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Welcome New Members
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Prentiss, MS
Residents:
Blayne E. Beene, DO
NMMC
Jason Brown, MD
EC-HealthNet
Robert Dickson, DO
NMMC
Matthew Dowdy, DO
NMMC
Adam Guntharp, DO
NMMC
Benjamin Lambert, MD
NMMC
Lindsey McCormick, DO
EC-HealthNet
Brad A. Murray, MD
NMMC
Amber W. Norris, DO
Forrest General
Jenisus Owens, DO
EC-HealthNet
Danielle Parker, MD
EC-HealthNet
Michael S. Thompson, MD
NMMC
Samuel A. Twedt, DO
NMMC
WCUCOM Students:
Felix Chen
Marco S. Garcia
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Here are our current District Directors:
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Dr. Paul Pavlov, District 1 Director
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Dr. Chrystal Sumrall, District 2 Director
Dr. Lee Valentine, District 3 Director
Dr. Scott Carlton, District 4 Director
Dr. John Vanderloo, District 5 Director
Dr. Carlos Latorre, District 6 Director
Dr. Bruce Longest, District 7 Director
Dr. Christopher Park, District 8 Director
Dr. Christy Vowell, Director At Large
Dr. Brent Smith,
Director at Large
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Hotel Room Deadline is Wednesday for Annual Meeting in Destin
If you plan to attend MAFP Annual Scientific Assembly in Destin this July, reserve your hotel room now. Our room block will be dropped Wednesday, June 20, and although rooms may be available, you won't receive the MAFP negotiated rate.
The meeting will be July 21-25, at the Baytowne Conference Center in Destin, FL. More than 500 people are expected to attend, including physicians, other care providers, family members and exhibitors.
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Come Early to Earn the Most CME!
KNOWLEDGE SELF-ASSESSMENT: Raise your hand if you need a Knowledge Self-Assessment (KSA) this year! Drs. Jennifer Gholson and Katie Patterson will be your lively moderators for a KSA on Women's Health to be held during our Annual Meeting in July. This event is scheduled for
Saturday, July 21, from 1-5 pm, so come EARLY and let us help you meet the ABFM's requirements. Cost is $125 for members.
Register here.
START WELL: THE BASICS OF THE BUSINESS OF MEDICINE: Another event for Early Birds is the
Sunday, July 22, 7 am session aimed at new physicians and residents, but open to all registrants. Presented by family physician Dr. Nick Ulmer of Spartanburg, SC, the session will discuss how to survive the business of medicine. Dr. Ulmer will discuss the history behind today's health care system, the various payment components, and will discuss how quality plays into the health care payment structure.
RSVP for this Session.
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CSP Releases Mississippi Physician Workforce Report
Mississippi needs a 24% increase in physicians by the year 2030 to maintain care for its residents, according to a report issued this week by the Center for State Policy.
The 1-page report on Mississippi
includes data on the number of family physicians, the severity of physician shortage, the economic impact of family physicians, and the activities of an average family physician in each state.
Mississippi's data reveals that 91 percent of MAFP members participate in Medicare, and and 83% accept new Medicare patients. It also reports that 58 percent of residents live in an area with a health professional shortage.
The CSP also released data on other states (AAFP member sign-in required).
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MAFP $10,000 Draw Down Sponsors
Thanks to members of the MAFP Foundation Board of Trustees who solicited the following sponsors for the $10,000 Draw Down, which will be held July 24 at the Annual Meeting:
PLATINUM
MEA Medical Clinics
GOLD
North Sunflower Medical Center
St. Dominic's Family Medicine
Eric Wegener, MD
SILVER
Genesis Physical Therapy
Hattiesburg Clinic, Sports Medicine
MEA Medical Clinics, PA
Southern Diagnostic Imaging
Sleep Solutions of Mississippi
Shane M. Sims, MD, PA, and Edward C. Gnam III, MD, PA
John Paul F. Vanderloo, MD
Renasant Bank
Vicksburg Moo Sul Kwan
BRONZE
Mississippi Physicians Care Network (MPCN)
BankPlus
Buy a Draw Down Ticket
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Academy Ambassadors Named for Annual Meeting
Twelve Mississippi medical students will attend the MAFP Annual Meeting in July to assist with the meeting and to network with practicing physicians.
The number represents an increase over 2017, when nine students attended. Three additional students will attend thanks to two grants awarded to the MAFP Foundation that will offset expenses of sending more students. UMMC's FMIG chapter is also sponsoring one of its members to be an Ambassador.
Sending students to the Annual Meeting serves as an investment in MAFP's future. Since 2010, 68% of those who have attended MAFP Annual Meeting as a student are still MAFP members today. And on Match Day, only 11% of the 40 past student attendees chose a specialty other than family medicine.
Ambassadors who are William Carey University College of Osteopathic Medicine students are: Terra Cody, M3; Adam Purvis, M3; and Anita Santpurkar, M3.
Ambassadors who are University of Mississippi Medical Center students are: Wisam Beauti, M2; Kaylie Bradshaw, M1; Will Casey, M4; Weston Eldridge, M2; Sonny Hodge, M3; Regan Maxwell, M4; Falan McKnight, M3; Conner Sears, M1; Hannah Whitlock, M1.
Please take the opportunity to get to know these students -- they may be your future partner.
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Dr. Williams Earns Crawford Scholarship to Attend Annual Meeting
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The MAFP Foundation has awarded the 2018 Crawford Scholarship to Dr. Susan Frichter Williams, a third-year resident at North Mississippi Medical Center Family Medicine Residency Program.
"Professional development is of foremost importance," Dr. Williams said. "
I plan to commit myself to attending the Annual Meeting each year as I believe in the vision and mission of the MAFP."
Dr. Williams is a graduate of the University of New Orleans and the University of Mississippi School of Medicine. She is a Mississippi Rural Physician Scholar and has served MAFP as an Academy Ambassador and as a Professional Development Committee member. During her time at UMMC, she served the Family Medicine Interest Group as president and vice president.
This is the second year the Crawford Scholarship has been awarded in memory of Dr. Dewitt G. Crawford. The intent of the gift is to provide scholarships for deserving residents to attend the MAFP Annual Scientific Assembly. Qualifications for the scholarship include being a resident who best demonstrated the character qualities of leadership gained through life experience in their job, education, and/or service or volunteer opportunities and shows a commitment to future involvement as a leader with the MAFP.
This scholarship is just one of several provided each year by the MAFP Foundation that promote family medicine as a specialty, and the continuing education of family physicians.
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Dr. Mitchell Named to AAFP Reference Committee on Education
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Dr. John Mitchell, director of the Office of Mississippi Physician Workforce, has been named by AAFP to an important committee for the Congress of Delegates this fall, which will be held in October at the FMX conference in New Orleans, LA.
Dr. Mitchell will serve as a liaison of the Reference Committee on Education. These committees consider all reports, recommendations of standing and special committees, hear all testimony, and make recommendations back to the Congress for final action.
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Data from The CBHSQ Report, March 30, 2017, published by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
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Tobacco Use in the Mental Health and Substance Abuse Community
Most of us are aware of the fact that tobacco use is still one of the most preventable causes of disease and death. While the rate of tobacco use has declined nationwide over the last 20 years, one group has not seen the same positive changes -- there are sobering statistics for people with mental illness and substance abuse:
- Nearly 1 in 5 adults have some form of mental illness.
- More than 1 in 3 adults (36%) with mental illness smoke cigarettes, compared with 1 in 5 adults (21%) with no mental illness.
- Tobacco users with mental health disorders die an average of 25 years earlier than American non-users.
- Out of over 445,000 people who die prematurely due to complications of tobacco use, almost 200,000 are people with either mental health or substance abuse disorders.
Read more here from
the Institute for Disability Studies at The University of Southern Mississippi - published through funding from the Mississippi State Department of Health Office of Tobacco Control.
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AAFP Introduces New Advocacy Page
AAFP has introduced a new advocacy page on its website, called
Fighting for Family Medicine. Members will see a new bi-weekly newsletter in their inboxes which will keep them informed of efforts to pass legislation and regulations favorable to primary care physicians. Members may also want to bookmark the
In the Trenches blog which is written by Shawn Martin, Senior Vice President of Advocacy.
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UMMC Family Medicine Residency Class of 1979. Back row: Drs. George Bush, Harry Bartee, Don Gibson, Ben Nash, J. Robert Ford. Front row, Drs. Robert Herrington, Hernando Guzman, W.R. Gillis, Daisy Thomas and T. Eric Hale.
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Dr. Forbes Compiles UMMC Family Medicine History from 1970s - Present
Dr. Bob Forbes, retired family medicine professor at UMMC, has compiled a wealth of historic photos and documents from the history of the UMMC Family Medicine Department. MAFP will post photos periodically from this trove of documents, which includes letters, staff lists, residency class photos and much more. Members desiring a copy can furnish a thumb drive to MAFP for copying at no charge. Contact
Kristen Kern by e-mail or at (601) 853-3302 for more information.
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Join Members-Only Facebook Group
MAFP has created a members-only Facebook group. All requests will be checked against the membership list before being permitted to join. Please join
Family Medicine Strong in MS.
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