Resident of the Year

Michael Hervey, MD, St. Paul, MN, received the 2008 Resident of the Year Award from the Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians (MAFP). The award recognizes a third-year resident for significant contributions to family medicine in the community, including teaching, leadership and educational activities.

Candidates are typically nominated by teachers and/or colleagues. Dr. Hervey is finishing his training with the University of Minnesota St. Joseph's Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program. Nominators say he is a hard-working, meticulous leader with excellent communication skills.

A graduate of Morehouse College, Harvard University, the University of Virginia School of Medicine and the Unites States Navy BOOST Officer Training Program, Dr. Hervey has had numerous honors and merit scholarships awarded to him. He is currently vice president of the Hervey Foundation in St. Louis, Missouri, a non-profit organization he helped build that mentors troubled youth from single parent households.

His excellence has further been recognized by being awarded a fellowship in advanced training at the Maricopa County Hospital in Phoenix, Arizona. The Resident of the Year Award was presented to Dr. Hervey on April 16, 2008, during the MAFP Spring Refresher at the St. Paul RiverCentre.

MAFP is a professional association of approximately 3,000 family physicians, family medicine residents, and medical students organized to assist family physicians in providing quality medical care in Minnesota. MAFP is the largest medical specialty organization in Minnesota and is a state chapter of the American Academy of Family Physicians.