
CAFP is pleased to announce Elise Singer, MD as its November Member of the Month. Dr. Singer is an MBA student at Haas School of Business and a board certified geriatrician and family physician. Most recently, Dr...

In a November 3, 2009 letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, AAFP endorsed the Affordable Health Care for America Act (HR 3962) and the Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act (HR 3961), introduced by Representative John Dingell and other health care leaders in the House...

Posted on 11.2.09 by Sharon Lin, DO Now that I've had a few weeks to recuperate from long inpatient hours, I'm feeling more alive. It's been a few months now that I've neglected thinking outside the box...

Posted on 11.02.09 by Executive Vice President Susan Hogeland, CAE Another busy week is on tap for CAFP as we continue our engagement in the health care reform debate...

Postedon 10.26.09 by Carla Kakutani, MD Certain things always happen every year at the CMA House of Delegates. Awards are given out, CALPAC raises money, the tide of a debate suddenly turns 180 degrees based on impassioned oratory at the microphone...

Hal Grotke Last week I got a new medical student. He had spent the first week of his rotation somewhere else but made the change because he wanted to see more variety. At the end of his first week with me he said, "there is no shortage of pathology here." Rural family medicine rocks!

By Geoff Leung, MD The Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) is a key component of the health care reform legislation currently debated by Congress. Effective implementation of the PCMH will require a significant increase in the supply of family physicians and other primary care physicians...

By Jack Chou, MD Communication conduits are an integral part of any home and business. Incorporating them as part of any construction project is essential for ease of future upgrade in the ever-changing world of communication. Building a professional community is no exception....

By Carla Kakutani, MD There is no doubt that advocacy is a key activity at CAFP, but the question for us was to decide how we could best use our advocacy firepower to support the Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) and family medicine over the next three years...

Posted on 10.12.09 by Sharon Lin, DO It's beenfour months since I started mysecond year of residency and I started off with three tough months of inpatient work and another month of Spanish emersion abroad in between...






