Michigan Academy of Family Physicians

10/17/2026

Eleven active physician members of the Academy of Family Physicians were conferred the American Academy of Family Physicians Degree of Fellow (FAAFP) during MAFP’s 2026 Annual Meeting held on July 18.

These include:
• Dexter Clark DO, FAAFP - Marquette
• Dan Drake MD, FAAFP - Bad Axe
• Lauren Vocke DO, FAAFP - Okemos
• Christopher Hopper MD, MscPH, FAIHM, FAAFP - Allen Park
• Dina Ibrahim MD, FAAFP - Royal Oak
• Tan Li DO, FAAFP - Okemos
• Anna McEvoy MD, FAAFP - Ann Arbor
• Todd Otten, MD, FAAFP - Dimondale
• Tamara Schmidt MD, FAAFP - Canton
• Todd Sheperd MD, FAAFP - Petoskey
• Alicia Steele MD, FAAFP - Hazel Park

AAFP President Sarah C. Nosal, MD, FAAFP led the ceremony. Congratulations to these members!

10/15/2026

10/15/2026

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10/13/2026

Want to make the most of the AAFP Career Benchmark Dashboard? Watch MAFP’s brief demonstration to see how to navigate this member resource and put it to work for you. The dashboard is available to MAFP/AAFP members at aafp.org/worth.

A brief demonstration of the AAFP Career Benchmark Dashboard availa...

10/08/2026

Join MAFP for a Virtual KSA: Care of Children on Saturday, Oct. 10.
Family physicians and residents are invited to complete the 60-question ABFM Knowledge Self-Assessment through a facilitated group discussion led by Sheala Jafry, MD, FAAFP.

The session will cover key topics in caring for children from birth through age 18, including growth and development, prevention, chronic illness, infections, trauma, behavioral health conditions and more.

Strengthen your knowledge, learn alongside colleagues and complete your Care of Children KSA from wherever you are.

Register today to reserve your spot: https://www.mafp.com/index.php?option=com_jevents&task=icalrepeat.detail&evid=137&Itemid=115&year=2026&month=10&day=10&title=virtual-ksa-care-of-children&uid=17f70bc729a74fe03bdee8caa7bfa9d1

10/07/2026

American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) recently featured MAFP Board member Peter Ziemkowski, MD, FAAFP, recognizing his career that integrates family medicine, medical education, mentorship, and technology. The article highlights his transition from software engineering to medicine and his decades of supporting medical students and residents. As an experienced educator and mentor, Dr. Ziemkowski will share his expertise at AAFP’s Family Medicine Experience (FMX) from Oct. 20 to 24 in Nashville, presenting on vaccines, diabetes care, and the role of artificial intelligence in family medicine.

Read the AAFP feature to learn more about Dr. Ziemkowski and the expertise he brings to FMX: https://www.aafp.org/about/blog/family-doc-focus/longtime-mentor-brings-expertise-in-vaccines-ai-and-diabetes-to-fmx

10/04/2026

📢 Don’t forget to register! This event is happening Friday, Oct. 9 from noon to 1 p.m. in person at UP Health System Marquette, 850 W Baraga Ave, Marquette, MI 49855. Live online participation available and connection details will be emailed to virtual registrants.

Palliative symptom management often begins in primary care — not in a palliative care clinic. This 60-minute, case-based session prepares family medicine clinicians to deliver primary palliative care, assessing and relieving suffering in serious illness wherever care is delivered: clinic, hospital, nursing home, or home.

During this session participants will learn how to:
• Perform a structure system assessment in a patient with serious illness including routine screening using a validated tool (ESAS).
• Apply symptom management strategies for common symptoms of serious illness.
• Initiate and titrate opioids for pain in advanced illness, including opioid conversion, renal/hepatic dose adjustment, and bowel prophylaxis.
• Recognize when specialty palliative care or hospice referral is indicated.

https://www.mafp.com/index.php?option=com_jevents&task=icalrepeat.detail&evid=148&Itemid=141&year=2026&month=10&day=09&title=primary-palliative-care-symptom-assessment-and-management-&uid=46286b9fbba37c426afeaa5a45dea9aa

10/04/2026

Thank you for celebrating with us! This week gave us an opportunity to recognize the vital role family physicians play in delivering comprehensive, compassionate care to patients, families and communities.

While Family Medicine Week has come to a close, our appreciation continues all year long. Thank you to family physicians everywhere for the care, commitment and dedication you bring to your patients and communities every day.

10/02/2026

Ring, ring. ☎️ Who's there? The moment. The mentor. The patient. The reason you knew family medicine was your calling.

You answered, and we're so glad you did. Happy Family Medicine Week! Tag a colleague who answered the call with you.

10/02/2026

Do you want to inform policy recommendations, programs and projects plus advise the AAFP Board of Directors? The AAFP commission nomination cycle for Active members ends Oct. 15

Interested? Before beginning your application, please contact MAFP at [email protected]. Learn more at aafp.org/about/leadership/commissions