Jan. 20, 2002 – Cora L.E. Christian, M.D., M.P.H., of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, has been appointed to serve as a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians’ (AAFP) Commission on Legislation and Governmental Affairs for a three-year term beginning January 2002.
Dr. Christian, a board certified practicing family physician, has practiced medicine on St. Croix since 1971, according to an article on the website for Soka.Gakkai International, www.sgi.org.
Credited with the development of the Frederiksted Health Clinic, she was formerly medical director of HOVENSA and is presently medical director of the V.I. Medical Institute on St. Croix.
The medical specialty of family practice encompasses comprehensive, continuing health care for all age groups and both sexes, according to a release from Dr. Christian. Family physicians evaluate and treat the whole person, taking into account all the factors that can affect health and well-being – genetics, family history, diet, mental health and chronic disease-management.
The AAFP is the largest medical specialty organization devoted solely to primary care. It represents more than 93,000 family physicians, family practice residents and medical students nationwide. Log on towww.aafp.org for additional information about the AAFP.
Dr. Christian and her husband, University of the Virgin Islands economics professor Simon Jones-Hendrickson, have two children.