For more than 30 years, Mary Boyce, M.D., FAAFP, has educated and mentored numerous resident physicians and medical students as a faculty member in the Department of Family & Community Medicine at KU School of Medicine-Wichita.

As the trusted advisor to more than 140 resident physicians, she not only serves in the medical school and residency program in Wichita where she once trained herself, she also makes time to give back through numerous community organizations.

Boyce’s decades of service and leadership are being honored by the Kansas Academy of Family Physicians, which recently announced she is the recipient of the 2026 Kansas Family Physician Lifetime Achievement Award. The award “honors individuals whose sustained dedication and leadership have advanced the mission and development of family medicine,” a KAFP news release stated.

“As a teacher and mentor, Dr. Boyce is the person others turn to when they need guidance, perspective or simply someone who will listen,” said Aaron Sinclair, M.D., associate professor at KU School of Medicine-Wichita.

Boyce, associate professor in the KU School of Medicine-Wichita Family Medicine Residency Program at Wesley, has a career “marked by her dedication to patient care, medical education, advocacy and service,” according to KAFP. She joined the faculty for the program in 1994 and has “demonstrated a deep commitment to whole-person care” for more than 30 years.

Beyond patient care and education, she has focused on family violence prevention, child abuse evaluations, maternal and child health, and community safety. She’s served with community organizations such as the Wichita Family Crisis Shelter, the YWCA Crisis Shelter, the Sedgwick County Drug Endangered Children Task Force and the Kansas Maternal Child Health Council.

“Dr. Boyce’s career is not defined by a single accomplishment, but by a lifetime of consistent service, leadership and care,” one of her award nominators told KAFP. “Kansas family medicine is stronger because of her.”