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Welcome New Members
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Justin C. Duke, DO
Tupelo, MS
Resident
Matthew Capalbo, DO
EC-HealthNet
WCUCOM Students
Babatune Adeyemi
John Barbara
Johnny Campbell
David DaCosta
Lia Morales-Ramos
Thu Nguyen
Zariad Saran
Urooj Shahid
Kinsley Stepka
Jasmine Tetley
UMMC Students
Nntamaka Ezekwe
Callie Grey
Raman Kaur
Michael Magee
Hannah Miller
Murti Patel
George Puneky
Rachel Sharp
Marty Waddell
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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
Interested in serving on the Board? Nominate yourself or another physician. Positions open for nomination this year include:
- Secretary
- AAFP Delegate
- Alternate AAFP Delegate
- District 2 Director
- District 4 Director
- District 6 Director
- District 8 Director
- Director at Large
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From left, Dr. Jason Dees, Mississippi Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, and Dr. Brent Smith met this week in Washington, DC.
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Two MS Family Physicians Attend Summit in Washington DC
This week Mississippi was represented by two member family physicians at the AAFP's Family Medicine Advocacy Summit (FMAS) in Washington, D.C.
Drs. Jason Dees and Brent Smith attended the annual summit along with hundreds of other family physicians and medical students. The four-day event focused on promoting family medicine to elected officials, in addition to political action committee meetings, advocacy committee meetings and Capitol Hill visits.
Both doctors are leaders on the national level in AAFP. Dr. Dees heads up the AAFP's FamMedPAC as its board chair, and
Dr. Smith leads the AAFP Foundation's Board of Trustees as its president.
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Make Plans Now for Sandestin - Annual Meeting July 21-25
Registration is now open for those who wish to register for the MAFP Annual Meeting this July. We are offering great CME speakers, exciting special events for kids and adults, and more!
Convention details.
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Foundation Awards Scholarships to Two High School Graduates
The MAFP Foundation last week awarded two scholarships to high school graduates who entered its essay contest on the topic
"Family Physicians: Providing Your Medical Home." The two winners were chosen from 35 entries from high school seniors around the state.
First-place winner is Baylee Lewis of Lena, a 2018 graduate of Leake Academy. She was awarded a $2,000 scholarship to East Central Community College, where she will attend this fall with plans to major in biology.
Baylee's Winning Essa
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Savannah Pipkin of Hickory Flat, a 2018 graduate of Hickory Flat Attendance Center, won second place and a $500 scholarship to the University of Mississippi, where she will attend this fall. She plans to major in biochemistry.
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MAFP's Medical Student Membership Doubles in Just One Year
MAFP's membership from Mississippi's two medical schools almost doubled from 2017 to 2018, proving that MAFP's recent student recruitment efforts have paid dividends.
Student membership from University of Mississippi Medical Center rose from 158 in April 2017 to 315 in April 2018, an increase of 99%.
Student membership from William Carey University COM rose 90%, from 54 in April 2017 to 102 in April 2018.
There is no charge for medical students to join AAFP/MAFP. Students simply complete and return a membership application.
The most significant factor behind the increase is the involvement of four student board members elected a year ago. Each student was asked to be an ambassador for family medicine and MAFP on their campus, and the students came through big-time, actively recruiting fellow students and promoting our activities within their networks and on social media. These members included WCUCOM student Terry Moran and UMMC students Craig Bullock, Will Casey and Caleb Zumbro.
"It makes me happy to see such a significant increase," Moran said. "Those students are the ones who will fill the primary care physician shortage in our state."
Bullock agreed. "I believe this growth is the result of much cultivation and hard work by the MAFP, the UMMC Family Medicine Department and the students of the Family Medicine Interest Group. I hope this trend will continue."
MAFP staff member Kay-Lynn Meador, Foundation and Workforce Director, also worked hard to increase student membership by recruiting members at both medical schools. At UMMC, Meador gave a presentation at a special luncheon for M1s, visited a FMIG meeting, had a booth at the FMIG's Recruitment Fair, and hosted a luncheon with guest speaker John Dowdy of the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics. At WCUCOM, Meador hosted a luncheon for students, and exhibited at the school's Hospital Day and Residency Fair.
Medical students make up 37% of MAFP's total members (435 as of April 30). Benefits of membership include receiving a quarterly newsletter and being invited to the Spring Fling, held just for residents and students. Student members are also eligible to apply for MAFP Foundation scholarships and AAFP scholarships.
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ABFM Hosts May 31 Webinar: Introduction to the Population Health Assessment Engine (PHATE)
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Want to improve population health and understand how social determinants affect your patients? Join the PRIME SAN team for a webinar to introduct you to the Population Health Assessment Engine (PHATE). Developed collaboratively by the American Board of Family Medicine and the University of Missouri, PHATE allows users to view the communities they are serving, community data, community partners, and disease and (poor) quality hot-spots. To help you train others to use PHATE, the Robert Graham Center and HealthLandscape have developed educational materials that teach clinicians, administrators, and learners how to incorporate PHATE and population health concepts into a practice. The webinar is free of charge.
Register for the Thursday, May 31, 1-2 pm (Central Time) webina
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Any questions about the webinar can be directed to Dr. Winston Liaw.
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Pfizer Gives Advocacy Grant to MAFP
Eric Martin of Pfizer, left, gives a check to Beth Embry, MAFP executive director, as part of an American Academy of Family Physicians Advocacy Day Assistance Program grant. The MAFP applied for and was awarded the grant to use for our Capitol Day event this past spring.
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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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Is it Your Time to Serve on the Board?
- 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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