Timeline of Dr. Lynn Carmichael's Contributions to Family Medicine

1965
(January 4): Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) published "Teaching Family Medicine," Dr. Carmichael's seminal work on the discipline.

1965
Carmichael established the first Family Medicine residency program at the University of Miami, serving as founding chair of Family Medicine until 1996.

1966
Carmichael and Leland Blanchard, MD, were hired by Bill Ruhe to develop family practice after publication of reports by two independent AMA groups:  Meeting the Challenge of Family Practice, known as the "Willard Report," and The Graduate Education of Physicians, known as the "Millis Report."

1967
(October 27): Dr. Carmichael served as one of the founding members of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM), which was organized at a meeting in New York City and attended by 45 educators in Family Medicine.

1968
(November 1): At the third organizational meeting in Houston, STFM's bylaws were adopted, and Dr. Carmichael was elected STFM's first (founding) President.

1972
STFM became a member of the AAMC Council of Academic Societies. Lynn Carmichael, MD, and F. Marian Bishop, PhD, MSPH, were named the first CAS representatives from the STFM.

1976
Dr. Carmichael was awarded the Thomas W. Johnson Award for Career Contributions to Family Medicine Education from the American Academy of Family Physicians.

1979
(January): STFM's official scholarly journal, Family Medicine Teacher, was established with Dr. Carmichael as founding editor.

1997
Carmichael was elected to the Institute of Medicine (IOM).

2000
Dr. Carmichael attended the Keystone III Conference, contributing the article "'Is Where We Are Where We Were Going?': A Dialogue of Two Generations" with Susan Schooley, MD, to the conference proceedings.