Foundation

2023-2024 DAFP REF Board of Trustees

Officers:
President: Rebecca Jaffe, MD, MPH, FAAFP
Vice President: Paul Yerkes, MD
Treasurer: Ashley Panichelli, MD, MD
Secretary: Melissa Tribuiani, MD

Directors at Large:
Brintha Vasagar, MD, MPH, FAAFP
Joyce Robert, MD
David Hack, MD, FAAFP
Evan Bilheimer, MD, MPH
Seema Dattani, MD
Marshala Lee, MD, MPH
Jamie Rapacciuolo, DO
Cindy Siu, MD
Cedric Barnes, DO
Karen Antell, MD, MPH, FAAFP
Joseph Kim, DO, FAAFP
Anna Filip, MD, FAAFP
Allyssa Abel, MD, MPH
Ghazaleh Barghgir, MD

The Delaware Academy of Family Physicians Research and Foundation, Inc. (DAFP-REF) is a 501-c-3 non-profit organization founded in 1989 as the philanthropic arm of the Delaware Academy of Family Physicians (DAFP).

Our Mission

To promote the specialty of family medicine to medical students and pre-medical students in Delaware;
To support activities and research by Delaware Family Medicine Residents and Physicians to improve the health of the communities we serve; and
To communicate the importance of Family Medicine to local, state, and federal officials and our community.

Our Initiatives

Platt Family Physician Summer Externship Program (see below)
Residency Program Grants (Coming Soon!)
Fundraising Events

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The David & Ethel Platt Summer Externship

DandEPlatt The David and Ethel Platt Family Physicians Summer Externship was established in the name of two exemplary family physicians to help create a way to excite 1st and 2nd-year medical students in Delaware about family medicine. One fellowship is offered annually for a two-week externship during the Summer. The chosen medical student spends one week each shadowing family physicians in Delaware practices. At the conclusion of the program, the recipient is required to write an article about the experience for the DAFP Journal. A stipend of $1000 is then awarded to the recipient.

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