Minnesota Family Physician of the Year Recipients
| 2021 | Heather Bell, MD, FAAFP, and Kurt DeVine, MD | Little Falls |
| 2020 | Julie Anderson, MD, FAAFP | St. Cloud |
| 2019 | Kimberly Tjaden, MD | St. Cloud |
| 2018 | Diane Kennedy, MD | Luverne |
| 2017 | Julie Mayers Benson, MD, FAAFP | Staples |
| 2016 | Scott Jensen, MD | Watertown |
| 2015 | Thomas Bracken, MD | Onamia |
| 2014 | Sheldon Burns, MD | Edina |
| 2013 | Donald Hughes, MD | Aitkin |
| 2012 | Andrew Burgdorf, MD | Buffalo |
| 2011 | Anthony Lussenhop, MD | Alexandria |
| 2010 | Richard Wehseler, MD | New London |
| 2009 | Jennie Orr, MD | Hastings |
| 2008 | Erik Kanten, MD | Crookston |
| 2007 | David Agerter, MD | Kasson |
| 2006 | Brian Bunkers, MD | Owatonna |
| 2005 | Dawn Blomgren, MD | Crystal |
| 2004 | Dennis Peterson, MD | Willmar |
| 2003 | Paul E. Van Gorp, MD | Long Prairie |
| 2002 | Randy J. Peterson, MD | Alexandria |
| 2001 | Darrell L. Carter, MD | Granite Falls |
| 2000 | LeRoy Mueller, MD | Hendricks |
| 1999 | James Eiselt, DO | Madelia |
| 1998 | Anthony C. Jaspers, MD | Lake City |
| 1997 | James A. Mohs, MD | Melrose |
| 1996 | Ricard R. Puumala, MD | Cloquet |
| 1995 | Joseph A. Corser, MD | Bagley |
| 1994 | Robert H. Bösl, MD | Starbuck |
| 1993 | Richard J. Schindler, MD | Austin |
| 1992 | John W. Lester, MD | Mapleton |
| 1991 | Edward B. Kiolbasa, MD | Stillwater |
| 1990 | Milton H. Seifert, Jr., MD | Excelsior |
| 1989 | Norman L. Hagberg, MD | Montevideo |
| 1988 | F. Don Bucher, MD | Starbuck |
| 1987 | Carl F. Peikert, MD | Forest Lake |
| 1986 | Gary Robinson, MD | New York Mills |
| 1985 | William G. Halverson, MD | Madelia |
| 1984 | Maurice R. McNeil, MD | Glencoe |
| 1983 | Chester A. Anderson, MD | Hector |
| 1982 | Ben P. Owens, MD | Hibbing |
| 1981 | Andreen S. Midthune, MD | Detroit Lakes |
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