It is my honor to have the opportunity to represent the Los Angeles Academy of Family Physicians for the upcoming year as your president in 2026. After graduating from medical school at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, I completed residency at the Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Family Medicine Residency Program. I now practice […] Read more
Stacey Ludwig, MD, MPH I find myself lately striving to find optimism in a world that progressively feels more chaotic and stressful. The work we do as primary care physicians is stressful at baseline without the added stress of financial threats to our patients from HR1 and the current geo-political stressors of the day. Although, current […] Read more
Cynthia Chen-Joea, MD, MPH, FAAFP Bearing Witness: Vicarious Trauma in Family Medicine Note: Patient and family details have been modified to protect confidentiality. When I walked into the room, she and her father were looking through old photos together. The old glossy kind that were kept in treasured boxes. He was more present that day, despite […] Read more
April 2026Wesley G. Bradford, MD, MPH CAFP’s Sponsored Bill AB 2651 would require notification when school vaccination rates fall below safe levels, helping families to protect their children from preventable outbreaks. AAFP (https://www.aafp.org/) has developed a suite of resources tailored to support physicians in making confident, evidence-based vaccine recommendations and to support a productive dialogue with […] Read more
Pre-AMAM Caucus ZoomMarch 9, 2026 The meeting was called to order by President, Stacey Ludwig, MD. All of the participants were welcomed and there were 14 members in attendance. Executive Director Joe Kuns was also present. The group discussed resolutions for the upcoming AMAM (Annual Meeting and Advocacy Meeting) conference. The group reviewed several resolutions, […] Read more
