Elizabeth (libby) Griffin Baxley MD

Dr. Baxley previously served as Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Family Medicine at the Brody School of Medicine (SOM) at East Carolina University from 2012-2018. In that role, she led a pioneering curriculum redesign with an emphasis on the integration of training in health system science competencies: patient safety, quality improvement, population health, and interprofessional education. Brody was one of 11 medical schools nationally to be selected by the AMA in its Accelerating Change in Medical Education initiative. Prior to that, she spent 18 years at the University of South Carolina (USC) School of Medicine, serving as Family Medicine Residency Director, Director of Faculty Development, and Chair of the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine. Her work has focused heavily on health care delivery system redesign and teaching about patient safety and quality improvement. A faculty advisor for Institute of Healthcare Improvement (IHI) Open School chapters at both USC and Brody SOM, she is also one of the co-founders of the I3 Collaborative, which has led residency practice redesign in primary care teaching practices across South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia since 2005.

Dr. Baxley has an outstanding track record of leadership in Family Medicine, having taught and provided full-scope family medicine throughout the greater part of her 31-year career. In addition to her roles as a prior board member and board chair of the American Academy of Family Physician’s (AAFP) Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics (ALSO®) and service on the AAFP’s Residency Assistance Program Panel of Consultants, she served on the ABFM Board of Directors from 2013-2018. During her tenure on the board, she served on the certification, credentials, examination, and research and development committees, the latter of which she chaired. She became a member of the executive committee in 2016 after her election as Chair-Elect and finished her final year on the board of directors as the Board Chair.