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About the Coastal Research Group

The mission of the Coastal Research Group is to conduct research in the academic discipline of family medicine and primary health care delivery, to encourage improvements in community and family centered health care delivery, to record and preserve the history of the family medicine movement, to diffuse information through appropriate publications, to conduct policy analysis and to conduct appropriate conferences and workshops consistent with the organization's purposes.

The Articles of Incorporation of the Coastal Research Group were filed July 6, 1983 in the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of California. The Coastal Research Group is organized under the Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation Law for charitable purposes. It is recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as an Internal Revenue Code 501 (c) (3) tax exempt organization. Contributions to the Coastal Research Group are tax-deductible.

Interested persons are invited to write us at the following address:

Coastal Research Group
PO Box 2355
Granite Bay, CA 95746

Or via-email: [email protected]

Coastal Research Group
Executive Board

Terms Ending September 30, 2004:		Terms Ending September 30, 2005:	Terms Ending September 30, 2003:
John E. Midtling, MD, MS Rockford, Illinois Chair, Policy Analysis Committee *John G. Bradley, MD+ Decatur, Illinois Representative-at-Large Charles Q. North, MD+** Albuquerque, New Mexico Representative-at-Large * members of the Executive Committee + becomes emeritus member at end of term		Patricia Matthews-Juarez, Ph.D. Los Angeles, California Chair, Communications and Publications Committee Richard Clover, MD Louisville, Kentucky Representative-at-Large Gary LeRoy,MD Dayton, Ohio Representative-at-Large	*Perry A. Pugno, MD, MPH+ Kansas CIty, Kansas Chair, Data Base Managment Committee Thomas W. Allen, DO+ Tulsa, Oklahoma Representative-at-Large Joseph E. Scherger, MD, MPH** Tallahassee, Florida Representative-at-Large
Emeritus Directors: Former Executive Board members who served two or more complete terms. Years served as director noted in parantheses.
F. Marian Bishop, Ph.D. MSPH (1996-2002) H. John Blossom, MD (1983-1991) Mark E. Clasen, MD Ph.D. (1996-2002) Ludlow B. Creary, MD, MPH (1983-1989) Robert C. Davidson, MD, MPH (1983-1989) Hector Flores, MD (1991-1997) William C. Fowkes, MD (1983-1989) Norman B. Kahn, MD (1983-1990)	Peter V. Lee, MD (1988-1996) Samuel C. Matheny, MD, MPH (1995-2001) Patricia Matthews-Juarez, PhD (1994-2000) William A. Norcross, MD (1989-1997) Michael D. Prislin, MD (1989-1996) James C. Puffer, MD (1987-1993) Denise V. Rodgers, MD (1993-1999) Jonathan E. Rodnick, MD (1989-1995)