Lake Placid, NY
Jan. 29, 2009 Feb. 1, 2009

President Elect Dr Lori Heim ( North Carolina)
with her husband, Jim Heim is accompanied down the aisle at the AAFP COD
by Sgt At Arms, Dr. Jun David ( New York) and Dr Cora Christian ( Virgin
Islands).
Susan Merola-McConn MD and Mark McConn MD from Fayetterville, NY meets Janet Johnson MD from Cortland NY.
"This is an amazing conference and we meet old friends," stated by Dr McConn. They were all graduates of the St. Joseph's Family Medicine Residency Program in 1989. Thirty lectures, six ABFM SAM Modules, and eleven hands on workshops ( casting, diaphragm fitt
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Continuing AAFP's media campaign to influence health care decision makers, a revised ad similar to the "Patient Vote" one that ran in the Democratic and Republican National Convention issues of Congressional Quarterly, Congress Daily and National Journal, appears in today's post-election edition of USA Today (page 21A). If you have questions, please contact Cynthia Stapp, Assi
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2008 Election – New York State Legislature and Congressional Races
Weingarten, Reid & McNally
The 2008 Election was truly an historic and watershed victory across the country as Illinois Senator Barack Obama will become the first African-American president of the United States. In his victory speech, delivered in Chicago’s Grant Park before a crowd of hundreds
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Colorectal Cancer
Training Session
The Academy Family Physicians in partnership with the American Cancer Society, Eastern Division, is offering physician training and education on identifying patients at increased of risk for colon cancer and strategies to improve overall patient compliance with colon cancer screening recommendations. Family Physicians from around the state can receive training and, if they wish, can also become faculty trainers for this New York State Health Department grant-funded project.
Click here to find out more.