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FMEC Members and Friends:
Whether you are with us Cleveland or not, please enjoy this email,
which has opportunities for everyone in the FMEC region!
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Celebrating FMEC and its Leaders
For the 41st year, family physicians, residents, medical students and their supporters from the northeast U.S. are gathering for an exciting Annual Meeting. The event kicked off with preconferences on Thursday. The FMEC is pleased to welcome nearly 1,000 students, residents, and faculty, along with 37 exhibitors and 99 residency programs in the Residency Fair.
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Last night at the FMEC Presidents Welcome Reception and Celebration, FMEC President Dr. Pam Vnenchak welcomed the FMEC Board and Host Committee, Past Presidents, 2025 award recipients, Legacy Campaign donors, and others.
Get your invite to next year’s Welcome Reception!
Join the FMEC Board or the 2026 Annual Meeting Host Committee! Email Scott Allen at scott.allen@fmec.net to learn about Board vacancies and how to join the Host Committee.
Get an FMEC Award!
See who got the FMEC awards in 2025 and what awards are given on the FMEC Awards page.
Support the FMEC!
Read about how you can donate to the FMEC.
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Explore the Cardi-OH Web App: Best Practices at Your Fingertips
Have you used the Cardi-OH web app? Easily access Cardi-OH’s resource library on your mobile device. Add the app to your phone or tablet's home screen, bookmark your favorite best practices resources for quick access, and easily share with colleagues. Your go-to source for cardiovascular and diabetes best practices for everywhere you practice. Learn more at Cardi-OH.org
| | Cardi-OH is an Annual Meeting sponsor and offers excellent tools for your residents and faculty! Please show them support by visiting their exhibit table and the above website to learn more. | | | |
99 Residency Programs Join us in Philadelphia
The highlight of the FMEC Annual Meeting is the Residency Fair, which will kick off tonight at 7pm. The FMEC is honored to have 99 family medicine residency programs from the northeast US join us tonight, including a few new programs. See the 2025 Residency Fair Participants list to see who’s here.
Today’s Plenaries will Challenge and Inspire
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At 12:30pm, Dr. Gary Lewis LeRoy will present “Why This, Why Now, Why Us?: The Art of Noticing Unnoticed Wisdom.” Dr. LeRoy is the Senior Vice President for Diplomate Engagement of the American Board of Family Medicine and an associate professor of Family Medicine at Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine.
At 5:30pm, Dr. Christine Alexander-Rager will present “My Backstage Pass to the Corner Office: How Family Medicine Ushered Me into Health System Leadership.” Dr. Alexander has been a physician with the MetroHealth System since 1997 and was named the institution’s President and Chief Executive Officer in October 2024.
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Call for Student and Resident Board Members
In 2023, the FMEC Board of Trustees expanded from 15 to 17 members to add a medical student and a resident. The FMEC is seeking a medical student and a resident to join the FMEC Board in late 2025 to get up to speed and then assume their official terms for 2026-2027. The commitment is nearly 2 years, during which time the candidates must be actively enrolled in either a medical school or a family medicine residency training program in the FMEC region (14 states +DC – see the list on the FMEC website) or at an international medical school which has an active FMEC Partnership (see FMEC Partner list). Interested students and residents apply online (FMEC Student/Resident Board Position Application) by October 13, 2025.
AAFP Chapter Events
On Friday, September 19 from 9pm-10pm, receptions will be held by both the New York State Academy of Family Physicians (Room 26B) and the Ohio AAFP (Room 25C). On Saturday, September 20 from 7am to 8pm the Pennsylvania Academy of Family Physicians will convene its Program Director’s Meeting (Room 19).
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FMEC Creates More ALSO Instructors
For many years, the FMEC Annual Meeting has included an ALSO Instructor Training. This year’s training created 27 new ALSO Instructors! Thank you to Dr. Scott Hartman and all the faculty who taught this important course.
If you are a trained ALSO Instructor looking to teach a course, or a residency program hoping to schedule ALSO training for your residents, the FMEC wants to help. Please contact Rebecca Bouck at rebecca.bouck@fmec.net to let us know you are interested.
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Visit the Exhibits
Thank you to our 37 exhibitors! The exhibits are open today, Friday, from 12pm to 5:30pm, and Saturday from 8am to 2:30pm. See the list of FMEC’s 2025 exhibitors and plan to visit them all.
A Busy Programming Day for Students!
The FMEC appreciates the AAFP, AAFP Chapters, student leaders, and other partners for helping us schedule important sessions for students. Here are just a few scheduled for Saturday.
- Breakfast Table 3: Empowering FMIG Leaders: Building a Powerful FMIG (Ballroom A-B, 7am)
- Workshop 25: Empowering Voices Through Advocacy: FMIGs in Action (Room 25C, 8am)
The above sessions are presented by Adam Bradley, AAFP, and Molly Hurd, University of Vermont.
- Seminar 33: Let’s Scope it Out! The Endless Career Opportunities in Family Medicine (Room 12, 8am), presented by Molly Talley, Pennsylvania AFP, and Caitlin Lauderman, Ohio AFP
- Seminar 41: Preparing for Success as a New Physician (Room 14, 9:15am), presented by James Hemphill, TGS Financial
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Have a great day at the conference!
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