CHAPTER AFFAIRS
• State Child and Maternal Health Summit sponsored by the NC Medical Society and co-sponsored by the NCAFP: Alisa Nance, MD, RPh, NCAFP President; Janalynn Beste, MD, Residency Director, New Hanover Regional Family Medicine Residency program and member, NCAFP Workforce Pipeline Committee; and Griggs.
By Gregory K. Griggs, MPA, CAE NCAFP Executive Vice President
~ ACADEMY IN ACTION ~
Rather than write a traditional column for this quarter’s magazine, I thought it would be good to provide our members with a list of just a few of the events where the NCAFP leadership and staff have represented the profession of Family Medicine in the last two months. As part of our efforts to advocate on behalf of you and your patients, we attend as many meetings that impact Family Medicine and primary care as possible. Here’s just a sampling of some of these events and at least a few of the individuals representing Family Medicine during each of these activities: OCTOBER • NC Medical Society LEAD Conference: David Rinehart, MD, NCAFP President-Elect; Shauna Guthrie, MD, and Garett Franklin, MD, NCAFP Board Members; and Greg Griggs, MPA, CAE, NCAFP EVP. • NCMS Foundation Community Practitioner Program 30th Anniversary Luncheon and Advisory Committee Meeting: Brent Hazelett, MPA, CAE, NCAFP Vice President and COO.
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• 14th Annual Jim Bernstein Health Leadership Dinner: NCAFP President-Elect Dave Rinehart, MD; Board Member Slade Suchecki, DO; as well as three medical students, a resident, Griggs and Hazelett.
REPRESENTATION
NCAFP Representing You in Multiple Ways at Multiple Meetings
• NC Medical Society Opioid Task Force: Brent Hazelett.
• NC DHHS Meeting with the Secretary on Advanced Medical Homes: Dr. Rinehart, Griggs and several other NCAFP members. • North Carolina Institute on Political Leadership Hometown Debates broadcast by Spectrum News: Both Griggs and NCAFP Board Member and Family Medicine Chair at the Brody School of Medicine, Chelley Alexander, MD, served as panelists on two of the four debates. • Presentation to Wake Forest University Family Medicine Interest Group and Health Policy Interest Group: Griggs and Tracie Hazelett, NCAFP Manager of Student and Resident Initiatives. • Meeting with Residents at Cabarrus Family Medicine Residency Program: Tracie Hazelett, along with Clint Cresawn of the NC Office of Rural Health Placement Services Program. SEPTEMBER • AAFP Congress of Delegates: The
The North Carolina Family Physician
