Future Family Medicine Leaders Podcast: A 12-Episode Podcast Miniseries

Dr. Kisha Davis is a passionate primary care provider and community health advocate. She is Vice President of Health Equity at Aledade, working to reduce health disparities in physician led ACOs across multiple states. Prior to joining Aledade, she served as physician and former medical director at CHI Health Care, an integrative primary care center in Maryland. Just prior to joining CHI, she served as a White House Fellow at the US Department of Agriculture. She completed her residency from the University of Maryland where she served as Chief Resident, and later earned a Master's in Public Health from Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Davis teaches medical students from both Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland and has traveled on medical missions to Zimbabwe, Honduras, and New Orleans. She was the New Physician Member on the American Academy of Family Physicians Board of Directors and is a past president of the Maryland Academy of Family Physicians. She has also been recognized as one of the 40 Under 40 Leaders in Healthcare.  Dr. Davis was also a Co-Producer of Finding Fellowship, a documentary to preserve the diverse history of a community in northwestern Montgomery, County, MD. Together with her sister, also a family physician, she co-hosts ‘The Sisters Will See You Now' podcast. *Twitter: @kishadavismd*Fresh Perspectives Blog (Dr. Kimberly Becker): https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/20220202fp-becher-moralinjury.html?cid=DM66389&bid=195696493**Post Episode Survey: https://surveyking.com/a/f0fqjsu

Dr. Thomas Dobbs is currently the State Health Officer of Mississippi, a title he has held since 2018. He holds a Doctorate of Medicine and a Master's in Public Health from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases. Dr. Dobbs has also previously served at Mississippi Department of Health for many years in the roles of District Health Officer and State Epidemiologist. Prior to joining the Department of Health, Dr. Dobbs worked as an Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases physician in Laurel and Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Dr. Dobbs is also a member of the Mississippi State Medical Association and the Infectious Diseases Society of America, and is an Associate Professor at the UMMC School of Population Health. *Contact: futurefamilymedicineleaders@gmail.com**Post Episode Survey: https://surveyking.com/a/f0fqjsu

Dr. Christina Kelly was born and raised in Stow, Ohio and received her medical degree from the Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health. She then completed her residency and family medicine-obstetrics fellowship training at Tacoma Family Medicine (TFM) in Tacoma, Washington.  Dr. Kelly is married to Dr. Kevin Kelly, a family physician and Colonel in the Army. As a proud Army spouse, Dr. Kelly has lived and practiced in different parts of the country which has broadened her understanding of different approaches to medical care.  Her career includes serving as adjunct faculty for TFM; residency faculty and Director of the Family Medicine OB Fellowship at Darnall Army Medical Center at Fort Hood, TX, residency faculty at the Memorial Family Medicine Residency Program, and Director of the Primary Care Accelerated Track at Mercer University School of Medicine in Savannah, GA. She has also taught at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences as an Assistant Professor in the department of family medicine.  Dr. Kelly has also been involved in ‘organizational medicine' since she was a second-year medical student, and has always felt passionate about being an advocate for patients and family medicine. Her experience in organized medicine has so far taught her how to plan and implement different kinds of projects to impact change and improve care for patients and communities.  Dr. Kelly loves the opportunity to work with students and residents, particularly as they develop their leadership skills and become ‘change agents.' She is particularly passionate about maternity and child care, mentorship, physician workforce diversity, health equity, student and resident burnout prevention, and increasing student choice of family medicine and primary care.*Contact info: cmkellymd@gmail.com*Twitter: @cmkellymd**Post Episode Survey: https://surveyking.com/a/f0fqjsu

Dr. Rebecca Jaffe graduated from the Medical College of Pennsylvania and completed her residency in Family Medicine at the Medical Center of Delaware (which is now known as Christiana Care), and is Board Certified in Family Medicine and Primary Care Sports Medicine.  She has spent her entire clinical career in the Wilmington, Delaware area working at a community health center(now an FQHC), and in private practice. She is currently working full time for Aledade as a regional Medical Director. Academically, Dr. Jaffe has authored over 2 dozen publications in the medical field. Over her career Dr. Jaffe has served in many respected national roles including the United States Olympic Committee and the American Academy of Family Physicians Board of Directors. She is also the immediate past President for the American Academy of Family Physicians Foundation. *Contact info: bjaffe@aledade.com *AAFP Foundation website: https://www.aafpfoundation.org/**Post Episode Survey: https://surveyking.com/a/f0fqjsu 

Dr. Tyler Cymet is a physician and medical education consultant in Baltimore, Maryland focusing on the use of technology in education and issues related to teaching, testing and tracking healthcare providers.  He has worked at Johns Hopkins, Yale, University of Maryland and the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine and the Baltimore Convention Center Field Hospital.  He has an extensive background in healthcare policy, academic research, and has published numerous academic articles on graduate medical education.Twitter:  @tcymetLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tylercymet **Post Episode Survey: https://surveyking.com/a/f0fqjsu

Dr. Lessa Phillips is Professor Emeritus and past Chair of the University of Mississippi Medical Center Department of Family Medicine. Dr. Phillips earned her medical degree in 1973 at Tulane University School of Medicine and then completed an her family medicine residency at UMMC in Jackson, MS.  She then went on and became the first woman chosen to head a department at the UMMC School of Medicine, serving as the Chair of the Department of Family Medicine for 19 years.   In 1990 she was named one of 50 Kellogg fellows by the Kellogg National Fellowship program and in 1999 received the AAFP Thomas Johnson Award for Career Contributions to Family Medicine. *Contact info: lphillipsmd@mac.com **Post Episode Survey: https://surveyking.com/a/f0fqjsu

Dr. Jennifer Bacani McKenney is a rural family medicine physician in Fredonia, KS where she provides outpatient, inpatient, emergency department, and surgical services to her rural community, where she also serves as the Wilson County Public Health Officer.  She is the current president of the Kansas Academy of Family Physicians, Associate Dean of Rural Medical Education at the University of Kansas Medical Center, and was recently named Rural Health Practitioner of the Year by the National Rural Health Association.  Dr. McKenney has also appeared on many national news and television programs covering COVID-19 and rural health during the past few years including CNBC, MSNBC, and NPR. Additionally, she is also the Co-founder and President of the Remote Scribe Company.  *Twitter: @jenbacmck*NBC news video: https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/rural-kansas-doctor-facing-community-pushback-for-covid-safety-protocols-97115205726*The Daily Podcast Episode featuring Dr. McKenney: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/11/podcasts/the-daily/coronavirus-public-health.html*Email: jenbmckenney@gmail.com **Post Episode Survey: https://surveyking.com/a/f0fqjsu

Dr. Meagan Vermeulen is an Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine in New Jersey. She is also the medical director for Rowan Family Medicine, Mullica Hill in Sewell and the Founding Program Director for the Inspira Family Medicine Residency Program, Mullica Hill. In 2021, Dr Vermeulen was selected as an inaugural fellow in the ACGME DEI Leadership Learning Community Pilot Fellowship to help promote Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice in medical education and the field of medicine. She is also a peer reviewer for FP Essentials and American Family Physician. Dr. Vermeulen has a longstanding commitment to helping her patients navigate the often-troubling waters of the healthcare system with dignity, respect, and compassion, while delivering evidence-based, exceptional care to her patients while training the next generation of Family Physicians in this tradition.*Contact info: vermeulen@rowan.edu **Post Episode Survey: https://surveyking.com/a/f0fqjsu

Dr.  Anita Ravi is a board-certified family medicine physician and public health scientist, who specializes in the areas of gender-based violence and trauma-informed care. Dr. Ravi is the CEO and co-founder of PurpLE Health Foundation (PHF), a non-profit organization that invests in the physical, mental and financial health of women and girls who have experienced gender-based violence. She is also the owner of PurpLE Family Health, a PHF-affiliated medical practice that provides comprehensive healthcare and employment opportunities for survivors. Dr. Ravi has authored multiple peer-reviewed publications and illustrated articles in the areas of trauma-informed care, human trafficking, and healthcare delivery in under-resourced settings, and serves on several national committees to advance health equity, including the National Human Trafficking Training and Technical Assistance's Advancing Equity and Inclusion Technical Working Group.  She was recognized as a 2021 "40 Under 40" Leader in Minority Health by the National Minority Quality Forum and was selected as a 2022 Presidential Leadership Scholar.  Dr. Ravi regularly writes, draws, and speaks at events across the country about how the healthcare system must radically change to meet the needs of people who have been systematically marginalized.  She is a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis, received her Medical Degree from the University of Michigan School of Medicine, her Masters in Public Health from Yale University, her Masters in Health Policy research from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and is a graduate of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/Veterans Affairs Clinical Scholars Fellowship Program.*Email: anita@purplehealthfoundation.org*Twitter: @anitaDRawing*PurpLE website: https://purplehealthfoundation.org/ **Post Episode Survey: https://surveyking.com/a/f0fqjsu *This project was completed with support from the American Academy of Family Physicians Foundation through its Family Medicine Leads Emerging Leader Institute program.

Dr. Brent Smith is a family physician who practices in his hometown of Cleveland, Mississippi, where he returned after completing a one-year sports medicine fellowship at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Dr. Smith is an original member of the Mississippi Rural Physicians Scholarship Program, and has remained active at the local level by chairing the Sports Medicine Advisory Committee for the Mississippi High School Activities Association and he is a member of the Board of Trustees for the Mississippi Academy of Family Physicians Foundation.A leader on the national level, Dr. Smith served for 6 years on the board of trustees for the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Foundation, and including serving as the organization's national president.*Contact info: pbrentsmithmd@gmail.com**Post Episode Survey: https://surveyking.com/a/f0fqjsu*This project was completed with support from the American Academy of Family Physicians Foundation through its Family Medicine Leads Emerging Leader Institute program.

Dr. Francis O'Connor is a Professor and Medical Director for the Consortium for Health and Military Performance at Uniformed Services University, and has been a leader in sports medicine education and research for the military for over 30 years.  Dr. O'Connor is also the Medical Director for the Uniformed Services University Consortium for Health and Military Performance (CHAMP) and a Professor of Military and Emergency Medicine. A retired Colonel in the United States Army, Dr. O'Connor is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, and also served one year as a Command Surgeon with Special Operations in the Middle East.  Dr. O'Connor has authored over 100 peer reviewed articles in scientific journals and book chapters for the military and sports medicine. He is a past President of the American Medical Society of Sports Medicine (AMSSM), and has received several awards for excellence in sports medicine research and education including the Korey Stringer Institute's Lifesaving Research Award, presented by the NFL and Gatorade, and he is also a recipient of the AMSSM's Founder's Award – the highest honor awarded by the AMSSM. *Contact info: francis.oconnor@usuhs.edu**Post Episode Survey: https://surveyking.com/a/f0fqjsu*This project was completed with support from the American Academy of Family Physicians Foundation through its Family Medicine Leads Emerging Leader Institute program.

Dr. Beth Oller is a physician co-owner of Solomon Valley Family Medicine in the rural community of Stockton. She practices full scope Family Medicine including clinic, inpatient, emergency room, nursing home and obstetric care. Her areas of interest are women's health, pediatrics, and maternal healthcare.  Dr. Oller is actively involved in the Kansas Academy of Family Physicians, chairing the Professional Development Committee. She has also been involved in national leadership for many years, serving in various capacities including the student member on the AAFP Board of Directors and the resident AAFP representative to the AMA.  Dr. Oller is very involved in teaching, serving as a preceptor for pre-medical students, medical students and residents and is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine for the University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita.  *Contact: bethollermd@gmail.com**Post Episode Survey: https://surveyking.com/a/f0fqjsu*This project was completed with support from the American Academy of Family Physicians Foundation through its Family Medicine Leads Emerging Leader Institute program.

This Episode contains the overview of the podcast and defines the project's purpose. Purpose: Create an inspirational learning platform through conversation targeted at medical students, medical residents, and current family physicians regarding all aspects of leadership in medicine. Podcast episode topics will include: FM career opportunities, the future of family medicine, success stories, inspirational stories, words of wisdom, discussion of physician leadership qualities and behaviors AAFP Foundation's Emerging Leader Institute: https://www.aafpfoundation.org/our-programs/education-initiatives/family-medicine-leads-emerging-leader-application.htmlTo reach me personally, please email futurefamilymedicineleaders@gmail.com or find me on twitter @FFMLpodcast *This project was completed with support from the American Academy of Family Physicians Foundation through its Family Medicine Leads Emerging Leader Institute program.