Randolph V. Merrick, MD, FAAFP, ABFM, graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine and completed his family medicine residency at Harrisonburg Hospital, an affiliate of Pennsylvania State University. He is board certified in family medicine and is a fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians. Dr. Merrick has a family practice in Orange, Virginia. He was selected as the Family Physician of the Year by the Virginia Academy of Family Physicians in 2001 and returned in 2010 to be selected as the Volunteer Family Physician of the Year.