The American Academy of Family Physicians has named Cathy Baldwin-Johnson, a R/UOP and WRITE ALASKA preceptor and a 1980 graduate of the UW School of Medicine, the 2002 Family Physician of the Year. The national award was presented this week at the Academy’s Congress of Delegates in Atlanta.
Baldwin-Johnson, who practices in Wasilla, Alaska, has been a UW clinical instructor since 1987. She has been a preceptor for several medical students in the Rural/Underserved Opportunities Program. From January to June of this year, she was one of the preceptors for Wasilla’s first WWAMI Rural Integrated Training Experience (WRITE) student.
After completing her residency training in the Swedish Family Medicine program, she returned to her home state of Alaska, where she has now practiced for more than 17 years. She founded and serves as volunteer medical director for The Children’s Place, an advocacy center for abused or neglected children. In addition, she holds a position with the Alaska Statewide Children’s Advocacy Center Working Group. She also serves on Alaska’s Matanasku-Susitna Valley Sexual Assault Response Team.
Baldwin-Johnson received the Alaska First Lady’s Award for outstanding volunteerism in 1999. The Alaska Academy of Family Practice selected her as the 2001 Alaska Family Physician of the Year. She practices at Providence Matanuska Health Care.
