Upcoming Events
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Annual Meeting
July 15-19, 2017
Baytowne Conference Center
Destin, FL
Fall Conference
Sept. 29 - Oct. 1, 2017
The Mill Conference Center, Starkville
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MAFP
Board Meetings
July 15 & 19
Destin, FL
December 8-9
Indianola, MS
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Welcome
New Members
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Michael B. Bagwell, DO
Southaven, MS
Susan D. Duong, MD
Madison, MS
WCUCOM Students
Alexander Chen
Matthew Dowdy
Saba Munir
UMMC Student
Erin Leigh Dyer
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GETU1 and promote healthy living in the state of Mississippi by purchasing a Live Healthy specialty license tag for the small fee of $31.
Request this tag at your county tax collector's office when you renew your license tag. Proceeds from the sale of this tag benefit the Mississippi Academy of Family Physicians Foundation.
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Nominations Due June 10 for
MAFP Family Physician of the Year
Submit nominations now for the John B. Howell Memorial Award, given to the physician contributing the most to the development of family medicine in the state. This award is also known as the MAFP Family Physician of the Year award. Nominations are accepted from now until June 10.
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First-Time Attendees Have Great Experience
at Annual Scientific Assembly
MAFP is excited to announce we already have 10 first-time attendees registered for this July's Annual Scientific Assembly.
Dr. Bernadette Gilbert, MD, of Clinton, gives her perspective on attending the MAFP Annual Scientific Assembly for the first time:
"As a relatively new physician to Mississippi, the ... MAFP Annual Scientific Assembly was the first of such conferences that I attended. I had the pleasure to take part in the conference through many roles by serving as a presenter, moderator and attendee. ... From taking part in additional CME sessions, to participating in the family activities, to catching up with colleagues, my experience was outstanding. I plan to attend the conference again and if given the opportunity would love to serve in the same roles. I strongly encourage all of our fellow family medicine physicians to take part in this awesome conference."
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Foundation Asks Members
to 'Sign On'
The MAFP Foundation recently invested in outdoor lighting for our building sign at 755 Avignon Drive in Ridgeland. Pictured above, the sign is visible at night on the well-traveled Lake Harbour Drive.
We are asking members to "sign on" for the sign
by making a tax-deductible donation to the MAFP Foundation to help offset the cost of the sign and the electricity to keep it lit.
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| Dr. Christopher Boston of Flowood, left, and Dr. William Grantham of Clinton, center, at the MSMA event, visiting with Kay-Lynn Meador at the MAFP booth. |
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MAFP Exhibits at
MSMA, MOMA Conventions
We love seeing our member physicians at Mississippi's medical-related conventions! MAFP exhibited last week at two meetings held in Sandestin, Florida, and was able to make valuable contacts.
MAFP staff members Kay-Lynn Meador and Jewell Buckley attended the May 25-28 Mississippi State Medical Association (MSMA) convention. Beth Embry, MAFP Executive Director, attended the Mississippi Osteopathic Medicine Association (MOMA) conference held May 30-June 1.
The meetings were a great way to promote our upcoming CME meetings to members and non-members, discuss membership benefits, encourage attendees to purchase the Live Healthy car tag, and explain the tobacco project.
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| Two family physicians - Dr. Jason Farrar, left, a PGY-3 at EC-HealthNet in Meridian, and Dr. Richard A. Nance of Meridian - stopped by the MAFP booth during the MOMA conference in Sandestin. Nance was the lucky winner of a free registration to MAFP Annual Scientific Assembly. |
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Three Students Earn David G. Hall Scholarships
The MAFP Foundation has selected three high school seniors as the recipients of the David G. Hall Scholarships for 2017. Logan Sneed of Columbus won First Place and a $1,500 scholarship, while Hannah Moye of Lucedale and Haley Beth Williams of Pearl both tied for Second Place and each won a $1,000 scholarship.
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UMMC Group Wins First Prize in AAFP Tar Wars Challenge
For the second year running, the Family Medicine Interest Group (FMIG) at UMMC won the Tar Wars Challenge top national award. Each year, the AAFP awards FMIGs who present Tar Wars to the most children and communities.
UMMC learned April 25 that they had won First Prize and $500 for almost 200 presentations to over 2,000 elementary school children in Mississippi from Sept. 1, 2016 to April 1, 2017. The MAFP applauds your great work.
Tar Wars is AAFP's tobacco education program. Each M3 at the University of Mississippi School of Medicine, and each M1 at the William Carey University School of Medicine, learns about Tar Wars from MAFP staff and gives an anti-tobacco presentation to local schoolchildren as part of their studies.
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$10,000 Draw Down Sponsors Announced
The MAFP Foundation's annual $10,000 Draw Down is rolling down the track, and tickets are now on sale. The drawing will be held during the Annual Scientific Assembly in Sandestin, on July 18 at 6 pm.
Draw Down sponsors include:
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Platinum Sponsors:
MEA Medical Clinics
North Sunflower Medical Center
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Gold Sponsors:
St. Dominic Family Medicine
Eric Wegener, MD
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Silver Sponsors:
MEA Medical Clinics, PA
Genesis Physical Therapy
Southern Diagnostic Imaging
Sleep Solutions of Mississippi
Central Surgical Associates
Camellia Healthcare
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Bronze Sponsors:
Renasant Bank
Shane M. Sims, MD, PA
Edward C. Gnam, III, MD, PA
Pat Scanlon, MD - Lakeland Surgical Clinic
MS Physician Care Network (MPCN)
Mississippi College Physician Assistant Studies
Central Nephrology Clinic
The Surgical Clinic Associates, P.A
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