MISSISSIPPI ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS
Newsletter - June 9, 2021
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Southaven to Get 18 New Family Medicine Residents at Baptist - Desoto

On May 5, program staff received word from the Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education that their application for a new residency program had been approved. This new program, housed in Southaven at Baptist Memorial Hospital - Desoto, will be led by family physician Dr. Daniel Hogue and will train 18 total doctors. The program expects to begin recruiting potential residents this fall, participate in the MATCH in March 2022, and to officially open July 1, 2022.
Successful Spring Conference in Jackson

Almost 60 family physicians gathered April 23-25 in Jackson for the MAFP Spring Conference, which featured 10 hours of CME, 19 exhibitors and a fun social event. The CME sessions were held Saturday during the day and Sunday morning. Highlighting the conference was the Friday night Catfish Dinner held at the MAFP headquarters, which included food from Penn’s Catfish House, drinks, live music, and entertainment with cornhole and flying discs.
Conference attendees wearing their MAFP apparel during the conference. Back Row: Dr. Jennifer Gholson, Will Carter, Dr. Stephen Hammack, Dr. Paul Pavlov and Dr. Jonathan Buchanan. Front Row: Dr. Chrystal Sumrall, Dr. Emily Landrum, Weston Eldridge, and Dr. Carlos Latorre.
MAFP Earns Membership Awards for 2020
Mississippi AFP won three awards in the American Academy of Family Physicians state chapter awards for membership for 2020. These awards were announced in April 2021. We were recognized for having 100% of our state's family medicine residents as members, and we were recognized with first place in our division for the highest percent of new physicians retained as members. Finally, we earned second place for the highest retention percentage of active members statewide.
Talking Tar Wars: Foundation, Mary Margaret Hyer Educate Mississippians
In April, MAFP Foundation's Jewell Buckley taught tobacco prevention to a group of participants in the Mississippi Rural Dentists Scholarship Program, showing them how to do a Tar Wars presentation to make sure their future patients have the tools they need to be healthy. Miss Mississippi Mary Margaret Hyer took to the airwaves on the statewide talk radio JT Show to let consumers know she was available to do Tar Wars presentations to their kids' schools. Hyer mentioned the MAFP and the work we do to protect kids from the dangers of tobacco.
MAFPF's Jewell Buckley, left, with Mississippi Rural Dentists Scholarship Program participants.
Above, Miss Mississippi Mary Margaret Hyer was interviewed by Gerard Gibert on the JT Show.
New Members
Active members recently joining the MAFP in March, April and May 2021:
Omelia E. Danford, MD, Hattiesburg

Resident members recently joining:
Jonathan Austin Berry, MD, Shreveport, LA
Piu Dey, MD, Gulfport
Stanley John Dziaba, DO, Fremont, IN
Nazli Goktepe, DO, Gulfport
Gurwinder Kaur, MD, Gulfport
Arjun Meiyappan, MBBS, Gulfport
Surbhibahen Sanjaykumar Modi, MBBS, Gulfport
Aneri Patel, MBBS, Gulfport
Shazanne Pennant, MD, Gulfport
Carmenza Marcella Valderrama, MD, Gulfport
Thinn Zaw, MD, Gulfport

Students recently joining:
Michael Azar, UMMC
Michael Beard, UMHS St. Kitts
Ashika Bhakta, Ross Univ. SOM
Luiza Harutyunyan, WCUCOM
Thuy Le, UMMC
Seema Murugan, UMMC
Sisi Xu, WCUCOM