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Each of CAFP's local chapters are represented within 10 districts. These districts all have representation on the CAFP Board of Directors.
CAFP District | Counties Included |
| 1 | Imperial, San Diego |
| 2 | Orange |
| 3 & 4 | Los Angeles |
| 5 | Alpine, Inyo, Kern, Mono, Riverside, San Bernardino, Tulare |
| 6 | Fresno, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura |
| 7 | Monterey, San Mateo, San Benito, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz |
| 8 | Alameda, Calaveras, Contra Costa, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Tuolumne |
| 9 | Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Napa, San Francisco, Solano, Sonoma |
| 10 | Amador, Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Yuba |
Congratulations to Maisara Rahman, MD, the new District V Director on CAFP’s Board of Directors. Maisara was elected to the position vacated when former Director, Dr. Lauren Simon, became Vice Speaker on the CAFP Board. Dr. Rahman assumes her duties immediately as the representative for the Inyo-Mono-Alpine, Kern, Riverside-San Bernardino and Tulare County Chapters. An […]
Blog post by Conrad Amenta, Director of Policy and Strategic Initiatives At its November 2019 meeting of the Board of Directors, CAFP leadership voted unanimously to adopt Principles for the Protection and Care of Transgender and Gender-Expansive Patients. These principles were developed by the CAFP’s Committee on the Health of the Public in response to […]
Originally appeared in California Family Physician Magazine (Fall 2019), authored by Marshall Kubota, MD This past August, family medicine and the CAFP lost a friend. Dr. John Dervin passed away peacefully at his home in Sebastopol surrounded by family and close friends. I think John could be said to have been one of the young […]
Interested in learning more about CAFP's advocacy efforts? Check out the 2020 All Member Advocacy Meeting held March 14-15 in Sacramento, followed by Family Medicine Lobby Day on March 16. The CAFP-Foundation is awarding fifteen $500 stipends to medical students and family medicine residents to attend the meeting. The application is now open!
CAFP proudly recognizes Scott Nass, MD, MPA, FAAFP, AAHIVS as the October 2019 Member of the Month. Dr. Nass is a nationally recognized leader in the LGBT health equity movement, an expert on transgender care and practices, and a member of the Riverside-San Bernardino Chapter. On top of all the work that Dr. Nass has […]
Applications are now being accepted for the 2020 Susan Hogeland, CAE Health Policy Fellowship. Download information here. Key Dates, Application Process: Applications open: September 15, 2019 Applications close: December 1, 2019 Awards announced: January 4, 2020 Applications for this scholarship consist of the following items: 1. Cover sheet 2. One-page essay 3. Applicant’s current curriculum […]
CAFP proudly recognizes Erika Roshanravan as the September 2019 Member of the Month. Dr. Roshanravan, along with Dr. Warren Brandle and others, has led the merger of the Sacramento-El Dorado and Yolo Chapters to become the Sacramento Valley Chapter. She is a current member of the Ready to Lead fellowship and an active participant in […]
by Robert Assibey, PGY-3, San Joaquin General Hospital July 1st is a momentous day at every teaching hospital around the country. It marks the day that newly graduated students are officially called "doctor". I remember walking through the halls of San Joaquin General Hospital with so many emotions: feelings of excitement, feelings of joy, feelings […]
July 29, 2019 08:39 am David Mitchell – Anna Askari, M.D., M.S.B.S., volunteered at a free clinic during her freshman year at Ohio State University in Columbus. When the clinic's medical director noticed that she was becoming a regular, that physician invited the student to shadow her. Askari couldn't help but notice that this particular physician seemed capable […]
