Family medicine has key role in health of the nation, AAFP president says

Medical Economics October 7, 2024
Richard Payerchin

On Sept. 25, Jen Brull, MD, FAAFP, assumed the presidency of the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP).

The Academy started in 1947 and now represents 130,000 physicians and medical students around the country. It is the largest medical society devoted solely to primary care.

Brull spoke to Medical Economics to introduce herself and to discuss some of the policies and projects that will develop during her term. She also credited the work of her fellow physicians and support staff for their work launching them. “I just was here at the right moment in time,” she said.

Brull succeeds Steven P. Furr, MD, FAAFP, a family physician in Jackson, Alabama, who now will serve as AAFP board chair. The election...

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