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MAFP Directory for 2022:
Make Sure You Are Included
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Has your information changed in the last two years? Please help us update member information in preparation for our upcoming member directory. Please click on the link below to view and update your listing in our database. (You will need an AAFP sign-in.) Just make any changes, add anything new, and hit "Save My Account' at the bottom - it's that easy.
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Thank You For Choosing MAFP |
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Thank you for choosing to be a member of the MAFP. Your leadership and staff will meet next month to strategically plan the priorities of the MAFP for the next 3 years. We will continue to advocate for you and keep family medicine strong in Mississippi. Please know we value your membership.
We thank those who have already paid their MAFP dues for 2022 and encourage others to join before December 15. If you join before the December 15 deadline, your name will be entered into a drawing for the following prizes:
- Free registration to a MAFP meeting of your choice
- MAFP swag bag with sweatshirt, t-shirt, goodies, etc.
- MAFP Family Medicine Strong watercolor print
- Gift Cards
On October 13, the American Academy mailed out 2022 dues invoices to members. As dues are due December 31, please take the time to pay your dues as soon as possible. If you didn't receive your invoice in the mail, and you need it e-mailed to you, contact Kristen Kern at MAFP.
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Free Behavioral Health Consults Concerning Your Pediatric Patients |
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Mississippi's CHild Access to Mental Health and Psychiatry service, known as CHAMP, is a consultation and educational program for primary care providers in Mississippi. CHAMP supports primary care providers with questions about mental health care such as diagnostic clarification, medication adjustment, or treatment planning for any patient up to age 21. CHAMP offers this support through a phone consult line that is operated by UMMC child psychiatrists and child psychologists. (See CHAMP video linked below.) You can call CHAMP Monday through Friday 9 am to 5 pm at (601) 984-2080 or learn more at umc.edu/CHAMP.
MAFP President Dr. Carlos Latorre and Executive Director Beth Embry are members of the CHAMP Advisory Council who help with awareness of this free service. We encourage our MAFP members to utilize this great opportunity while available.
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FamDocPAC Donations Needed for
Upcoming Statewide Elections in 2022
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Donations to FamDocPAC, our political action committee, are more important than ever. Per our bylaws, our FamDocPAC only donates funds for state legislative races, and 2022 will be the year for distributing those funds to Senate and House candidates.
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Three Members Apply for National Commissions |
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Three Mississippi family doctors applied last month to serve as a member of one of the 7 commissions of the American Academy of Family Physicians. The AAFP Board of Directors will make appointments at an upcoming meeting. Good luck to each of our candidates.
Dr. Dustin Gentry of Louisville, one of our AAFP Alternate Delegates and a member of the Advocacy Committee, applied for Commission on Quality and Practice, and Commission on Federal and State Policy.
Dr. Katie Patterson of Indianola, a MAFP past president and Advocacy Committee chair who serves as AAFP Delegate, applied for the Commission on Education, Commission on Federal and State Policy, and Commission on Quality and Practice.
Dr. Brent Smith of Cleveland, AAFP Delegate, applied for Commission on Federal and State Policy, Commission on Education, and Commission on Health of the Public.
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Want to get involved? Join a Committee |
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MAFP President Dr. Carlos Latorre of Vicksburg wants interested physicians to sign up for committee service! Available committees include:
- Academy Operations
- Professional Development
- Workforce
- Public Awareness
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Lunch & Learn Provides Up to 3 Hours CME, Free Lunch for You and Your Clinic |
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This past week, the MAFP Foundation's Jewell Buckley conducted a free one-credit hour of CME training, "A Brief Tobacco Dependence Treatment in Healthcare Settings," with two additional hours of Translation 2 Practice (t2p). This CME is funded by a grant from the Mississippi State Department of Health and Office of Tobacco Control.
Buckley conducted the CME session at MEA Medical Clinic in Canton for family physicians Drs. Patrick Whipple and Scott Carlton. She also furnished lunch for their clinic at no charge to them. Buckley informed the doctors on how to conduct brief tobacco interventions in a clinical setting, the Mississippi Tobacco Quitline, and the ease of the referral process to the Quitline.
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New MAFP Members for October 2021 |
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New members joining in October 2021:
ACTIVE:
Gene D. Cathey, MD, Ocean Springs
Hafida Raki Mumallah, DO, Oxford
Micah Ray Walker, MD, Flora
Jessica Erin Willis, DO, Smithdale
STUDENT:
Dax Garner Bushway
Olivia Harlan Grant
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MAFP Resources for Physicians
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