions college students in Pennsylvania. She has been a guest speaker locally and nationally on topics of health equity for minority populations. Read More
Robert J. Motley, MD, MHCDS
Martha Seagrave RN, PA-C Martha is a Professor at the UVM Larner College of Medicine and serves as Director of Medical Student Programs in Family Medicine. She has presented regionally and nationally on topics from novel approaches to curricula, care of challenged populations and more recently on AI in Medical Education. She remains steadfastly committed to rural primary care and increasing the family medicine workforce. She has been an active member of FMEC for many years, bringing many students to the Annual Meeting where she has seen their passion for Family Medicine grow. It is her greatest sense of pride when her students comment that attendance at FMEC was a pivotal moment in their career development. She has served as a reviewer on the Planning Committee since 2010 and has served on the Host Committee and joined the Board of Trustees in 2022. As a health educator, Physician Assistant and Registered Nurse, she appreciates the opportunity to work with such a collaborative and motivated organization. Her clinical site is in Student Health where she provides comprehensive health care to students and enjoys working with students to optimize their physical and mental health and self-confidence.
Dr. Weaver-Agostoni is the Director of the ACGME-accredited and Osteopathically Recognized Family Medicine Residency Program. She currently serves as President of the Pennsylvania Osteopathic Family Physician Society (POFPS), is Co-Chair of the UPMC GME Accreditation, Review and Quality Committee, and is an Associate Professor at the University of Pittsburgh. Prior to her appointment as director, Dr. Weaver-Agostoni served as the director of the Osteopathic Family Medicine Residency Program and director of Pre-Doctoral Education. She joined the faculty after having completed a two-year faculty development fellowship with the University of Pittsburgh Department of Family and Community Medicine, UPMC St. Margaret’s Hospital. During that time, she also earned her Master of Public Health from the University of Pittsburgh. Originally from Indiana, Pennsylvania, she graduated from Indiana University of Pennsylvania in 1998 and earned her Doctor of Osteopathy from Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine in Erie, Pennsylvania in 2002. She completed her Family Medicine Residency at the Western Pennsylvania Hospital in 2005.
Taylor Rider, DO, MS Taylor J Rider, DO is currently a PGY-1 at the UPMC Williamsport Family Medicine Residency. A graduate of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, she is a proud proponent of the osteopathic philosophy and practice. While non-traditional, her journey to family medicine underscores the distinctions of the specialty that entice many to join the cause. She cites her attendance at the FMEC Annual Meeting as a third-year medical student as an experience that clinched her love of the specialty. Her career interests include rural, full-spectrum compassionate care, osteopathic manipulative therapy (OMT), and graduate medical education. As the Resident Member to the FMEC Board of Trustees, Taylor looks forward to engaging regional family medicine leaders and learners in networking and mentorship opportunities to foster individual and specialty-wide success.
Hannah Clarke, MPH
Jessica P. Cerdeña, MD, PhD envisions a future of whole-person, community-oriented primary care for all people. She is currently a family medicine resident at Middlesex Health in Connecticut and received her medical degree and doctorate in medical anthropology from Yale University. Her scholarship centers on racism in medicine, migrant health, and social genetics. As an educator, advocate, scholar, and family physician, Jes will continue to dedicate her personal and professional life to pursuing health justice for her patients and community. She is honored to serve on the FMEC Board of Trustees.
Senya Huda Senya Huda is a Long Island native who attends the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. Since the beginning of her journey in the medical field, she has held the belief that a doctor who addresses all facets of a patient's health is essential to personalized medical care. This led her to appreciate the unique role of family medicine practitioners, who focus on holistically treating the whole individual, and expose her classmates to the field through hands-on skills workshops and physician panels. Through her position on the Board, Senya looks forward to sharing her enthusiasm for the field and continuing to foster an environment where students can engage with mentors and peers who share a passion for family medicine. |
