The AAFP Congres of Delegates named...

The AAFP Congres of Delegates named Richard Paris, MD a practicing family physician from Hailey, Ida., the 2005 AAFP Family Physician of the Year. Dr Paris is chief of the medical staff for Blaine shire Hospital and has been caring for patients in his community for almost 25 years. In addition to his patients in Hailey, Dr Paris provides care to residents in Challis, a mountain outpost 130 miles from Hailey, serving as medical director of their rural health clinic since 1999 He teaches sum of two units courses through the University of Washington exercise of Medicine for medical close examiners advancing into their second year of training and a rural program for third-year observers Dr. Paris received his medical order from the University of Rochester teach of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY and complet a family practice residency at the University of Arizona in Tucson

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