North Carolina Academy of Family Physicians, Inc.

09/05/2025

Dr. Dael Waxman will once again offer his coaching sessions during our upcoming Winter Family Physicians Weekend! Between Dec. 5 and Dec. 7, he will give personal coaching sessions open exclusively to AAFP/NCAFP members. His personal coaching sessions will help you “close the gap between where you are professionally and/or personally and where you want to be,” according to Dr. Waxman. And Dr. Waxman is an expert in how physicians can do this: as emeritus professor of Family Medicine at Atrium Health – Wake Forest University School of Medicine, he first developed this service while serving as Vice Chair of the Family Medicine department.
These 30-minute sessions are available on a first-come, first-served basis for $50 added onto your event registration. Register now to attend the meeting and meet Dr. Waxman in Asheville: www.ncafp.com/wfpw

09/02/2025

At our Winter Meeting, Dr. Blake Fagan will teach everything you need to know about pain management! As Clinical Director of Substance Use Disorder Initiatives and Family Medicine Faculty at MAHEC Residency and Fellowship Programs, Dr. Fagan has plenty of experience in the classroom and the clinic. He's also a nationally recognized figure in the American response to the opioid crisis. You’ll want to learn from him directly: register now at www.nacfp.com/wfpw!

08/29/2025

Attention, medical students and Family Medicine residents: we encourage you to submit your posters for our 32nd Annual Research Poster Presentation! The NCAFP Foundation is interested in practice-based research, but presentations may address any topic relevant to Family Medicine. Works-in-progress and case studies may also be submitted. Posters will be judged by physician members of the NCAFP and will be displayed at the Winter Family Physicians Weekend in Asheville.
Learn more here: https://www.ncafp.com/news/ncafp-medical-student-resident-members-research-poster-contest-2025
And if you have any questions, contact NCAFP Workforce Initiatives Manager Perry Price at perry@ncafp.com.

NCAFP: Advancing the specialty of Family Medicine, in order to improve the health of patients, families & communities in our state.

08/21/2025

Meet Dr. Amanda Steventon in our newest member profile! Dr. Steventon works as a family physician and chief medical officer at Avance Care, PA. In addition, she serves on the NCAFP Board of Directors and Executive Committee.
Like many other physicians, Dr. Steventon came to Family Medicine first as a patient. She grew up in Maple City, KS. “I grew up in the middle of nowhere,” Dr. Steventon says. “It’s the cliche where there were more cows than people.” But even in Maple City, Dr. Steventon enjoyed the care of a local family physician. That access served her well when she faced a severe health concern at age five. “I went for my kindergarten checkup with our doctor, who noticed that I had a very significant heart murmur,” Dr. Steventon says. “I had to have an open-heart surgery with an atrial septal defect repair. So at age five, I was introduced to the world of medicine. From that point, I knew I wanted to be a physician.”
Read her entire story: https://www.ncafp.com/news/ncafp-member-amanda-steventon-md

08/15/2025

Our leaders are enjoying the Southeastern Family Medicine Forum so far! Collaborating with our colleagues to improve Family Medicine is the best place for us to be this weekend. We're glad for everyone who's present (including American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) President-Elect Dr. Sarah Nosal)!

08/14/2025

The August edition of Business North Carolina includes a health care roundtable featuring our own Exec. VP and CEO Greg Griggs. Speaking alongside leaders from NC health systems, insurance payers, and other membership associations, Greg discussed the need for primary care investment, the promise of technological advances, and other topics.
“We need more family physicians and primary care physicians to keep people healthy,” Greg said of the NC Family Medicine workforce. “We need more people to go into family medicine, general internal medicine and general pediatrics. Primary care should be a public utility in our state.”
In addition, Greg demonstrated the discrepancy between American primary care and global health care: “Most industrialized countries invest 12% to 15% of their healthcare dollars in primary care and prevention; the United States invests 5% to 6%.” He also brought the rationale for why that investment is crucial, saying, “We can conquer healthcare costs if we get people into care early and regularly. If they don’t receive primary care, they’ll land in the ER, the most expensive place to receive care.”
The full roundtable is a great look into NC health care. Beyond Greg, others in the article include: Mysty Blagg, a health care attorney with Poyner Spruill; Josh Dobson, president and CEO of the NC Healthcare Association; Michael Smith, President and CEO of CarolinaEast Health System; and Patrick Poulin, area vice president for Gallagher.
https://businessnc.com/roundtable-healthcare/

08/11/2025

Did you catch NCAFP staff at the New Hanover Regional Medical Center Residency in Family Medicine in Wilmington last week? Workforce Initiatives Manager Perry Price and Senior VP and General Counsel Shawn Parker visited the residency to share a good look at the NCAFP, our health care policy advocacy, and how we serve Family Medicine residents. Thanks for hosting Shawn and Perry, and we look forward to seeing you all again!

08/05/2025

We're not done congratulating the Wake Forest and UNC Family Medicine Interest groups for their awards at the AAFP FUTURE Conference last week! The award honors medical students who encourage student interest in family medicine and family medicine programming. Both the UNC and WFU groups did exactly that, and they deserve the recognition they received at FUTURE. Congratulations!

08/05/2025

Congrats to the UNC and Wake Forest Family Medicine Interest groups! Both of these student groups won the Program Excellence award from the AAFP last weekend! Read about these groups, their leaders, and how they're already building Family Medicine as students:
https://www.ncafp.com/news/unc-wake-forest-family-medicine-student-groups-aafp-award

08/04/2025

Congratulations to Dr. Claire Namboodri, Asia-La'Rae Walker, and Andrea Augustine! This past weekend, they all succeeded in national Family Medicine leadership at the AAFP FUTURE event. Dr. Namboodri became resident delegate-elect to the AAFP Congress of Delegates, Walker became the medical student trustee on the Society for Teaching Family Medicine Board, and Augustine received a second term on the AAFP Foundation Board. We were glad to support them at the event and to support their leadership in the years ahead!

08/01/2025

The AAFP FUTURE conference is off to a great start! We're glad to see 45 NCAFP student members in Kansas City, together with all the NC Family Medicine residencies. Here's how everyone is enjoying it so far:

07/29/2025

NCAFP member and AAFP Foundation Student Trustee Andrea Augustine wrote about her experience in the 2025 NCAFP Summer Immersion program in western NC!
"I applied to the program with a few key questions in mind," Andrea writes. "What does training at a rural residency entail? How might it support my career goals? What does rural Family Medicine — particularly in non-academic models — look like? Could I see myself in that environment? I’m happy to report that the program answered all of these questions."
Read the full article here: https://www.ncafp.com/ncafp-medical-student-summer-immersion-program