Committee Applications Due May 1

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Members of every membership type are invited to serve on a committee:

• Advocacy
• Member Engagement
• Practice Management
• Professional Development
• Student & Resident Education

Leadership provided by committees is key to the success of MAFP and its philanthropic arm, Family Medicine Foundation of Michigan. No experience is needed, just a desire to volunteer your time and expertise to make a difference on issues impacting your specialty and patients.

Two-year committee appointments, with terms beginning in August, are made by the MAFP President and Family Medicine Foundation of Michigan President. Committees meet virtually 3-4 times per year. Additional work/feedback may be required/requested between meetings.

MAFP Advocacy Committee

Helps shape healthcare policy through interactions with the government, public, business sector, other professional organizations, and the healthcare industry; develops guiding principles for the issues MAFP supports; helps craft the organization's policy platform; and engages other members and partners in advocacy efforts.

Chair: Jessica Heselschwerdt, MD (Troy)
Vice Chair: Aisha Harris, MD (Flint)
Staff Liaison: Matt Black, MAFP Director of Government Relations

•    Jennifer Aloff, MD, FAAFP (Midland)
•     Raven Batshon, MD (University of Michigan Family Medicine Residency, Ann Arbor)
•     Chris Bush, MD, FAAFP (Riverview)
•     David Eisinger, MD, MPA (Detroit)
•     Erin Hendriks, MD, FAAFP (Bloomfield Township)
•     Anne Kittendorf, MD, FAAFP (Ann Arbor)
•     Loretta Leja, MD (Cheboygan)
•     Christian Mackey, MPH (University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor)
•     Arti Madhavan, MD, MBA, FAAFP (Farmington Hills)
•     Christine Medaugh, MD (Livonia)
•     Beena Nagappala, MD, MPH (Lake Orion)
•     Delicia Pruitt, MD, MPH, FAAFP (Saginaw)
•     Adriana Raus, MD (Okemos)
•     Pamela Rockwell, DO, FAAFP (Ann Arbor)
•     Sarah Toates (Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, Madison Heights)
•     Kristi VanDerKolk, MD, FAAFP (Kalamazoo)
•     Jerry Walden, MD (Ann Arbor)

MAFP Member Engagement Committee

Provides guidance and expertise in the development and implementation of MAFP’s member engagement and recruitment agenda and works to recruit, engage, and retain members in the community of family medicine in Michigan, while offering valued membership services.

Chair: Susan Stevens, DO, FAAFP (Livonia)
Vice Chair: Olivia Thomas, MD (Saginaw)
Staff Liaison: Sarah Pinder, MAFP Director of Member Engagement

•     Eli Eisman, DO, PhD (Henry Ford Hospital Family Medicine Residency, Detroit)
•     Shanda League (American University of Antigua College of Medicine, Flint)
•     Faizan Memon, MD (Central Michigan University Family Medicine Residency, Saginaw)
•     Fatin Sahhar, MD, FAAFP (Detroit)
•     Yamuna Yoganathan, MD (Pontiac General Hospital Family Medicine Residency, Pontiac)

FMFM Practice Management Committee

Provides advisory support for MAFP's efforts around family medicine practice management issues, including but not limited to practice transformation, practice ownership, administration and staffing, as well as payment and reimbursement matters incorporating new models of care and including working with third-party payers.

Chair: Srikar Reddy, MD, FAAFP (Eastpointe)
Vice Chair: Jamila Taylor, MD, FAAFP (Detroit)
Staff Liaison: Matt Black, MAFP Director of Government Relations

•     Jennifer Aloff, MD, FAAFP (Midland)
•     Charan Cheema, DO (Clinton)
•     Robert Jackson, MD, MMM, FAAFP (Allen Park)
•     Tim Tobolic, MD (Byron Center)
•     David Walsworth, MD, FAAFP (East Lansing)
•     Bashar Yalldo, MD (Howell)

FMFM Professional Development Committee

Plans and oversees CME programming hosted by Family Medicine Foundation of Michigan, including at the annual Michigan Family Medicine Conference & Expo, to provide MAFP members with quality, timely credits that qualify Academy membership, state licensure, and American Board of Family Medicine certification.

Chair: Lauren Oshman, MD, MPH, FAAFP (Ann Arbor)
Vice Chair: Nicholas Moore, MD, FAAFP, CAQSM (Novi)
Staff Liaison: Sarah Pinder, MAFP Director of Member Engagement

•     Prince Duru, MD (McLaren Flint Family Medicine Residency, Flint)
•     Paige Girdley (Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, Rochester Hills)
•     Brandon Karmo, DO, FAAFP (Farmington Hills)
•     Rachel Klamo, DO, FAAFP (Oxford)
•     Sahoko Little, MD, FAAFP (Ann Arbor)
•     Holli Neiman-Hart, MD, FAAFP (Battle Creek)
•     Jaclyn Randel, MD, FASAM, FAAFP (Farmington)
•     Fermin Rankin, MD, MBA, MS (Central Michigan University Family Medicine Residency, Saginaw)
•     Leanne Swiderski, MD (Garden City)
•     Zhiling Trowbridge, MD (Grand Rapids)
•     David Walsworth, MD, FAAFP (East Lansing)
•     Jinping Xu, MD, FAAFP (Detroit)

FMFM Student & Resident Education Committee

Brings family medicine residents, residency program directors and faculty, and medical school faculty and students together to advance family medicine education in Michigan.

Chair: Nikolaus Fulbright, MD (South Lyon)
Vice Chair: Elizabeth Jones, MD (Ann Arbor)
Staff Liaison: Dana Lawrence, MAFP Director of Communications

•     Mikita Arora, MD (McLaren Oakland Family Medicine Residency, Pontiac)
•     Julie Blaszczak, MD, MEHP (Ann Arbor)
•     Olivia Thomas, MD (Saginaw)
•     Ashley Erwin, MD (Southfield)
•     Jennifer Hanna, DO, FAAFP (Troy)
•     Sheala Jafry, MD, FAAFP (St. Clair Shores)
•     David Lick, MD, MBA, MPH, FAAFP (Sterling Heights)
•     Nashita Molla, MD (Saginaw)
•     Leigh Morrison, MD (Ann Arbor)
•     James Parkkonen, MD (Saginaw)
•     Megan Quinlan, MD (Okemos)
•     Jenese Reynolds-Gibbs, MD, FAAFP (St. Clair Shores)
•     Fatin Sahhar, MD, FAAFP (Detroit)
•     Karen Weaver, MD (Wayne)
•     Srikala Yedavally-Yellayi, DO, MMEd, FAAFP (Sterling Heights)
•     Katie Zurek, MD (Howell)