David A. Ellington, M.D., FAAFP
Director
David A. Ellington, M.D., FAAFP, a family physician in Lexington, Virginia, serves on the board of directors of the American Academy of Family Physicians. Ellington was elected to a three-year term in October 2007 by the AAFP’s governing body, its Congress of Delegates. The AAFP represents more than 94,600 physicians and medical students nationwide.
Dr. Ellington has been in private practice in Lexington since 1984. In 1992, he co-founded the Rockbridge Area Free Clinic where he has served as volunteer medical director for the past 17 years. He also has served locally on the boards of directors for Stonewall Jackson Hospital and Rockbridge Community Services. He is an elder in the Lexington Presbyterian church.
At the state level, Dr. Ellington served for many years on the boards of both the Virginia Academy of Family Physicians and the Medical Society of Virginia. He has been president of both organizations. Ellington also has served as secretary of the Virginia Physicians Network and was chair of the Quality Council for Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield. He currently serves as chair of the Governance Committee of the Medical Society of Virginia Foundation.
At the national level, Ellington has served on the AAFP Commission on Health Care Services. He currently is a member of the AMA Current Procedural Panel (CPT) and also serves as an alternate delegate to the American Medical Association from Virginia.
Dr. Ellington graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in 1971 with a degree in biology. He was a distinguished military graduate and was commissioned into the U.S. Army Reserve upon graduation. He graduated from the Medical College of Virginia in 1975. Ellington completed his family medicine residency while on active duty in the Army at Silas B. Hays Hospital at Fort Ord, Calif. He then served three years overseas at the 67th Evacuation Hospital in Wuerzburg, Germany. Ellington returned to Fort Ord in 1981 and served first as a staff physician in the residency training program before becoming director of residency training and then chairman of the Department of Family Medicine.
Dr. Ellington is board certified by the American Board of Family Medicine and has the AAFP Degree of Fellow, an earned degree awarded to family physicians for distinguished service and continuing medical education. In 2008 he was inducted into the Alpha Circle of Omnicron Delta Kappa, a national leadership fraternity.
At the state level, Dr. Ellington served for many years on the boards of both the Virginia Academy of Family Physicians and the Medical Society of Virginia. He has been president of both organizations. Ellington also has served as secretary of the Virginia Physicians Network and was chair of the Quality Council for Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield. He currently serves as chair of the Governance Committee of the Medical Society of Virginia Foundation.
At the national level, Ellington has served on the AAFP Commission on Health Care Services. He currently is a member of the AMA Current Procedural Panel (CPT) and also serves as an alternate delegate to the American Medical Association from Virginia.
Dr. Ellington graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in 1971 with a degree in biology. He was a distinguished military graduate and was commissioned into the U.S. Army Reserve upon graduation. He graduated from the Medical College of Virginia in 1975. Ellington completed his family medicine residency while on active duty in the Army at Silas B. Hays Hospital at Fort Ord, Calif. He then served three years overseas at the 67th Evacuation Hospital in Wuerzburg, Germany. Ellington returned to Fort Ord in 1981 and served first as a staff physician in the residency training program before becoming director of residency training and then chairman of the Department of Family Medicine.
Dr. Ellington is board certified by the American Board of Family Medicine and has the AAFP Degree of Fellow, an earned degree awarded to family physicians for distinguished service and continuing medical education. In 2008 he was inducted into the Alpha Circle of Omnicron Delta Kappa, a national leadership fraternity.
