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first in the U.S. Army between 1940 and 1946 and as Director of Convalescent Reconditioning
Program from 1943 to 1946. From 1946 to 1950 Sanchez served in the A.U.S. Medical
Administrative Corps as a Reserve Major and from 1950 to 1951 as an assistant surgeon in the U.S.
Public Health Service. He first joined the AAGP and Louisiana Academy of General Practice
(LAGP) in 1955, and also belonged to the American Medical Association (AMA) and Louisiana
State Medical Society (LSMS). In 1951, Sanchez went to work for Mercy Hospital under the title of
Senior Attending Staff and held that position until 1970. That year he left for East Jefferson General
Hospital where he served under the same post until 1973. Sanchez then entered the academic world
at LSU School of Medicine where he held numerous positions simultaneously: Director of Division
of Continuing Medical Education, Director of Division of Family Medicine, Director of
Development in Educational Renewal, Associate Dean for Continuing Medical Education, and
Professor of Medicine. While at LSU, Sanchez created a model for the continuing education program
and developed a family practice preceptorship. By 1978 he had relocated to Bogalusa, Louisiana to
serve as the director of LSU’s family practice residency program. That same year he also served as
the President of LAFP and was awarded the Thomas W. Johnson Award for outstanding
contributions to family practice education. During 1978 he was also serving his third of four years as
Director of the American Board of Family Practice (1976-1979.) Over the next decade Sanchez
worked in both Kentucky and North Carolina holding various positions related to medical education:
council chairman for the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education between 1983 and
1984 (KY), chairman of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education Accreditation
Review Committee in 1987 (NC), Associate Executive Director of the ABFP (KY) and professor at
Brody School of Medicine (BSOM) on the campus of East Carolina University (ECU). In 1993,
Sanchez became the Medical Director of the Network of Continuing Medical Education, a position
he held until 2005. He died in 2008.
The Rafael C. Sanchez, M.D. Collection includes newspaper and magazine articles by or about Dr.
Sanchez; brochures and programs from meetings and conferences; materials about RAP
consultations that Sanchez conducted; articles regarding his time at East Carolina University; awards
and honors Sanchez received; materials pertaining to the history and anniversaries of the ABFP; and
some rare books and publications that were part of Dr. Sanchez’s personal collection (a special
interest of his). Two notable items in the collection: (1) A report on Preferences of Physicians
Regarding Postgraduate Medical Education, Louisiana, May-June 1964 (a contract done for HEW);
and (2) A letter from a male patient in 1967 to Sanchez, thanking him for his conduct during the
patient’s selective service qualification exam. This file also includes Sanchez’s reply to the patient.
Schmitt, M. Eileen, M.D.
1993-2001
1 slim document case
M. Eileen Schmitt, M.D. was born in 1943. After graduating from high school in Philadelphia, she
joined the Catholic Gray Sisters of the Sacred Heart, and later taught high school math and science,
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