Barbara E. Walker, DO, who was appointed to the North Carolina Medical Board in November, won election to a national post during the 102nd meeting of the Federation of State Medical Boards held in Dallas in April.

Dr. Walker, of Kure Beach, NC, was elected to serve on the Nominating Committee of the FSMB’s Board of Directors. The committee is responsible for evaluating and selecting candidates to serve on Federation committees and work groups. Dr. Walker ran on her years of experience mentoring and nurturing leaders through her work as a physician with the U.S. Army Medical Corps, as residency faculty and as an osteopathic family medicine program director.

Dr. Walker is a contracted family physician with the Southeast Area Health Education Center (SEAHEC), where she teaches family medicine residents. She currently serves as a trustee of the American Osteopathic Association and of Campbell University. She served as president of the North Carolina Osteopathic Medical Association from June 1990 until September 1999.