LAST CHANCE to register for the conference!

Kick off the new year with fresh ideas, meaningful connections, and actionable strategies to elevate your practice. The 2025 SMLMA Healthcare Conference is designed for physicians across all specialties and practice sizes—from solo practitioners to large organizations.

3-5 PM: Wellness Roundtable Discussion

·       Led by Stanford WellMD's Dr. Mickey Trockel and RENEW's Dr. Linda Hawes Clever

·       Custom-tailored discussion based on regional Professional Fulfillment Survey

·       Actionable strategies for physician wellness   

5-8 PM: Evening Excellence

·       Networking Happy Hour and Business Expo (5-6 PM)

·       Farm-to-Table Dinner (6 PM)

·       Keynote address by Dustin Corcoran, CEO of the California Medical Association

·       Insights from Drs. Trockel and Hawes Clever

Call 707-525-4375 or email rachel@smlma.org today to register for only $100!

Featured conference speakers

Dustin Corcoran, CEO

CALIFORNIA MEDICAL ASSOC.

"State of Healthcare as

We Begin 2025"

Linda Hawes Clever, MD RENEW

"Let's Create a Wellness Tsunami in 2025"

Mickey Trockel, MD

STANFORD MED WellMD

"Professional Fullfilment: Mitigating Isolation"

The recent wildfires in Southern California have destroyed thousands of homes, structures and medical practices, as well as displaced thousands of residents and some of your physician colleagues.

Wildfire resources from CMA

The California Medical Association and Physicians for a Healthy California have launched a variety of efforts to support impacted physicians and their practices:

• Guide for patients and physicians impacted by Southern California wildfires.
• Working to ease burdens on physicians and patients through regulatory advocacy.
• Wildfire resources webpage 
• Area map showing location and condition of individual structures.

Be a mentor for Los Angeles County physicians

SMLMA is seeking volunteer physicians who lost their homes in our Sonoma County fires who are willing to be panelists and/or mentors to Los Angeles County physicians who are experiencing similar loss and devastation. For more information or to volunteer, contact SMLMA Executive Director Wendy Davies at exec@smlma.org or 707-620-0808.

The Medical Arts Project of Sonoma (MAPS) was founded two years ago by Drs. Rachel Friedman, Kari Harris and Allison Bacon to support physicians in exploring and making time for creative arts and expression. MAPS holds free monthly workshops sponsored by the Sonoma-Mendocino-Lake Medical Association at the Fulton Art Gallery on Thursdays or Fridays from 7–9 p.m., during which physician artists/writers/musicians/creatives teach their artistic discipline.

Now MAPS is hosting its first weekend workshop! This is your chance to dive deeper into creative practice, learn new skills and connect with fellow physicians in a beautiful, natural setting.

WHEN: Friday thru Sunday, Feb. 7–9, 2025

WHERE: Jug Handle Nature Center and Farm on the Mendocino Coast. Lodging includes bedrooms in the main farmhouse or nearby cabins.

WHAT: Join us for a transformative weekend of creative exploration and community building. This protected time offers opportunities for local physicians to engage in multimedia arts and crafting, group self-expression, and meaningful connection with like-minded physicians and clinicians.



Click here to register and ensure your spot, space is limited. Following registration, you will receive an email with instructions for payment.  

Need visual inspiration? Check out MAPS Instagram: Medical Arts Project of Sonoma (@mapsonoma) • Instagram photos and videos

Save April 9 for CMA Legislative Day

The California Medical Association will host its 51st annual Legislative Advocacy Day on Wednesday, April 9, 2025, in Sacramento. The day consistently brings together more than 400 physician and medical student leaders from all specialties and modes of practice.

• Attendees will have the opportunity to meet and lobby legislators on priority healthcare issues and learn how to become an advocate for patients and colleagues.
• Registered attendees will receive a webinar training on legislation and policy affecting the practice of medicine.

Details to follow soon about joining the SMLMA caucus. SMLMA will set up all legislative meetings and has rooms blocked for an overnight stay at the Sheraton Grand.

To help physicians understand the most significant new health laws, the California Medical Association has published its annual new laws round up, “Significant New California Laws of Interest to Physicians for 2025.” This document is free to all interested parties.

In addition to the print edition, Sonoma Health is now available online. Physicians, if you didn't receive your print copy or would like to order additional copies, please contact Rachel Pandolfi at rachel@smlma.org or 707-525-4375.

Sonoma Health focus for 2025 is on healthy lifestyles — rethinking obesity and weight loss. The issue includes articles on physician shortages, air quality and wildfires, cancer in young adults, and movement as medicine. Please enjoy reading and share the magazine in your waiting room.

Sonoma Health magazine is published annually by Sonoma Media in collaboration with the Sonoma-Mendocino-Lake Medical Association.

Tell your patients — FREE health check at each Vitalant blood donation visit. The Vitalant “mini-physical” checks donors' pulse, temperature, blood pressure and hemoglobin levels to ensure they are healthy enough to give blood. Donors also learn their blood type and cholesterol level after giving, and results are available in their confidential donor account.

Healthy, eligible donors are needed every day to make sure blood is readily available for patients who are treated for trauma, undergoing surgeries, fighting cancer, living with blood disorders and more. Find a convenient blood drive or donation center at vitalant.org.

SMLMA members can run FREE classified ads in News Briefs ($1 per word for non-members). To place an ad in the March issue, contact Wendy Davies via email at exec@smlma.org.

California Medical Association

CME Accredited Webinar Programs

BCBS Provider Antitrust Settlement

Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025 • 12:15 - 1:15 p.m. | REGISTER HERE

Long COVID Update: What We Know Now

Tuesday, March 11, 2025 • 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. | REGISTER HERE

Third Annual HIT Summit early bird deadline ends Feb. 7 – Save your spot now!

May 6–7, 2025 • San Diego, Calif.

California's premier health IT event will bring together thought leaders, innovators and healthcare professionals to explore the intersection of healthcare technology under the theme "Building the Future." Register by our early-bird deadline of Feb. 7 to save $50-$100!

Sutter Health

The Sutter Health Virtual Grand Rounds is a Continuing Education (CE) webinar series hosted by Sutter Health Network providers for all medical professionals across Northern California. Interactive Q&A session takes place with each live event.

Spinal Oncology Update

Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025 • 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. |  REGISTER HERE 

Integrating the Principles of Pediatric Palliative Care

Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025 • 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. |  REGISTER HERE 

PARTNERSHIP HEALTHPLAN

Jeffrey Ribordy, MD

Pediatrics

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PROVIDENCE MEDICAL GROUP

Sherwin Abdoli, MD

Surgery

Robina Ahmad, MD

Family Medicine

Hazma Aksu, MD

Internal Medicine

Su Lat Aung, MD

Internal Medicine

Beatrice Brumley, MD

Internal Medicine

Peter Chang-Sing, MD

Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology

Shidong Chen, MD

Pediatrics

Deborah Colina, MD

Emergency Medicine

Thomas Dunlap, MD

Cardiovascular Disease

Gansevoort Dunnington, MD

Thoracic & Cardiac Surgery

Lamarr Echols, MD

Emergency Medicine

Siddharth Hublikar, MD

Infectious Disease

Carol Li, DO

Internal Medicine

Emanuel

Lopez-Perez, MD

Emergency Medicine

Christina McDowell, MD Internal Medicine

Surinder Moonga, MD

Psychiatry

Christopher Nylad, MD

Internal Medicine

Farid Osman, MD

Nephrology

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