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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, Sept. 30, 2024 Maryann Martindale CEO, Utah Academy of Family Physicians  martindalemm@utahafp.org Utah Academy of Family Physicians Celebrates National Family Medicine WeekSalt Lake City, UT — The Utah Academy of Family Physicians celebrates National Family Medicine Week and thanks the family physicians, residents, and medical students in Utah for their commitment…

September is Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) Awareness Month. This annual observance highlights the importance of talking about FASD, preventing FASD, and supporting families living with FASD. FASDs are a group of conditions that can occur in a person who was exposed to alcohol before birth. It is estimated that up to one in 20…

Stay up to date on urgent health issues in Utah and across the nation through the Utah Health Alert Network, or HAN. The HAN is a notification system designed to quickly distribute urgent information during a disease outbreak, environmental threat, natural disaster, or act of terrorism, from public health to thousands of healthcare professionals and other key partners across Utah. This messaging system will only be…

The Utah Dept of Health and Human Services is recruiting members with expertise in the practice of family medicine, ideally including obstetrics, for our Maternal Mortality Review Committee and our Infant Mortality Review Committee. These interprofessional committees review all pregnancy-associated maternal deaths (death during or within 1 year of the end of pregnancy) and perinatal…

Know a family doctor who excels in:⁠ Nominate them today! We are accepting nominations through August 18. The physician chosen by our committee will be announced in early September and honored at our Annual Member Meeting on Friday, September 14th. 

Results from the 2024 National Resident Matching Program® Main Residency Match (NRMP) indicate that this will be the largest class of incoming family medicine residents in history, with 4,595 medical students and graduates matching into family medicine residency programs. This year, family medicine offered 5,231 residency positions,124 more than in 2023! Read more about this year’s match…

Congratulations to the following UAFP members who were recently featured in the Salt Lake City Weekly annual Best of Utah: Body and Mind 2024! Michael D. Jones, MD, voted Best Family Medicine Physician and James T. Peterson, MD and Jessica Wilkinson, MD, runners up; Best Doctor of Internal Medicine, runner up (she’s actually a family…

UAFP hosted it’s first in-person poster session in several years for students and residents in conjunction with our CME & Ski conference. Eleven groups of residents and students presented their research to our judges and attendees at the conference and all of them did an outstanding job. Thank you to our judges and to our…

By Maryann Martindale, CEO, Utah Academy of Family Physicians Sine Die! At midnight on Friday, March 1st, the 2024 Legislative session came to a close. From opening chimes to closing gavel, it was a wild ride this year with more downs than ups. Our spring magazine will include a detailed article covering all of our…

Sources: National Birth Defects Prevention Network, American Academy of Family Physicians, and Ohio Academy of Family Physicians Birth defects are structural changes that can affect almost any part of the body, such as the heart, brain, or foot, and can cause lifelong health challenges. Birth defects are common, affecting 1 in every 33 babies born…