Published April 11. 2026 08:46AM<\/p>\n
The Pennsylvania Academy of Family Physicians announced the winners of the organization\u2019s annual physician awards, naming St. Luke\u2019s Nguyet-Cam Vu Lam, MD, the 2026 Family Physician of the Year.<\/p>\n
Dr. Lam is program director of the St. Luke\u2019s Bethlehem Family Medicine Residency Program, medical director of Star Community Health and clinical professor at St. Luke\u2019s medical school.<\/p>\n
\u201cDr. Lam epitomizes what is best about Family Medicine and St. Luke\u2019s. She is an excellent physician, beloved by her patients, and an outstanding leader who inspires her colleagues and her residents,\u201d said Robert Langan, M.D., who also is a St. Luke\u2019s physician and works alongside Dr. Lam.<\/p>\n
\u201cThroughout her time here, she has set high expectations for herself and those around her, and her enthusiasm, hard work and genuine concern for others has allowed her team to thrive. I can think of few family physicians who are more deserving of this outstanding recognition than Dr. Lam, and on behalf of all of the people whose lives have been touched by her, I offer my most heartfelt congratulations!\u201d<\/p>\n
The award was presented at the PAFP\u2019s spring conference in Bethlehem on April 3. In recognition of outstanding patient care and dedication to the field of family medicine, the Family Physician of the Year award is given to a physician who:<\/p>\n
\u2022 Demonstrates a commitment to comprehensive, compassionate care for patients.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Pursues excellence in medicine with integrity and the highest ethical standards.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Promotes trust in science.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Honors the physician-patient relationship; and furthers the specialty of family medicine.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Serves as a role model and motivator to patients and colleagues.<\/p>\n
A graduate of Kigezi International School of Medicine (Cambridge, England, and Uganda), Dr. Lam completed her residency at St. Luke\u2019s Bethlehem Campus.<\/p>\n
The PAFP and its foundation support its 5,500-plus members through advocacy and education to ensure physician-coordinated and comprehensive quality health care. The academy and its foundation are a resource among family physicians and physicians in training in Pennsylvania; a voice on health care issues with state legislative and administrative branches of government, media and professional health organizations; and a leader on health care issues in the community.<\/p>\n
Nguyet-Cam Vu Lam, MD, was named the 2026 Family Physician of the Year. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published April 11. 2026 08:46AM The Pennsylvania Academy of Family Physicians announced the winners of the organization\u2019s annual…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":163239,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120],"class_list":["post-163238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163238\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}