Senior Medical Director

American Academy of Family Physicians • Leawood, KS

3d • Hybrid

About The Position

When you join the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), you join a team at the center of transforming health care. You are on the leading edge of ensuring family physicians have what they need to adapt and excel as leaders in that transformation. You are part of a legacy that has been instrumental in improving and advocating for family medicine since 1947. Make an impact that matters and join Team AAFP.

Requirements

• MD or DO degree required.
• Board certification in family medicine by the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) required; must remain board-certified throughout employment.
• Current unrestricted medical license required; must remain licensed throughout employment.
• Seven to ten years of family medicine practice experience after residency training preferred; experienced clinicians with equivalent leadership and practice grounding may be considered.
• Active or recent clinical practice experience required, with willingness and ability to maintain ongoing clinical practice while employed by AAFP.
• Demonstrated ability to interpret scientific literature, clinical guidelines, evidence reviews, and public health recommendations.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including ability to translate clinical evidence into clear, practical guidance for family physicians and AAFP staff.
• Ability to represent AAFP professionally and independently in national meetings, external partnerships, coalitions, and stakeholder relationships.
• Strong collaboration skills and ability to work across complex, matrixed organizational environments.
• Sound judgment, professionalism, discretion, and ability to operate effectively with senior leaders, member leaders, staff, and external partners.
• Travel: Estimated 15–20 days annually; exact travel needs may vary.
• Must reside within the Kansas City metropolitan area.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with evidence-based medicine, guideline development, systematic evidence review, public health, population health, clinical policy, or evidence-to-practice translation.
• Experience in AAFP governance, commissions, committees, state chapter leadership, national family medicine leadership, or other professional society leadership is a plus.
• Experience representing an organization with federal agencies, professional societies, coalitions, health systems, academic institutions, or strategic partners.
• Additional training or degree such as MPH, MBA, MHA, MEd, health policy, public health, implementation science, or related field is welcome but not required.
• Experience working with member leaders, physician volunteers, faculty educators, external liaisons, or subject matter experts.
• Demonstrated potential to grow into broader physician executive leadership over the next five to seven years.

Responsibilities

• Provides senior clinical leadership across AAFP science, evidence-based medicine, clinical guidance, public health, CMO portfolio priorities, and external partner relationships.
• Helps strengthen AAFP’s ability to translate evidence into practical guidance for family physicians.
• Supports organizational clinical strategy.
• Represents AAFP independently in selected national relationships and meetings.
• Maintains ongoing clinical practice to ensure work remains grounded in real-world family medicine.
• Collaborates extensively across AAFP divisions, member leader structures, commissions, external partners, and national organizations.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree