Meet the FMEC Board

Dr. Heather Paladine has served on the FMEC Board since 2017 and is currently President-elect. She will serve as FMEC President from 2026-2028. For her day job, Dr. Paladine is a family physician who lives and practices in Manhattan, New York, where she is the residency program director at the New York Presbyterian - Columbia Family Medicine Residency Program. She supervises residents and medical students and treats a predominantly Latinx, low-income patient population. She focuses on women's health, including maternity care and reproductive health.  For many years, Dr. Paladine has served on the FMEC Planning Committee Coordinators group. This is the group that convenes in the spring to review reviewer comments and ratings on the 400+ submissions for the FMEC Annual Meeting. It’s a time consuming but rewarding task, and a great opportunity to learn from the other committee members and build skills related to developing and reviewing conference proposals. 

Also, Dr. Paladine has made connections between the FMEC and the other societies she volunteers for. She is past Board member and Past President of the New York State Academy of Family Physicians and has served on the Board of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine. “Each year, the NYSAFP helps support FMEC student scholarships, and we hold a reception for New York attendees at the FMEC Annual Meeting,” says Dr. Paladine. "It's a win-win for both organizations to support medical student interest in Family Medicine in our area."