April 2023Wesley G. Bradford, MD, MPH Feb 28 was the last day of California’s COVID-19 state of emergency (after loss of >100,000 lives in California). The state will continue its long-term COVID-19 stockpiling of masks and vaccines, but public health agencies will no longer be the primary provider of COVID-19 care. (See https://www.familydocs.org/news-resources-on-the-end-of-the-public-health-emergency/.) Federal support […] Read more
MARCH 25, 2023AMAM, Sheraton Grand Hotel, Sacramento The meeting was called to order by President Gregory Lewis, MD. Dr. Lewis began the meeting by reading a letter of gratitude from a medical student who had received an AMAM Scholarship in 2022. Attending the AMAM confirmed the student’s medical journey to follow family medicine. Dr. Lewis […] Read more
Amir Nader Bahmani, MDRiverside Community Hospital, FM ResidentIncoming PGY1 As a first-time attendee at the AMAM conference, I was surprised by the number of physicians involved in changing health policy and their enormous efforts to amend current legislation. AMAM aims to provide tools and information to help develop family physicians trained and dedicated to effectively advocating […] Read more
Welcome to 2023! My name is Greg and I am proud to serve as this year’s President of the Los Angeles Academy of Family Physicians (LAAFP), home of the family physicians of Los Angeles County. I’d like to extend a sincere appreciation to Dr. Po-Yin Samuel Huang for his leadership as President in 2022, our […] Read more
Doing a Post-Pandemic Reset The past few years have been uniquely challenging for family physicians. We initially met the challenge of navigating the COVID-19 pandemic through greater reliance on technology and telemedicine to try to provide care for our patients at a safe distance. Post-pandemic, we now face a medical field that has forever changed. […] Read more
January 2023Wesley G. Bradford, MD, MPH Beginning January 2023, all California physicians must provide the following Notice to Patients, include a quick response (QR) code to the Board’s Notice to Consumer webpage: NOTICE TO PATIENTS: Medical doctors are licensed and regulated by the Medical Board of California. To check up on a license or to […] Read more
Executive Committee (1-year term) President: Gregory Lewis, MDPresident-Elect: Emma Hiscocks, MDVice-President: Jerry Abraham, MD, MPH, QMDSecretary-Treasurer: Stacey Ludwig, MDAssistant Secretary Treasurer: Cynthia Chen-Joea, DO State Board of Directors (3-year terms) Directors:District III: Kevin Rossi, MDDistrict IV: Rebecca Bertin, MD Alternate Directors: District III: Po-Yin Samuel Huang, MDDistrict IV: Daniel Pio, MD Delegation to CAFP’s All […] Read more
