Your Local Chapter

The CAFP is comprised of more than 30 county chapters within 10 districts. Local chapters help the Academy identify member needs, educate the public and advance the specialty of family medicine. As a member of AAFP and CAFP, you will automatically be a member of your local chapter. Each chapter hosts its own meetings and events. Find your chapter below for more information.
FIND YOUR LOCAL CHAPTER

Events Calendar

  • 2024 All Member Advocacy Meeting

    April 13, 2024 - April 14, 2024  

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  • Placer-Sierra-Nevada Chapter Meeting

    April 17, 2024  5:30 pm - 7:30 pm

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If you know of an event that is not listed on the calendar, please let us know at cafp@familydocs.org.

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Find Your Chapter

If you need assistance finding or contacting your chapter leadership, please contact us at cafp@familydocs.org.

ALAMEDA-CONTRA COSTA (EAST BAY)

Brent Sugimoto, MD, MPH, FAAFP - President
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AMADOR

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BUTTE-GLENN-TEHAMA

Aldebra Schroll, MD - President
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FRESNO-KINGS-MADERA

Shruti Javali, MD - President
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HUMBOLDT-DEL NORTE

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IMPERIAL

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INYO-MONO-ALPINE

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KERN

Jacqueline Uy, MD, FAAFP - Executive Committee Member
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LASSEN-PLUMAS-MODOC

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LOS ANGELES

Emma Hiscocks, MD – President
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MENDOCINO-LAKE

Sara Martin, MD - President
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MERCED-MARIPOSA

John Paik-Tesch, MD - President
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NAPA

Tessa Stecker, MD, President
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NORTH BAY

Francesca Manfredi, DO – President
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ORANGE

Jaesu Han, MD – President
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PLACER-SIERRA-NEVADA

Karina Gookin, MD, MS, – President
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RIVERSIDE-SAN BERNARDINO

Shayne Poulin, MD – President
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SAN DIEGO

Sarah Merrill, MD - President
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SAN FRANCISCO

Lalita Abhyankar, MD
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SAN JOAQUIN-CALAVERAS-TUOLOMNE

Rob Assibey, MD, President
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SAN LUIS OBISPO

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SAN MATEO

Gupreet K Padam, MD, FAAFP – President
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SANTA BARBARA

Thomas Beamer, MD - President
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SANTA CLARA

Angela Bymaster, MD– President
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SANTA CRUZ-MONTEREY-SAN BENITO

Eugene Santillano, MD - President
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SHASTA-TRINITY

Amanda Mooneyham, MD - President
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SISKIYOU

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SOLANO

Rossan Chen, MD, President
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STANISLAUS

Erin Kiesel, DO - President
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TULARE

Adnaan Edun, MD – President
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VENTURA

Helen Petroff, MD - President
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YUBA-SUTTER-COLUSA

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District Details

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

1Imperial, San Diego
2Orange
3 & 4Los Angeles
5Alpine, Inyo, Kern, Mono, Riverside, San Bernardino, Tulare
6Fresno, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura
7Monterey, San Mateo, San Benito, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz
8Alameda, Calaveras, Contra Costa, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Tuolumne
9Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Napa, San Francisco, Solano, Sonoma
10Amador, Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Yuba

 

Member News

October 23, 2020
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New AAFP President Ada Stewart, MD, told virtual FMX attendees that it was time for Family Medicine to take “its rightful place as the foundation of a high-quality health care system.” In her address as the newly installed AAFP president on Oct. 13, Ada Stewart, M.D., offered a lesson on a topic that FMX attendees […]

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October 20, 2020
CFP Magazine: Family Medicine is Like Yeast

by Brent K. Sugimoto, MD, MPH, FAAFP, originally appearing in the California Family Physician Magazine, Fall 2020   On March 3, 1991, four White officers of the Los Angeles Police Department beat an unarmed Rodney King, a Black man, 56 times until he had among his injuries, a fractured cheekbone, 11 broken bones at the […]

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October 13, 2020
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Have you experienced feelings of burnout in the past five years? CAFP, Illinois AFP, American Board of Family Medicine and Robert Graham Center are conducting a study on burnout in family physicians to better understand burnout in the female family physician workforce. We aim to identify interventions, supports, or policy/structural changes that would be most […]

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Pay your AAFP active membership dues in full by December 31, 2020 and receive 50% off one AAFP CME Livestream course of your choice – restrictions do apply. Don't miss out on important benefits of Academy membership ... things like California Family Physician Magazine, Family Medicine Clinical Forum, and SPARK, and CAFP's member community. Your Academy works every […]

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September 30, 2020
The SDAFP 2020 Family Register Now for San Diego Academy of Family Physician's 63rd Annual Symposium 'Family Medicine Update 2020' on October 2-4!

San Diego Academy of Family Physicians [SDAFP] will be hosting their 63rd Annual Symposium ‘Family Medicine Update 2020’ on October 2–4, 2020. At the conclusion, participants should be able to: -Determine patients at risk for a particular medical condition in order to control or prevent further complications -Detect and provide treatment for a variety of disease states typically […]

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September 30, 2020
New AAFP Resources Prepare Members for E/M Coding Changes

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September 29, 2020
RITA HAMAD, MD, PHD SELECTED AS 2020 NAM PUFFER/ABFM FELLOW

The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) has selected Rita Hamad, MD, PhD as the 2020 James C. Puffer, MD/American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) Fellow. Dr. Hamad serves as associate professor and as Director of Social Policies for the Health Equity Research (SPHERE) program in the Department of Family and Community Medicine and the Philip […]

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September 28, 2020
The Notorious RBG

By Shannon Connolly, MD, FAAFPCAFP President-Elect I had the tremendous honor of meeting Ruth Bader Ginsburg as an undergraduate. My college was presenting her with an honorary degree at commencement, and by some stroke of pure dumb luck, I was selected as one of a handful of students to attend a reception with her the […]

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Find fellow family physicians in your neighborhood.
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