Po-Yin Samuel Huang, MD New Year, New Opportunities As we look back to the first quarter of 2019 and look forward to the rest of the year, we have already faced numerous dramatic changes and will be having more to come. Staying nimble but persistent in improving and maintaining the health and wellbeing of our […] Read more
Arpil 2019 After significant pushback by the physician community, including family physicians who organized action using CAFP’s members-only message board (SPARK), AB 149 (Cooper) was introduced to delay a provision in a recently passed law (AB 1753) that would force physicians to replace all of their prescription pads. AB 1753 required that all prescription forms […] Read more
LAAFP Breakfast CaucusThe Citizen Hotel, SacramentoMarch 10, 2019 President Daniel Pio, MD, called the meeting to order and introduced his 2019 Executive Committee. Twenty-three members and guests attended the meeting, as well as Roxanne Kuns, Executive Director. All names have been placed on record. Dr. Pio asked Dr. Rebecca Bertin to come forward to receive […] Read more
Alex Chen, MS4Keck School of Medicine of USC Writing on the eve of The Match, attending the CAFP All Member Advocacy meeting (AMAM) with the support of the LAAFP was a fitting capstone to my medical school education. AMAM invited all to participate in the broader, important goals of meeting inspiring family physicians, setting priorities […] Read more
Greetings from LAAFP! Daniel Pio, MD, MBA, FAAFPPresident As we start a new year, the prospect of both immediate and long-term changes to healthcare stands in front of us. Uncertainty can be uncomfortable. It is my genuine hope that the Los Angeles Academy of Family Physicians (LAAFP) can be a resource to help clarify questions […] Read more
The Last Sailor has the soul of a sea horse.He lived all his lifeon the ocean;and has wide expressiveeyes of a sea wolf;and a cancerthat fills his lungs of salt water.Mr. O. looks at meWith pensive black eyesAnd asks:“How long do I have?”I say:“I do not know – it depends.”However, he is a man of […] Read more
January 2019 The Federal Government’s partial shut-down has had an uneven effect on a variety of government services. “Big-ticket” health programs and HHS were already funded through September. CDC flu surveillance and NIH biomedical research are not affected, but FDA food safety operations are (better be careful about eating romaine lettuce for now). Indian Health […] Read more
