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BOARD NOTES – November 6, 2009
NMAFP Chapter office
Our Chapter will be making plans to introduce resolutions at the AAFP Congress of Delegates next September in Denver. Early drafting will lead to opportunities for collaboration with other states.
Jenny Southard, MD, third year UNM FM resident, served as Reference Committee Chair, and authored several bills at the National Conference of Family Medicine Students and Residents in August. Sally Bachofer, MD and Mario Pacheco reported on a recent visit to Cuba and its education of physicians who intend to practice in underserved areas.
New Mexico will organize the Multi-State Meeting at the DFW airport in February, moderated by Mario Pacheco, MD and Sally Bachofer, MD. Dan Derksen, MD and Rick Madden, MD, will present our Chapter’s best practices and NM legislative issues.
The Doctor of the Day program that we sponsor and organize will occur again at this year’s 30 day NM Legislature in January and February. We will not have a lobbyist this year.
The NMAFP Chapter will run Rick Madden, MD for an AAFP Board of Directors post next September at the Congress of Delegates in Denver. Linda Stogner, MD will be retiring her Delegate seat; the NMAFP Board elected to give that seat to Dr. Madden. Dan Derksen, MD will continue as Delegate; Melissa Martinez, MD and Dion Gallant, MD will continue as Alternates.
The Chapter will support the New Mexico Medical Society’s Interim Meeting on December 4. State legislative leaders will be invited for dinner. There will also be CME about the Patient-Centered Medical Home and Accountable Care Organization models.
Medical student applications to New Mexico’s residencies are robust this year. Our graduating FM residents choose to remain in New Mexico nearly 100%.
The next Board Meeting is set for Feb. 5, 2010 at 5:30 PM, in the NMAFP Chapter office, 2400 Louisiana NE.