DAFP Secretary's News Blog

SAVE THE DATES!

→Tuesday, September 9, 2008 – 6:30 p.m.

DAFP QUARTERLY MEMBERSHIP DINNER MEETING/LECTURE

Christiana Hilton, Newark, Delaware

  NOTE: The Business Meeting will be followed by a lecture on Managing Access to Care for Patients with Depression by Ranga Ram, M.D., Medical Director of MeadowWood Hospital, New Castle, Delaware, and President, Psychiatric Society of Delaware.

→September 10 - November 19, 2008

2008 FALL LECTURE SERIES -  Click here for complete details.

→Saturday, April 18, 2009

DAFP ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC ASSEMBLY & INSTALLATION DINNER

Arsht Hall, Wilmington, Delaware

New Feature - Click here to read our new DAFP News Blog

DAFP ACTIVITIES

Watch this space for other upcoming meetings and events

Platt Family Physicians Fellowship - Summer fellowship offered to medical students in the region designed to interest students in pursuing a specialty in family practice. DEADLINE for 2009 Fellowships:Feb. 15, 2009

DAFP Research and Education Foundation - An affiliate of DAFP dedicated to advancing primary health care and public health throughout Delaware by supporting the specialty of Family Medicine.

Mission
The Delaware Academy of Family Physicians (DAFP), a chapter of the American Academy of Family Physicians, is a non-profit medical association consisting of family physicians, family practice residents, and medical students who practice or study in Delaware.

The mission of the DAFP is to promote excellence in health care and the betterment of health of the people of Delaware. Purposes in support of this mission are to:

	Provide responsible advocacy for and education of patients and the public in all health-related matters.
	Preserve and promote quality, cost-effective health care
	Promote the science and art of family medicine and ensure an optimal supply of well-trained family physicians
	Promote and maintain high standards among physicians who practice family medicine
	Preserve the right of family physicians to engage in medical and surgical procedures for which they are qualified by training and experience
	Provide advocacy, representation and leadership for the specialty of family practice
	Maintain and provide an organization with high standards to fulfill the above purposes and to represent the needs of its members

Delaware Academy of Family Physicians

In Memoriam The Delaware Academy of Family Physicians mourns the loss of Ethel Platt, M.D., and David Platt, MD, two icons of  the family medicine community.   Click here for more information about the Platts and how you can honor their legacy with a contribution to the David and Ethel Platt Summer Fellowship of the Delaware Academy of Family Physicians Foundation.
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