CAFP continues to meet the clinical and practice needs of California family physicians. Both clinical and practice excellence will be highlighted at this year's Annual Scientific Assembly (May 15-16 in San Francisco's Grand Hyatt) in main stage lectures and workshops. Our sessions are on topics you have requested, by faculty members you like best. Register online TODAY!

• Keynote speaker on Saturday: Terry McGeeney, MD (pictured), CEO of TransforMED and leader in the practice redesign field, will be interviewed by Len Fromer, MD about how you and your practice team can evolve into the Patient Centered Medical Home. They'll talk about practical solutions based on what the 36 TransforMED pilot practices have learned.
• Controversies in Cancer Screening: At last year's meeting, attendees participated in a needs assessment session. They noted that screening and selecting the proper screening guidelines were important. With the recent changes in screening recommendations and the controversies they have raised, we've asked Carol Havens to shed light on the issues you'll face in your practice.
• Adult Pneumococcal Vaccines: Suggested guidelines say your diabetes patients need an annual pneumococcal vaccination. Do they always get one? Might be a systems problem. Are there other patient populations that should be receiving a vaccination? When? How often? With what interactions? Geoff Leung, MD and Jeff Luther, MD will provide practical practice recommendations.
• Listening to the Voices: Two patients with OAB will talk with faculty member Kate Galluzzi, DO about their symptoms, concerns, questions, and treatment options. These patients will offer practical solutions on how best to open these conversations in your own practice.
• Practical Strategies for the Clinical Management of GERD: This session will assist you in devising appropriate treatment plans that take into consideration action, efficacy and safety of acid suppression medications.
• The Physician as Patient: Lessons from the Other Side of the Stethoscope: Jeff Cain, MD, Colorado family physician and member of the AAFP Board, invites you to share his journey through a horrendous accident, life-saving ride in a flight-for-life helicopter, multiple surgeries in his own ICU, and, finally to recovery with a new-and-thriving life.
• Pediatrics: Three Cases of Common and Not-so-Common Issues in Kids: When was the last time you saw typhus? Katherine Schaerth, MD, a family physician at Loma Linda, has seen four cases of typhus in the last couple of months. Using the cases she sees in her practice, she'll discuss fevers of an unknown origin, plus MRSA and the newest evidence on UTIs in kids.
• Two Minutes/Two Slides/Two Questions: We've borrowed (not stolen) this interactive event from our colleagues in San Diego - and San Diego family physician David Bazzo, MD will referee. Six presenters will have two minutes to present two case slides; the audience will have two minutes to ask questions. Using our Audience Response System, the winning case and presenter will be crowned. Great fun, great learning.