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TAFP's Products & Services for family physicians
TAFP’s bimonthly Products & Services e-newsletter highlights products and services important to family physicians. See the latest offerings below, and access previous items in the Products & … more
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San Antonio educator appointed to AAFP public health commission
San Antonio educator appointed to AAFP public health commission
TAFP past president Kaparaboyna Ashok Kumar, M.D., F.R.C.S., has been appointed to the AAFP Commission on Health of the Public and … more
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TAFP Foundation president appointed to AAFP Foundation board
TAFP Foundation president appointed to AAFP Foundation board
Dale C. Moquist, M.D., F.A.A.F.P., of Sugar Land, Texas, has been appointed to the American Academy of Family Physicians Foundation … more
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Waco residency program develops project to address childhood obesity
Waco residency program develops project to address childhood obesity
The Waco Family Medicine Residency Program has been awarded an AAFP grant to develop a family-centered, community project … more
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Mabry completes term as speaker of the AAFP Congress of Delegates
Mabry completes term as speaker of the AAFP Congress of Delegates
Leah Raye Mabry, M.D., R.Ph., of San Antonio, completed her third and final term as speaker of the AAFP Congress of Delegates at … more
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Austin family physician named to new position at HHSC
Austin family physician named to new position at HHSC
Family medicine has a new champion among state officials. Mark Chassay, M.D., of Austin will become deputy executive commissioner for the … more
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Goertz completes year as AAFP president, assumes role of board chair
Goertz completes year as AAFP president, assumes role of board chair
Roland A. Goertz, M.D., M.B.A., of Waco, Texas, completed his year as president of the American Academy of Family Physicians at … more
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2011 Year in Review
2011 was a year of new ideas, initiatives, and projects, and your Academy approached all with the same goal: to unite the family physicians of Texas, equip them with the tools to navigate a changing practice environment, and proactively advance the specialty of family medicine.
By Kate Alfano
From the start of the legislative session in January to the 10th ABFM SAM Group Study Workshop in December (and all events in between), TAFP members and staff stayed engaged in their mission. Read on for a review of happenings over the past year.
Advocacy: Just two weeks after the start of the new year, the 82nd Texas Legislature convened, sending TAFP’s leaders, lobby team, and staff into high gear to advocate on behalf of family medicine’s top concerns: graduate medical education, scope of practice, and physician workforce. Compounding the session was a $4 billion deficit in the 2010-2011 biennium and a $23 billion shortfall for 2012-2013, which threatened all state-funded programs and any proposal containing a fiscal note.
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TAFP loses life member, physician emeritus
TAFP loses life member, physician emeritus
TAFP life member Isaac Kleinman, M.D., passed away on June 28, 2011. Kleinman opened a family medicine practice in Rosenberg in 1956 and practiced full- … more
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TAFP leader, Lubbock physician passes away
TAFP leader, Lubbock physician passes away
TAFP member Walter Hyde, Jr., M.D., passed away Sept. 18, 2011, at age 59. He practiced family medicine in the communities of Lubbock and Seminole, … more