MISSISSIPPI ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS

March 13 & March 27

TWO OPPORTUNITIES TO ATTEND

Hard to Swallow: The Burden of EoE and How We Can Improve Diagnosis and Management

Join us Wednesday, March 13th and Wednesday, March 27th at 6:00 pm Central for a webinar, Hard to Swallow: the Burden of EoE and How We Can Improve Diagnosis and Management with Mirna Chehade, MD, MPH, AGAF, FAAAAI.

Dr. Mirna Chehade, MD, MPH is Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, NY. She is a board-certified pediatric gastroenterologist. She is the founding director of the Mount Sinai Center for Eosinophilic Disorders (MSCED). The Center provides cutting-edge clinical care, research, and support for patients with eosinophilic gastrointestinal diseases and their families, including eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) and other eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorders (EGIDs).

Please make sure to register to secure your spot. There is NO COST for this one hour session. Attendees earn 1.0 CME credit.

March 28

Managing Lipids and Other ASCVD Risk Factors:

A Lipidologist's Perspective

NOTE- “Financial support for this program is provided by the Family Medicine Chapter Alliance, which is funded by members like you! Help programs like this continue to support family medicine by giving to the FMCA. Select “Chapter Grants” when making your gift online at https://www.aafpfoundation.org/donate.html

April 12 - 14

MAFP Spring Conference

MAFP Spring Conference Set for

Friday, April 12 - Sunday, April 14

MAFP’s Spring Conference features social activities and CME. Saturday is a day of CME sessions and exhibits. On Sunday, we offer a morning of CME with dismissal around lunchtime. The MAFPF’s Spring Fling for Residents and Students is held in connection with this event.

Agenda, Speakers, and More

We're excited to bring to you a lineup of speakers and the opportunity to earn 12 CME credit hours from this event.

Speaker Spotlight: Dr. Kathryn Taylor

Dr. Kathryn Taylor will be joining us to present Burkholderia pseudomallei and Candida auris.

Burkholderia has typically been only travel associated, but was recently identified in environmental samples on the MS Gulf Coast. MS had 3 cases in the coastal area across 3 years and CDC came down and did some testing. This is the first time it was identified in the environment in the continental US.

Candida auris is a fungal infection that is typically multi drug resistant. It is spread easily in healthcare facilities once introduced unless proper precautions are taken and appropriate cleaning products used.

Dr. Kathryn Taylor, a MAFP member and Interim State Epidemiologist for the MS Department of Health is a graduate of the University of Mississippi School of Medicine and holds a board certification in Family Medicine. Prior to joining MSDH, she spent two years as an assistant professor in Family Medicine at the University of Mississippi Medical Center and five years in private practice in the Jackson area. She joined MSDH in 2015 as a District Health Officer. Since then, she has served as a Deputy Regional Health Officer, a medical consultant in the Office of Epidemiology, and most recently as Deputy State Epidemiologist.