67th Annual NMAFP
Family Medicine Seminar

August 7-9, 2025
Ruidoso Convention Center
Ruidoso, NM 

(The AAFP will review and deem this Conference acceptable for up to 20.00 Live Prescribed credits)

Thursday
August 7, 2025

8:00 a.m.
Registration
Exhibits Open, Breakfast
Exhibit Hall

8:50 a.m.
Introduction & Welcome
Melissa Martinez, MD
Scientific Program Chair

9:00 a.m.
Navigating Herbal Medicine While Caring for Indigenous Populations”
Charity Bishop, MD, Taylor Russell, Medical Student

10:00 a.m.
Geriatric Depression”
Brock Frost, PhD

11:00 a.m.
Breaking Through Biases Building Skills for Collaborative Weight Management in Primary Care & Treating Obesity as a Chronic Disease”
Jamy D. Ard, MD, FTOS

12:00 p.m.
Lunch 

1:00 p.m.
New Therapies for Chronic Migraines”
Christopher Bouchard, MD

2:00 p.m.
LFT’s/Hep B and C”
Robert Goldsteen, MD

3:00 p.m.
Break 

3:30 p.m.
Nonpharmacologic Approaches to Managing Chronic Pain: Fewer Pills, Better Results”
Maya Armstrong, MD

4:30 p.m.
Family Medicine Update
Tochi Iroku-Malize, MD

5:30 p.m.
At Leisure

6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Welcome Reception Dinner
Patio MCM Elegante
Tochi Iroku-Malize, MD, Honored Guest
Announcement of the NMAFP Candidates for Office 2025-2026

Friday
August 8, 2025

8:00 a.m.
Registration
Exhibits Open, Breakfast
Exhibit Hall

9:00 a.m.
Presentation of Dermatologic Issues in Skin of Color
Carlos Cano, MD

10:00 a.m.
ADHD in Pediatric Patients”
Kimothi N. Cain, MD

11:00 a.m
Emerging Topics in Cardiovascular Health: Lp(A), Cardiac Calcium Scoring and other New Modalities”
Dion Gallant, MD

12:00 p.m.
Lunch

1:00 p.m.
RSV Primary Care at the Center of RSV Prevention: Community- Focused Strategies to Foster Trust and Vaccine Acceptance
Brenda L. Tesini, MD

2:00 p.m.
Cannabis Use Disorder”
Valerie Carrejo, MD

3:00 p.m.
Break – Exhibit Hall
Sponsored by Montanas del Norte Area Health Education Center

3:30 p.m.
Climate Medicine”
Tochi Iroku Malize, MD

4:30 p.m.
Vaccine Update”
Melissa Martinez, MD

5:30 p.m.
At Leisure

6:00 – 10:00 p.m.
Awards Dinner & Dance with live DJ
Exhibit Hall

Saturday
 August 9, 2025


7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.
Yoga, all levels
(Space limited, pre-registration required)
Marianne Mohr

8:00 a.m.
Registration
Breakfast – Exhibit Hall

9:00 a.m.
Evidenced Based Supplements”
Amy Robinson, MD

10:00 a.m.
Difficult Patients: Don’t Despair-BREATH OUT”
Jennifer Edgoose, MD

11:00 a.m.
Recent Hot Topics in the Literature”
Daniel Waldman, MD

12:00 p.m.
Lunch

1:00 p.m.
Recognizing and Treating Sodium Disorders: An Outpatient to Inpatient Approach”
Alicia Gonzales, MD

2:00 p.m.
Transforming T2DM Treatment in Primary Care: Discerning the Glycemic and Extra Glycemic Effect of GLP-1 Ras”
James R. Gavin III, MD, PhD

3:00 p.m.
The Now and Future of ABFM Board Certification”
Gary LeRoy, MD

4:00 p.m.
End of Continuing Medical Education Presentations


sunday
 August 10, 2025


8:30 a.m.
Breakfast Board of Directors Meeting
Ruidoso Convention Center

10:00 a.m.
Scientific Advisory Committee Meeting
Ruidoso Convention Center

MCM Eleganté Lodge & Resort Ruidoso

The MCM Eleganté Lodge and Resort, located in beautiful Ruidoso, New Mexico, is surrounded by towering pines, invigorated by mountain breezes and neighbored by the Links at Sierra Blanca Golf Course and Ruidoso Convention Center. Amenities offered by the MCM Elegante Lodge and Resort are: full hot complimentary breakfast daily, fitness center, Ruidoso’s largest indoor heated pool and jacuzzi, a business center, full bar, and complimentary wireless internet throughout the hotel. MCM Elegante Lodge and Resort has a variety of affordable rooms.

Deluxe Double Queen w/Mini-fridge & Microwave $144

King Studio Suite w/Full Kitchen $154

One Bedroom King Suite w/Full Kitchen $164

We recommend you reserve early to get the type of room you want. A room block will be held until July 3rd, so please make your reservations before this date. After this date, rooms will be on a space available basis. Please identify that you are with the New Mexico Academy of Family Physicians in order to receive the room block discount.

107 Sierra Blanca, Ruidoso, NM 88345

Phone: 575-258-5500 or 1-866-211-7727

inforuidoso@mcmelelgante.com

www.mcmeleganteruidoso.com

MCM Elegante Lodge & Resort

66th Annual NMAFP
Family Medicine Seminar

July 25-27, 2024
the Eldorado Hotel
Santa Fe, NM 

Lisa Stolarczyk, MD, Scientific Program Chair

This Program was reviewed and approved for up to 21 Live AAFP Prescribed credits.

Please take a few minutes to complete the anonymous conference evaluation by clicking here. Please note, we do not receive any of the information unless you complete the survey. Your feedback is critical in determining a variety of information including medical topics we should focus on in future conferences, the quality of the speakers, and even how NMAFP can better serve you. 

Thursday, July 25, 2024

8:00 a.m.
Registration
Exhibits Open, Breakfast
Exhibit Hall

8:50 a.m.
Introduction & Welcome
Lisa Stolarczyk, MD
Scientific Program Chair

9:00 a.m.
“Treating Opioid Use Disorder in the Fentanyl Era”
Valerie Carrejo, MD

10:00am
“Head to Toe OSA”
Lana Wagner, MD

11:00 a.m.
“Evidence-based Review of Medical Literature”
Sherry Weitzen, MD, PhD

12:00 p.m.
Lunch – Exhibit Hall

1:00 p.m.
“A Complex Disease Process: Understanding Endometriosis to Improve Patient Care”
Molly McClain, MD, MPH

2:00 p.m.
“Update on Thyroid Disorders”
Teodor Duro, MD

3:00 p.m.
Break – Exhibit Hall

3:30 p.m.
“Choosing Wisely – Rapid Review of Practice-Changing Clinical Recommendations for 2024”
Alex Lin, MD; Isabell Diaz Morfin, MD; Sangmin Choe, MD

4:30 p.m.
“Frontier Medicine”
John Cullen, MD, AAFP Past Board Chair & Honored Guest

5:30 p.m.
At Leisure

6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Welcome Reception Dinner
Exhibit Hall
John Cullen, MD, AAFP Past Board Chair & Honored Guest
Announcement of the NMAFP Candidates for Office 2024-2025
Sponsored by UNM School of Medicine Office for Community Faculty


Friday, July 26, 2024


8:00 a.m.
Registration
Exhibits Open, Breakfast
Exhibit Hall

9:00 a.m.
“Cases in the Community: Optimizing Treatment and Considering Weight Management as a Primary Goal in People With T2DM”
Dion Gallant, MD, FAAFP & Jay H. Shubrook, MD

10:00 a.m.
“Principles of Chronic Wound Management”
Eileen Comstock, MD

11:00 a.m
“ ‘PFTs’ for the PCP”
Hayley Israel, MD

12:00 p.m.
Lunch – Exhibit Hall
Sponsored by Montanas del Norte AHEC

1:00 p.m.
“The Critical Role of Family Physicians in Preventing Heart Disease with Coronary Calcium CT and Simple Targeted Lipid Management”
David Schade, MD

2:00 p.m.
“New Approaches to Asthma in Treatment Selection and Assessment”
Stephen Brunton, MD

3:00 p.m.
Break – Exhibit Hall

3:30 p.m.
“Navigating Narcolepsy in Family Medicine: Patient-Centered Strategies to Optimize the Experience and Outcomes of Treatment”
Lois E. Krahn, MD

4:30 p.m.
“Cognitive Disorders”
John Adair, MD

5:30 p.m.
At Leisure

6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Awards Dinner
Exhibit Hall
John Cullen, MD, AAFP Past Board Chair & Honored Guest

Saturday, July 27, 2024

ATTENDEE INFORMATION 

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Please take a few minutes to complete the anonymous conference evaluation by clicking here. You may complete the survey after each day you attend, or at the end of the conference. Please note, we do not receive any of the information unless you complete the survey. Your feedback is critical in determining a variety of information including medical topics we should focus on in future conferences, the quality of the speakers, and even how NMAFP can better serve you. 

Eldorado Hotel