Connecticut Academy of Family Physicians

Thank you to the exhibitors and sponsors of the 2024 Scientific Symposium! Your support is crucial to the success our event and to CT AFP providing low-cost CME to our members. Gold Level Sponsors: Coverys Core Content Review of Family Medicine Silver Level Sponsors: Exact Sciences Novo Nordisk Bronze Level Sponsors: Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. Corcept Therapeutics Eisai US GSK Hartford HealthCare - Integrated Care Partners Jefferson Radiology Exhibitors: AbbVie - Migraine Access-Mental Health CT Aledade, Inc. Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - AstraZeneca Rare Disease American Board of Family Medicine AstraZeneca - Vaccine Baystate Health BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. Community Health Network of Connecticut, Inc. Cyberlife Dope Doctors Eastern Connecticut Health Network (ECHN) - Manchester Memorial Hospital Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University Gilead Sciences Gilead Sciences HIV Prevention Services Integris Group Kyruus Health Medtronic Endovenous Merck - Vaccine Optum Pfizer - Cardiovascular Physical Therapy & Sports Medicine Centers Sanofi - T1D Early Detection Sanofi Medical Affairs Sanofi Pasteur MSD Total Medical Supply UConn School of Medicine

Thank you, Dr. Khuram Ghumman! As your term as President of the CT Academy of Family Physicians comes to an end, we want to express our deepest gratitude for your outstanding leadership, dedication, and tireless efforts, especially during the CT AFP 75th Anniversary Gala! Your vision and passion have greatly impacted our community and advanced the mission of family medicine in Connecticut and on a national level through the AAFP as well. Thank you for your commitment to supporting family physicians and advocating for quality care. Don't worry, Dr. Ghumman's leadership isn't going far, as he was recently installed as the President of the Connecticut State Medical Society!

Congratulations to Ayaz Madraswalla, MD who was awarded Preceptor of the Year! For years, Dr. Madraswalla has mentored many students at Mansfield Family Practice. He was nominated by medical students at Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University and is so deserving of this esteemed award. Here is what one of the students said about Dr. Madraswalla: “He is always going the extra mile to show interest and engagement when interacting. He prides himself on knowing his patients and their families and will always mention a topic they discussed in a previous visit. More than just serving his own community here in Connecticut he works abroad in the Dominican Republic to build clinical networks that support long term services to the most underserved people in the world. He constantly explains topics that go beyond the material from class and also provides valuable context for evidence based medicine, value based medicine, preventative health standards, logistical concerns in operations of a practice, continuing education and the history of medicine. Dr. Madraswalla still makes house calls to accommodate some of his elderly patients as well. I have no shame in saying that I want to model myself on the example he has set and think the world would be a better place if we had more doctors like him.” Congratulations!

🌟 Exciting Announcement: Welcoming the New President of the Connecticut Academy of Family Physicians! 🌟 Yesterday, Sachin Parekh, MD, FAAFP was installed as the next President of the CT AFP! We look forward to his leadership over the next year and can't wait to see what's next! Join us in congratulating Dr. Parekh as we move forward into a bright future together!

The first day of the 2024 Scientific Symposium was a great success! Congratulations to the newly installed officers of the CT AFP! President - Sachin Parekh, MD, FAAFP President-Elect - Edmund Kim, MD Secretary - Christina Shenko Treasurer - Andrew Parad, MD Board of Directors: Amber Cheema, MD Morgan Pratt, MD Charles Walcott, DO Nicole Jackson, MD Sandra Hughes, MD Ayaz Madraswalla, MD Ross Winakor, MD Khuram Ghumman, MD AAFP Congress of Delegates Representatives: Domenic Casablanca, MD Robert Carr, MD Yadira Acevedo, MD

The 2024 Scientific Symposium is off and running! Starting with Dr. Frank Domino as our first speaker for the day!⭐️

We're all packed up and ready for the 2024 Scientific Symposium, starting tomorrow! We're looking forward to seeing so many familiar faces and hopefully recreating another yearly tradition - CT Family Medicine Residency Program alumni pictures! Pictured here are UConn FMRP graduates. See you at the Aqua Turf, registration opens at 8:00 AM!

Over the past year, CT AFP has been discussing AI in Family Medicine. Help the American Academy of Family Physicians understand how rapidly evolving AI tools can truly advance primary care. "AAFP and Rock Health are interested in better understanding how primary care clinicians perceive and use digital health and AI-enabled technologies. Data from this survey will be used to represent the voice of primary care clinicians at a national level and design resources for educating, guiding, and engaging clinicians and AI innovators." The survey is open through November 4th! To complete the survey, visit: https://lnkd.in/exPAGcTh..

Didn't get a chance to see Dr. Frank Domino at FMX this year? You can see him speak right here in CT! Join CT AFP for our annual Scientific Symposium next Wednesday and Thursday (10/23 & 10/24). Dr. Domino will be speaking on Wednesday morning and sharing "The Top Ten Things I Have Learned in the Past Year." Registration for the event is still open, visit https://lnkd.in/eWTPMX8Y before it's too late!

Congratulations to Dr. Khuram Ghumman, current CT AFP President, for being nominated by the Hartford Business Journal to the 2024 Power 25 Health Care list! "This is Hartford Business Journal's fifth annual Power 25 Health Care list, which identifies leaders who have had a significant impact on the industry and public health." This is a well deserved honor, Dr. Ghumman!