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Show "V ; I - V t h ys ssy . . jf'w i i W 1 K. Joe Murdock Ronald Saunders Local physicians win peer appointments K. Joe Murdock, M.D., a member of the staff at American Fork Hospital and a local physician, has been elected president of the Utah Academy of Family Physicians for 1986. Murdock is immediate past president of the American Fork Hospital Medical Staff and a member of the board of directors of the Utah Academy of Family Practice. A graduate of Beaver High School, he received his Bachelor of Science degree from Brigham Young University and attended medical school at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan, graduating in June of 1971. He served his residency at McKay Dee Hospital in Ogden and entered practice in 1972. He has been associated with the American Fork Clinic since that time. Murdock served as president of the American Fork Medical Staff in 1976, 1984 and 1985. An active member of the American Academy of Family Practice (AAFP), he is board certified in Family Practice. He was born in Beaver to Lucille Jense and the late A. Carlos Murdock. Mur-dock. He and his wife, the former Karen Koford of Casper, Wyoming, are the parents of six children. Ronald Saunders, M.D., Urology, has been appointed Chief of Staff at American Fork Hospital for a two year term. He replaces Joe Murdock, Mur-dock, M.D., who will remain on the executive committee as past president. A native of Utah, Saunders graduated from the U of U with a B.S. degree in pre-med. He received his medical degree from the University of Utah College of Medicine and fulfilled a rotating internship at LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City. He completed his residency in Urology at the Kaiser Foundation Hospital in Los Angeles, Calif. "I feel we have a really excellent hospital with modern facilities and dedicated nurses and staff. I flew from San Francisco to American Fork with an acute appendix because I preferred the care here," said Saunders. "We want to continue to improve our staff capabilities to provide the best quality care available anywhere," he said. "We will continue to emphasize care with concern for the entire patient and his individual support system." Saunders is married to the former Sally Pancake, and they and their four children reside in Orem. |