Board of Regents - Guiding the Future

The Direct Primary Care Society’s primary functioning Advisory Board is the DPCS Board of Regents. The group is made up of Society members, who serve at the Board’s direction and are selected through the nomination process described below. The Board of Regents consists of member doctors (as outlined below), and up to six additional non-medical subject-area experts. 

The Direct Primary Care Society (DPCS) Nominating Council Committee (NCC) selects members for these advisory leadership positions in the Society.
 

Physician Members Criteria for Consideration 

The NCC will use the following guidelines when considering potential candidates: 

-Nominees must be loyal members of the Society who have demonstrated outstanding integrity and an unquestioned devotion to the highest principles of medical practice.

-Nominees must have demonstrated leadership qualities, such as service and active participation in their community on DPCS or other medical societies/colleges/association committees or in other components of such groups. 

-The DPCS encourages consideration of women and minorities for all leadership positions.  
 

All nominations must include the following: 

-A letter/letters of nomination. 

-A personal statement from the candidate detailing his or her service, and interest in the position of Board of Regents member. 

-A current curriculum vitae (CV). The name of one individual who can serve as a reference.

FURTHER DETAILS

Entities like state and local societies/associations, DPCS Advisory Councils, DPCS committees, and DPCS members or outside groups that would like to provide a letter of recommendation must provide a description of their group and relationship to the nominee. Non-medical nominees should provide the same details as applicable to their specific area of expertise. Interested applicants/nominees should request the DPCS Board of Regents Nomination Kit via phone or email. Final applications submitted without the requested information are not considered. Nominations must be submitted to directly to DPCS.
 

The DPCS Board of Regents process for selecting nominees is announced annually in January. All applications/nominations should be received no later that October 1st of the nominating year. All newly selected Board of Regents members will be announced at the annual DPCS Board of Regents meeting held in Washington, D.C. 

For information, please reach out via the nominate button above or call us at:

800-524-2910 ext. 350