NCMS Leadership College Alum Named President of NCAFP

NCMS member and Leadership College Alum Dr. Garett Franklin named President of the North Carolina Academy of Family Physicians.

Dr. Garrett Franklin, a native of Drexel, NC, is the new president of the North Carolina Academy of Family Physicians.  He attended North Carolina State University graduating with a BS in engineering in 2003, a BA in chemistry in 2007 and a Masters of Physiology in 2008. He completed medical school at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University in 2012 and went on to complete his family medicine residency and a primary care sports medicine fellowship at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.

Franklin became involved in the NCAFP’s advocacy efforts as a resident at Wake Forest and has served on the Board of Directors for the last five years. He practices family medicine and sports medicine at Raleigh Medical Group/Cary Medical Group in Raleigh, while also working at NC State University as a team physician. He is active in academic and clinical research and many advocacy projects.

Franklin and his wife have a son and daughter and live in Raleigh.  He has been a member of the North Carolina Medical Society since 2008.