2024 Annual Installation of Officers

Please Join Us for the... SDAFP Installation of Officers Program coming up Saturday, March 9th at noon. Enjoy connecting with your fellow Family Medicine colleagues as we recognize our amazing outgoing President Dr. Julie Celebi and welcome our incoming President Dr. Sarah Merrill. We will also honor our 2024 Reithmayer Scholarship recipient. The event will be located at The Corner Office Bar: 9450 Scranton Rd, San Diego, CA 92121

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All Member Meeting 2024

We hope that those of you who attended this year's SDAFP All Member Meeting enjoyed the program: Best Practices in Primary Care for Vulnerable Populations. The evaluations were very positive. If you attended and did not fill out the evaluation form yet please contact Sabrina Bazzo. Once it's submitted you will receive an email with your CME certificate!

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Edwin Reithmayer and Malvin Williams Scholarship

We are very proud to announce the SDAFP 2024 scholarship award winners!

Lemon Grove/McKennett Fund: Josue Reynaga, M.D.

Josue Reynaga, M.D. Dr. Reynaga is a chief resident at the Scripps Mercy Hospital Chula Vista Family Medicine Residency Program. His interests include addiction medicine, LGBT+ health, and health equity. In partnership with Dr. Christian Perez, he is aiming to build a robust street medicine curriculum at the residency program level to help train the next generation of family medicine physicians.







Reithmayer Scholarship: Raneem Mokatrin, M.D.

Raneem Mokatrin, M.D. Raneem was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. She double majored in Neuroscience and Gender Studies at UC Los Angeles, where she decided to combine passions for science and the humanities through the art of medicine. As a fourth-year medical student at UC San Diego, she is passionate about caring and advocating for underserved patients. She is thrilled to become a family physician and to continue pursuing interests in LGBTQIA+ health, social justice, and behavioral health during residency.

SDAFP 67th Annual Postgraduate Symposium

SDAFP Family Medicine Update 2024 Registration is now Available! This year's IN PERSON meeting is taking place June 28th-30th at Paradise Point Hotel*. Sign up by January 31st and SAVE $50!!!

*Note: The conference rate for room reservations will expire as of June 5th




San Diego Academy of Family Physicians

The San Diego Academy of Family Physicians strives to bring together and educate Family Medicine physicians as well as allowing a means of communication with their local peers. Our organization provides two or more CME programs during the year as well as fundraisers for a memorial scholarship provided to a UCSD second and fourth year medical student on an annual basis and a bi-annual newsletter. Our yearly 3 day symposium attracts hundreds of physicians from across the country as well as more than 45 exhibitors.

In addition, our board of directors, which consists of physicians from across San Diego, provides a training ground for those interested in serving as leaders in areas including advocacy and coordination of CME activities. These members then often go on to roles at the State and National Academy of Family Physicians level. The San Diego Academy of Family Physicians is a member-based organization. All Family Medicine physicians in San Diego County are eligible to join.

The San Diego Academy of Family Physicians strives to bring together and educate Family Medicine physicians as well as allowing a means of communication with their local peers. Our organization provides two or more CME programs during the year as well as fundraisers for a memorial scholarship provided to a UCSD second and fourth year medical student on an annual basis and a bi-annual newsletter. Our yearly 3 day symposium attracts hundreds of physicians from across the country as well as more than 45 exhibitors.

In addition, our board of directors, which consists of physicians from across San Diego, provides a training ground for those interested in serving as leaders in areas including advocacy and coordination of CME activities. These members then often go on to roles at the State and National Academy of Family Physicians level. The San Diego Academy of Family Physicians is a member-based organization. All Family Medicine physicians in San Diego County are eligible to join.

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Our Mission

The purpose of the San Diego Academy of Family Physicians is to educate and support the local Family Medicine community in order to promote professional and personal growth for its members and to advocate for family centered care for all San Diegans. We strive to bring members together at a local level by providing activities which promote good hospital relations for primary care, quality programs for continuing medical education, and support for students interested in becoming family medicine physicians.




For more information about membership, please contact the American Academy of Family Physicians: (800) 274-2237 or WWW.AAFP.ORG

For more information about becoming a participant of the SDAFP Board of Directors, please contact: Sabrina Bazzo MPH, Executive Director: 619-540-6307 or SBAZZO@SANDIEGOAFP.ORG

Become a leader in the Family Medicine community by being an active part of the San Diego Academy of Family Physicians!