The Georgia Academy of Family Physicians inaugurates Thomas D. Fausett, Jr, MD, FAAFP among family and close colleagues in Adel in a socially distant event on the front portico of Southwell Medical. 

Dr. Fausett becomes the 73^rd Georgia Academy president and joins other family physician leaders who inspire and mount initiatives, education, resources, and advocacy efforts in service to fellow family physicians and Georgia families.   The GAFP is the only medical society devoted solely to primary care. Nearly one in five of all office visits are made to general and family physicians.  Today, family physicians provide the majority of care for America’s underserved and rural populations.  More Americans depend on family physicians than on any other medical specialty.

 “I am deeply thankful for the honor and responsibility entrusted to me by my colleagues,” said Dr. Fausett, “and I am ready to advance the Georgia Academy and its causes this year in this new capacity.” 

Dr. Fausett operates a private independent practice in Adel, Georgia, about 25 miles south of Tifton and 25 miles north of Valdosta and is on staff at Southwell Medical and Southwell Health and Rehabilitation Center, both also in Adel.

In addition to his practice, Dr. Fausett is heavily committed to community and professional leadership. He has served on the GAFP Board of Directors since 2005 and was its secretary for three years. Previously, he was an assistant professor of medicine at Mercer University, Emory University, Augusta University (then known as Georgia Regents), Albany State, and Valdosta State. In his home county, Cook County, Dr. Fausett has served as member and chair of the Board of Health, and is Department Chair of Southwell Medical. 

Dr. Fausett is certified as a Diplomate by the American Board of Family Medicine and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians.  He has also completed Medical Director certification in Post-Acute and Long-Term Care and serves as medical director of Southwell Health and Rehabilitation.

Dr. Fausett obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Valdosta State University, his medical degree from the Mercer University School of Medicine and completed his residency program in Family Medicine at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany.

Dr. Fausett has been married for over 25 years and currently lives in Adel. He has two children.