Belinda Vail, MD

KUMC-Professor; Vice Chair, Clinical Affairs
Medical School: University of Kansas
Residency: University of Kansas
Fellowships: Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM, AAMC); National Institute for Program Director Development, AAFP-AFMRD

Dr. Belinda Vail serves a both Vice-Chair of the Department of Family Medicine and Residency Director for the Family Medicine Residency Program in Junction City. Her clinical practice includes procedures and maternity and inpatient care, and she teaches students in all four years of medical school, nurse practitionerstudents,and residents during all ofthese clinical activities. She is also an active didactic teacher in the schools of medicine and nursing and in the residency program. Dr. Vail is edical Director for Community Living Opportunities, a residential facility for developmentally disabled adults, and participates in oversight for the Department of Corrections. She s a core lecturer for several CME programs for the American Academy ofFamily Physicians and was the director of the ational Board Review Course for 15 years. A member of AOA, the Gold Humanism Society, and the Delp Society, her favorite awards are the Rainbow Award for Heroes in Medicine and the Kansas Academy of Family Medicine Exemplary Teacher Award in 2003, The Nason Family Award for Excellence in Teaching in Family Medicine and 2005, and the University of Kansas Bohan Award for Teaching in 2007.