GEORGIA ACADEMY of FAMILY PHYSICIANS 52Nd CONGRESS of DELEGATES
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GEORGIA ACADEMY of FAMILY PHYSICIANS 52nd CONGRESS of DELEGATES First Session: Thursday, October 29, 2020 – 6PM GoToWebinar Second Session: Sunday, November 15, 2020 – 2:30PM Zoom Meeting & YouTube The Mission of the Georgia Academy of Family Physicians is to promote the health of the citizens of Georgia by advancing the specialty of Family Medicine through education, advocacy and service to family physicians in the State of Georgia. Georgia Academy of Family Physicians Specializing in You! Table of Contents Congress of Delegates Session Agendas ........................................................................................................ 5 Congress of Delegates Schedule ..................................................................................................................... 7 GAFP District Map ......................................................................................................................................... 8 2020 Congress of Delegates by District ......................................................................................................... 9 Pledge of Allegiance ........................................................................................................................................ 11 GAFP Past Presidents ..................................................................................................................................... 12 The Omega Report ........................................................................................................................................... 13 Member Anniversaries in 2020 ....................................................................................................................... 14 Congress of Delegates Officers 2020 ............................................................................................................... 17 Delegate & Alternate Delegate Instructions ................................................................................................. 18 Parliamentary Procedures ............................................................................................................................. 21 2019 COD Action Grid ...................................................... ............................................................................. 25 Congress of Delegates Reports (Additional oral addendums to printed reports will be given at the discretion of the Speaker) Leadership Reports Report of the President ......................................................... Jeff Stone, MD .................................................... 30 Report of the Chair ............................................................... Donald Fordham, MD ......................................... 33 Report of the Treasurer ........................................................ Sharon Rabinovitz, MD ....................................... 38 Report of the Secretary ........................................................ Samuel Le Church, MD ....................................... 41 Executive Vice President ..................................................... Fay Fulton, MHS ................................................. 43 Committee Reports: Education and Research ....................................................... Theresa Jacobs, MD, Ken Howard, MD ............. 45 Legislative ............................................................................ Bruce LeClair, MD, Loy “Chip” Cowart, MD .... 48 Membership ......................................................................... Elvan Daniels, MD, Folashade Omole, MD ........ 52 Report of the Nominating Committee .................................. Jeff Stone, MD .................................................... 55 Practice Management ........................................................... Michael Satchell, MD, Collyn Steele, MD .......... 56 Public Health ........................................................................ Dan Singleton, MD, Angeline Ti, MD ................ 58 Student and Resident Recruitment ....................................... Julie Dahl-Smith, DO, Kevin Johnson, MD ........ 63 Other Reports: AAFP Delegates................................................................... Beulette Hooks, MD, Harry Strothers, MD ......... 70 Georgia Healthy Family Alliance ........................................ Patrick “P.J.” Lynn, MD, President ..................... 71 Political Action Committee Board ...................................... Donald Fordham, MD, Monica Newton, DO ...... 79 Resident Directors ................................................................ Hikma Jemal, MD, Macy McNair, MD .............. 81 Student Directors ................................................................. Leticia Cardoso do Nascimento, Grace Saxon, ............................................................................................. Sydney Koenig ................................................... 83 2 Georgia Academy of Family Physicians Specializing in You! Family Medicine Residency Program Reports: Atlanta Medical Center/Wellstar ......................................... George Brown, MD ............................................. 86 Augusta University .............................................................. Julie Dahl-Smith, DO .......................................... 87 Columbus ............................................................................. John Bucholtz, DO .............................................. 89 Emory ................................................................................... Jose Villalon-Gomez, MD, MPH ........................ 91 Floyd .................................................................................... Frank DonDiego, MD .......................................... 94 Houston Healthcare .............................................................. LaToya Jackson, MD .......................................... 96 Medical Center of Central Georgia/Navicent Health ........... Monique Davis-Smith, MD ................................. 98 Morehouse............................................................................ Riba Kelsey-Harris, MD ...................................... 100 Northeast Georgia ................................................................ Monica Newton, DO ........................................... 104 Northside Hospital Gwinnett Medical ................................. Kevin E. Johnson, MD ........................................ 106 Phoebe .................................................................................. William Fricks, MD ............................................ 108 Satilla ................................................................................... Brent Waters, MD ............................................... 109 Savannah .............................................................................. Robert Pallay, MD ............................................... 111 Wellstar Kennestone Regional ............................................. Viktoria Nurspeisov, MD .................................... 113 Resolutions: Policy Approvals – Located in Chairman’s Report to the Congress of Delegates ....................................... 33 Bylaws Updated presented by Alice House, MD, Bylaws Chair on behalf of the Bylaws Committee ....... 114 Hospital Operative and Non-Operative Obstetric Privileges for Family Physicians Submitted by: Omoniyi Yakubu Adebisi, MBChB, MD ..................................................................................... 123 Endorsing “Daylight Saving Time: an American Academy of Sleep Medicine position statement” Submitted by: John Desmond, MD ...................................................................................................................... 124 Implicit Bias Training for GAFP Leadership Submitted by: Daniel Singleton, MD, MAS ........................................................................................................ 126 Continue seating medical student board members amongst physician board members Submitted by: GAFP Student Board Members .................................................................................................... 127 Continue hosting the GAFP Medical Students Day annually with the goal of extending the opportunity to a greater number of students each year Submitted by: GAFP Student Board Members .................................................................................................... 127 Advocate for state funding for residencies, graduate medical education, and undergraduate medical education and against additional cuts to state funding. Submitted by: GAFP Resident and Student Board Members .............................................................................. 127 Encourage Medical Schools in Georgia to graduate more students from Georgia into Primary Care Submitted by: Floyd Family Medicine Residency Program ................................................................................ 128 Policies for Review presented by Donald Fordham, MD, Board Chair on behalf of the Policy Review Group ....................................................................................................................................................................... 128 Policies for Review: Internal Policy Review: GAFP PAC Board - COD Progress Report to the Board of Directors Internal Policy Review: GAFP Supports the Georgia Patient Centered Physician Coalition