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Annual Report

State of the Wisconsin Academy of Family Physicians

The Wisconsin Academy of Family Physicians (WAFP) is the 14th largest state chapter of the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP). The AAFP has more than 136,700 members. WAFP, having now completed 72 years of serving the family physicians of Wisconsin has 2,931 members and represents 83.7% of the family physicians in Wisconsin.

  • 1941 Active members
  • 225 Life members
  • 315 (100%) Residents
  • 424 Students

Eighty-four percent of our members report being employed by groups of 50 or more. In a recent membership survey, 79% indicated that they would choose family medicine as their specialty if they had to do it all over again and 76% indicated that they would encourage a medical student to select Family Medicine.

Our key areas of focus for the year:

  • Promote "Healthy Physician - Healthy Practice - Healthy Patients"
  • Promote Family Medicine Advocacy
  • Nurture and Develop Family Physician Leaders
  • Grow and Maintain a Family Medicine Workforce

2020 Highlights

We Promoted Physician Wellbeing & Practice Innovation

  • Established a COVID-19 weekly newsletter to provide crucial updates and provider resources throughout the pandemic
  • Partnered with the Ohio, Indiana, Maryland and Minnesota state AAFP chapters to offer a virtual, ABFM- endorsed KSA group study on Hypertension; 11 members participated
  • Created Friday Focus, a quarterly newsletter series to provide members physician wellbeing resources
  • Offered a virtual, ABFM-endorsed KSA group study on Care of Children in partnership with the Illinois, Indiana, New York and Ohio state AAFP chapters; 24 members participated
  • Supported partner organizations in co-promoting WCRGME's Off the Beaten Path, the Wisconsin Healthcare Workforce Summit and Family Medicine Midwest's annual conference

We Advocated for Family Medicine

  • Advocated for payment parity in telehealth
  • Moved forward on legislative efforts to expand Medicaid
  • Organized and hosted Doctor Day, Wisconsin's largest annual physician advocacy event; over 50 chapter members attended for the first time virtually.
  • Our PAC, the WIFamMedPAC supported 21 candidates for state office.
  • Our Conduit raised $1,000 and supported 9 candidates for state office.

We Nurtured & Developed Family Physician Leaders

  • Recognized all WAFP members as 2020 Family Physician of the Year for their resilience combating COVID-19
  • Addressed systemic racism in medicine by creating WAFP's Health Equity and Anti-Racism Workgroup
  • 2020 was Alan Schwartzstein, MD’s fifth year on the AAFP Board of Directors, and third as the Speaker.

We Helped Grow & Maintain the Family Medicine Workforce

  • Launched the WAFP-Foundation Family Medicine Partners Program, a monthly giving community committed to sustaining the future of Family Medicine
  • Supported our 17 state residency programs with virtual visits and practice resources for new residents
  • Supported Family Medicine Interest Group (FMIG) activities across Wisconsin.

Wisconsin Academy of Family Physicians Board of Directors for 2020

CHAIR & PRESIDENTS

President

Sabina Singh, MD

Green Bay

President-Elect

Elizabeth Pyne, MD

Milwaukee

1st Vice President

Rodney Erickson, MD

Tomah

Foundation President

Zachary Baeseman, MD

Waupaca

Treasurer

Eric Stader, MD

Lancaster

DIRECTORS

Director

Danielle Gindlesberger, MD

Sun Prairie

Director

Beth Menzel, MD

Appleton

Director

Jim Slawson, MD

Milwaukee

Director

Diana Flint, MD

Madison

Director

Wesley Fox, MD

Holmen

Director

Thomas Hahn, MD

Madison

Director

Rebecca Lundh, MD

Waukesha

Director

Erin Morcomb, MD

La Crescent

Director

Robert Sander, MD

Custer

Resident Director

Taylor Boland, MD

Madison

Resident Director

Heather Harrison, MD

Milwaukee

Student Director

Megan Cory

Milwaukee

Student Director

Josh Matzke

West Allis

DELEGATES

AAFP Delegate

Andrea Gavin, MD

Plymouth

AAFP Delegate

Suzanne Gehl, MD

Oconomowoc

AAFP Alternate Delegate

Mike Mazzone, MD

Brookfield

AAFP Alternate Delegate

Robert Sedlacek, MD

Merrill

Ex Officio

Larry Pheifer (Executive Director)

Thiensville

Ex Officio

Becky Wimmer (Chief Strategy Officer; Foundation Executive Director)

Thiensville

Deputy Executive Director

Brandon Wimmer

Thiensville

Government Relations Director

Tim Hoven

Madison

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