Associate Professor Kerwyn Flowers, D.O., and Assistant Professor Shermeeka Hogans-Mathews, M.D., of the Department of Family Medicine and Rural Health at Florida State University’s College of Medicine recently were awarded the degree of Fellow by the American Association of Family Physicians (AAFP).

Established in 1971, the AAFP Degree of Fellow recognizes members who have distinguished themselves among their colleagues, as well as in their communities, by their service to family medicine, their advancement of health care to the American people, and their professional development
                                               through medical education and research.

Fellows of the AAFP are recognized as champions of family medicine. They are the physicians who make family medicine the premier specialty in service to their community and profession. From a personal perspective, being a Fellow signifies additional work in your community, within organized medicine and teaching, and a greater commitment to continuing professional development and/or research.