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"Virtually Possible" Annual Meeting Schedule of Events

Details and registration/participation information will be added in as they are confirmed. 

Tuesday October 13
Reunited Virtually: Illinois medical school and residency alumni events 7:00 - 8:00 p.m.
If you were coming to FMX live, would you love to have a drink or a quick chat with friends from medical school or residency colleagues? We’ll provide the Zoom Room, you bring your drink of choice and spend an hour catching up with your old friends! Reunions will be hosted for many Illinois medical schools and residency programs:

  • SIU School of Medicine and Residency Programs
  • Northwestern Medical School and Residency Programs
  • West Suburban Family Medicine Residency
  • UIC College of Medicine and Residency Program
  • Swedish Covenant Family Medicine Residency
  • Advocate Illinois Masonic Family Medicine Residency

IMG Meet Up 7-8 pm
Hosted by outgoing board chair Sachin Dixit, MD and Saint James School of Medicine students Lauren Turich and Daniel Bester. Illinois is home to hundreds of current International medical school students and hundreds more resident and physicians who are International Medical Graduates (IMG). If you did not go to a US medical school, this Zoom Room is the place for you!

Wednesday, October 14

4:00-6:00 p.m. Committee & Member Interest Group meetings

6:00-7:00 p.m.
IAFP annual business meeting and awards presentations.
Witness the Convocation of Illinois Fellows of the American Academy of Family Physicians and the installation of new board members and President Michael A. Hanak, MD, FAAFP by special guest, AAFP Past President Wanda Filer, MD. Next, you will be inspired as we honor our Family Physician and Teachers of the Year, the IAFP President’s Award as we celebrate live with them along with their families and fans.  

Thursday, October 15  6:00 - 7:30 p.m.
IAFP Live with Family Medicine All-Stars!
Get in the Zoom Room with these physicians to hear how their journeys led them to local and national leadership roles in public health and workforce that drives and informs all we do.

Check out the All-Star line up.  

  • Thomas D. Huggett , MD, MPH Medical Director – Mobile Health, Lawndale Christian Health Center and 2018 Illinois Family Physician of the Year
  • John Frey, MD - University of Wisconsin and family medicine historian 
  • Kameron Matthews, MD - US Dept. of Veterans Affairs and Founder of “Tour for Diversity in Medicine” Mission: To educate inspire and cultivate future physicians and dentists of diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds by forming local connections in order to fulfill a national need.
  • Viviana Martinez-Bianchi, MD, FAAFP - Associate Professor, Director for Health Equity, Duke Department of Family Medicine and Community Health 
  • Kiran Joshi, MD - Co-Director Cook County Dept. of Public Health
  • Wanda Filer, MD, MBA, FAAFP - Past President, AAFP and Head of Medical Affairs, VaxCare

CME event 7:00-8:30 p.m
Providing Terminally-Ill Patients with a Peaceful Death: Family Doctors Discuss Medical Aid in Dying

Join this panel of colleagues as they share their first-hand, clinical experience providing medical aid in dying to terminally ill patients.
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Panelists:

  • Dr. Diana Barnard, Family Physician, Board Certified in Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Associate Professor of Family Medicine at University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, Vermont
  • Dr. Cory Carroll, Family Physician, Direct Primary Care Private Practice, Ft. Collins, Colorado
  • Dr. David Grube, National Medical Director of Compassion & Choices; Retired Family Physician, Corvallis, Oregon

Bring your questions and join the conversation. Topics planned for discussion include:

  • Impact of medical-aid-in dying laws on hospice and palliative care
  • Profile of patients who request medical aid in dying
  • Assessment of mental capacity
  • Medication regimen, risks and complications
  • Barriers to access

Friday October 16, 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
First meeting of the 2020-21 IAFP board of directors (virtual meeting)  

Saturday, October 17, 3:00-5:00 p.m. Student Town Hall
Addressing Structural Racism and Improving Health Equity at Illinois Medical Schools
Laura Hurley, IAFP student board member, and Tiffany Ku, 2019-20 student board member invite all student members to this Zoom event to share ideas and hopes to address health equity and racism in medicine and beyond. The final discussion topics will be derived from a survey of our student members. Each segment will include two student respondents and an opportunity for audience Q&A.