Contents tagged with family physician
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July 2020 Member of the Month
Member of the Month: Alyssa Molina, MD, MPH
Full-spectrum family physician cares for patients, directs EMS
By Kate Alfano
posted 07.01.20
Alyssa Molina, MD, MPH, practices full-spectrum … more
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The richest man in the world
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The richest man in the world
Story and photos by Samantha White
It’s 6 a.m. on a typical Thursday at the Family Health Center in the small border town of Rio Grande City, Texas. … more
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Thank God I'm a Country Doc
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Thank God I’m a country doc
Story and photos by Samantha White
“This is where I’m from.”
The simplest of answers. When asked why he returned to his hometown of Eagle Lake, Texas, … more
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Make your mark on family medicine
Calling all TAFP members: Make your mark on family medicine
We want your talent and knowledge on a committee or commission
posted 4.14.14
Help determine the direction of family medicine by … more
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New certification needed to provide exams and medical certificates to interstate truck drivers
New certification needed to provide exams and medical certificates to interstate truck drivers
TAFP is co-sponsoring the required course on May 10
posted 3.20.14
Physicians and other health care … more
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Member of the Month: Ajay Gupta, M.D.
Member of the Month: Ajay Gupta, M.D.
TAFP officer values personal relationships with patients
posted 2.26.14
After being raised by first generation immigrant parents in Chicago and Houston, … more
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Meet TAFP’s Physician of the Year: Jasmine Sulaiman, M.D.
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Choosing the road less traveled
Story and photos by Samantha White
Dr. Jasmine Sulaiman worked all week in a Cleveland, Texas clinic treating patients and teaching local women … more
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A Texas longhorn in Queen Elizabeth’s surgery
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By Richard Young, M.D.
We walked down a narrow pedestrian-only street in the small town of Litchfield, England, which is a bedroom community near the second-largest city in Britain, … more
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What is a good doctor?
By Troy Fiesinger, M.D.
TAFP President, 2012-2013Although I missed the blockbuster 2011 Brad Pitt movie Moneyball, I recently read the book by Michael Lewis. Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane, a promising high school prospect out of California, was drafted by the New York Mets the same year as Darryl Strawberry and Lenny Dykstra. Despite looking like a top prospect to the scouts, Beane’s major league career ended early while Strawberry and Dykstra won the 1986 World Series with the Mets. As the general manager of the Athletics, Beane struggled to define more accurately what makes a baseball player good. This got me thinking: How do I know I’m a good doctor?
I can point to the diplomas on my wall and tell you I went to good schools, but the U.S. News and World Report rankings are little more than opinion surveys with minimal hard data to back up their lists. I can show you a copy of my Texas medical license, but that just means I haven’t broken any laws nor received any complaints to the Texas Medical Board. You could look at my American Board of Family Medicine diploma, know that I have passed a national exam and do annual online education modules, and consequently assume I know something. You do not know, however, if I am better than the doctors across the street.
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Member of the Month: Linda Siy, M.D.
Member of the Month: Linda Siy, M.D.
TAFP past president active in Academy business
posted 07.18.13
In honor of this year’s Annual Session & Scientific Assembly taking place in Fort Worth, the … more