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Welcome New Members
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Clyde Whiting, MD
Fayette, MS
WCUCOM Students
Luke Fondren
Brice Guy
Alexandra Livingston
Quinn Quebodeaux
UMMC Students
Bernice Anderson
Wisam Beauti
Bridget Cheng
Megan Fasick
Meghan Johnson
Torey Krause
Regan Maxwell
Sarah Miller
Brannon Morris
Michelle Wheeler
Dorothy Whitlock
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Dr. Tim Alford, AAFP Delegate
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Mississippi Family Physician Journal
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Drs. Miller, Buchanan and Momah
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Physicians Represent Mississippi on National Stage at ACLF/NCCL
Six MAFP physician members, in addition to Beth Embry, Executive Director, attended two AAFP conferences held in Kansas City this week to learn and improve their leadership skills.
MAFP President Dr. Katie Patterson and Vice President Dr. David Wheat attended the Annual Chapter Leader Forum (ACLF), which is the AAFP's leadership development program for chapter-elected leaders, aspiring chapter leaders, and chapter staff. Among other roles, ACLF functions as an orientation for emerging leaders who serve on chapter boards, as well as professional development for new and seasoned chapter staff.
Drs. Jonathan Buchanan of Carthage, Ned Miller of West Point, Tobe Momah of Jackson, and Chrystal Sumrall of Laurel attended the National Conference of Constituency Leaders (NCCL), held concurrently with ACLF. They have participated in caucuses and hearings, took part in educational breakout sessions, and networked with other family physicians from around the country.
In Kansas City, MAFP Receives
Four Awards for Membership
In Kansas City this week, MAFP officers were presented with four different AAFP membership awards.
Competing with other state chapters who are similar in membership numbers, Mississippi AAFP received:
- 1st place in % increase in student membership
- recognition for 100% resident membership
- 2nd place for active membership retention percentage
- 2nd place for new physician retention percentage
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Drs. Wheat, Buchanan, Patterson, Miller, and Sumrall at the AAFP luncheon April 27, at which MAFP received its membership awards.
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Dr. Smith Honored With
MAFP Humanitarian Award
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Dr. Robert Smith, MD, FAAFP, of Jackson, was awarded the MAFP Humanitarian Award for courageous leadership on April 21.
Dr. Smith was nominated by the MAFP Awards Committee and the presentation was made at the MAFP Spring Conference.
Dr. Smith, a MAFP member since 1959, was an instrumental figure during the civil rights movement in Mississippi, providing consistent health care to those with little or no access. A founder of the Medical Committee for Civil Rights and the Committee for Human Rights in the mid-1960's, Dr. Smith and other health care professionals aided and treated civil rights workers and many other Mississippians during the Freedom Summer of 1964.
Dr. Smith also co-authored, founded and implemented the concept of Federally Qualified Health Centers. He co-founded the nation's first rural community health center, Delta Health Center in Mound Bayou, as well as the Mississippi Primary Health Care Association (MPHCA), which provides accessible and affordable primary medical care and dental care services to individuals and families.
Dr. Smith was honored in November 2017 with the American Medical Association's Medal of Valor Award at its 2017 Interim Meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii. The Medal of Valor Award honors AMA members who demonstrate courage under extraordinary circumstances in non-wartime situations. A native of Terry and a graduate of Tougaloo College, Dr. Smith received his medical degree from Howard Medical School and serves as president and chief executive officer of Central Mississippi Health Services, Inc.
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Dr. Hill Honored with
Name
on
MAFP Conference Room
Dr. Hill, of Oxford, has been a MAFP member since 1970 and is a board-certified family physician. He has contributed to the knowledge base, credibility, and community of family medicine in Mississippi. After completing Ole Miss and earning his medical degree from the University of Mississippi School of Medicine, he served in the U.S. Navy and then practiced medicine for 27 years in Hollandale.
After years in the Delta, Dr. Hill answered the call to teach new physicians, accepting the position of founding director of the North Mississippi Medical Center's Family Medicine Residency Program in Tupelo. Dr. Hill held that position from 1995-2001 and again from 2008-2013, and remained on the faculty from 2013-2017 before retiring this past December. Most notably, he served as president of the American Medical Association in 2005-2006 and as chair of the World Medical Association.
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Dr. Begum Honored at Convocation for AAFP Degree of Fellow
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Rahmath Unnisa Begum, MD, FAAFP, a family physician in Meridian, has achieved the
Degree of Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians, which represents nearly 129,000 family physicians, residents and medical students.
Dr. Begum was honored at a convocation during the Spring Conference in Jackson on April 22. Her degree was conferred by MAFP President Dr. Katie Patterson.
Established in 1971, the AAFP Degree of Fellow recognizes family physicians who have distinguished themselves through service to family medicine and ongoing professional development. There are more than 17,000 AAFP Fellows.
Dr. Begum
works at Meridian Medical Associates/Anderson Regional Medical Center in Meridian. She is a graduate of SVS Medical College in Telengana, India, where she also completed her internship. In America, Dr. Begum completed her family medicine residency at University Health Conway in Monroe, LA.
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Nominate a Colleague, or Yourself,
for MAFP Board Service
Now's your chance to serve on the MAFP Board of Directors. Board members are expected to attend meetings, and to take part in the decision-making process. Please
contact MAFP Executive Director Beth Embry
or Nominating Committee Chair
Dr. Sue Simmons
if you are interested.
The following positions on the board will be filled by the Nominating Committee this year:
- Secretary, 1-Year Term
- Delegate to AAFP, 2-Year term
- Alternate Delegate to AAFP, 2-Year Term
- District 2 Director, 2-Year Term (Covington, Forrest, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Lamar, Marion, Perry, Wayne counties)
- District 4 Director (Hinds County)
- District 6 Director (Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Claiborne, Coahoma, Grenada, Humphreys, Holmes, Issaquena, Leflore, Montgomery, Quitman, Sharkey, Sunflower, Tallahatchie, Tunica, Warren, Washington, Yazoo counties)
- District 8 Director (Alcorn, Itawamba, Lee, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Tippah, Tishomingo counties)
- Member at Large (any county)
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MAFP Committees Wrap Up Business
Three MAFP committees met by phone in April to wrap up for the year-end and give input on upcoming events. Many thanks to physicians who gave their time to serve on a committee. Interested in serving next year? Submit your interest to MAFP staff on this page.
Minutes from the meetings are below:
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Mississippi FM Residency
Seeks New Program Director
Paid advertisement.
EC HealthNet in Meridian seeks a new Family Medicine Program Director. This family medicine residency program began in 2014 and has 18 total residents. The application deadline is May 31, 2018. For more information contact
Angie Burks, (601) 482-4955.
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Want to Give Your Input on
Board Certification?
Take This Survey by May 11
The Vision Initiative, a collaborative effort created by the American Board of Medical Specialties, is conducting an important survey and needs your input to re-envision the future of continuing board certification and physician assessment.
The better data the Vision
Initiative gathers, the clearer the answers will be regarding how the board certification process should evolve to truly serve the needs of physicians and their patients.
Help construct the future of continuing board certification today. Take the survey. The deadline is May 11.
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