Baxley elected to national medical board

GREENVILLE, N.C.   (Sept. 12, 2013)   —   Dr. Elizabeth G. Baxley has been elected to the board of directors of the American Board of Family Medicine. 

Baxley is a professor of family medicine and senior associate dean for academic affairs at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. She will serve the ABFM on the Credentials Committee and the MC-FP (Maintenance of Certification-Family Practice) Committee.

Dr. Elizabeth Baxley

The ABFM is responsible for the board certification of family physicians in the United States.

During her career, Baxley has focused on health care delivery system redesign and teaching about patient safety and quality improvement. 

She will serve a five-year term.