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2025 Family Medicine POP!

Thank you to everyone who Attended POP! 2026 held September 5th-7th at the Paradise Point Hotel in San Diego, CA. This was the first year SDAFP partnered with our state chapter, CAFP, to host the annual meeting and it went extremely well with record breaking attendance numbers!

If you have any questions about our 2025 meeting please contact Anita Hill at: acharles@familydocs.org, The 2027 meeting will again be held at the Paradise Point. Stay tuned for dates and more information.


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2025 All Member Virtual Meeting

Thank you to all physicians who joined us online Saturday March 29th 2025 from 8am-12:30-pm for our 2025 Annual All Member Meeting. This year's topic was: 'Going All Natural', Integrative Therapies for Chronic Disease Management. Our Program Chairperson, Dr. Gregory Thomas, put together an outstanding line up of speakers and the program received rave reviews. If you attended and are having any issues with accessing your CME certificate please contact Sabrina Bazzo at: sbazzo@sandiegoafp.org

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Scholarship Applications

Information and Application NOW AVAILABLE for the SDAFP 2026 Marianne McKennett/Lemon Grove Resident Community Scholarship Award:

Key dates are as follows:

  • Deadline for applications including all letters of recommendation: Wednesday, October 29th, 2025

  • Scholarship Interviews via zoom, between 4:30-8:30pm: Wednesday, November 12th, 2025

  • Scholarship Recipients to be notified by email: Friday, November 14th, 2025

  • Awardees formally recognized at SDAFP 2026 Installation of Officers event: Date and Location TBD

Information and Application NOW AVAILABLE for the SDAFP 2026 Reithmayer and Williams Medical Student Scholarship Awards:

Key dates are as follows:

  • Deadline for applications including all letters of recommendation: Wednesday, October 29th, 2025

  • Scholarship Interviews via zoom, between 4:30-8:30pm: Wednesday, November 12th, 2025

  • Scholarship Recipients to be notified by email: Friday, November 14th, 2025

  • Awardees formally recognized at SDAFP 2026 Installation of Officers event: Date and Location TBD

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Reithmayer/Williams Cover Letter
McKennett/Lemon Award Criteria
Edwin Reithmayer, MD - Bio
Malvin Williams, MD - Bio
Reithmayer/Williams Application
McKennett/Lemon Application



San Diego Academy of Family Physicians

The San Diego Academy of Family Physicians strives to bring together and educate Family Medicine physicians as well as allowing a means of communication with their local peers. Our organization provides two or more CME programs during the year as well as fundraisers for a memorial scholarship provided to a UCSD second and fourth year medical student on an annual basis and a bi-annual newsletter. Our yearly 3 day symposium attracts hundreds of physicians from across the country as well as more than 45 exhibitors.

In addition, our board of directors, which consists of physicians from across San Diego, provides a training ground for those interested in serving as leaders in areas including advocacy and coordination of CME activities. These members then often go on to roles at the State and National Academy of Family Physicians level. The San Diego Academy of Family Physicians is a member-based organization. All Family Medicine physicians in San Diego County are eligible to join.

The San Diego Academy of Family Physicians strives to bring together and educate Family Medicine physicians as well as allowing a means of communication with their local peers. Our organization provides two or more CME programs during the year as well as fundraisers for a memorial scholarship provided to a UCSD second and fourth year medical student on an annual basis and a bi-annual newsletter. Our yearly 3 day symposium attracts hundreds of physicians from across the country as well as more than 45 exhibitors.

In addition, our board of directors, which consists of physicians from across San Diego, provides a training ground for those interested in serving as leaders in areas including advocacy and coordination of CME activities. These members then often go on to roles at the State and National Academy of Family Physicians level. The San Diego Academy of Family Physicians is a member-based organization. All Family Medicine physicians in San Diego County are eligible to join.

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Our Mission

The purpose of the San Diego Academy of Family Physicians is to educate and support the local Family Medicine community in order to promote professional and personal growth for its members and to advocate for family centered care for all San Diegans. We strive to bring members together at a local level by providing activities which promote good hospital relations for primary care, quality programs for continuing medical education, and support for students interested in becoming family medicine physicians.




For more information about membership, please contact the American Academy of Family Physicians: (800) 274-2237 or WWW.AAFP.ORG

For more information about becoming a participant of the SDAFP Board of Directors, please contact: Sabrina Bazzo MPH, Executive Director: 619-540-6307 or SBAZZO@SANDIEGOAFP.ORG

Become a leader in the Family Medicine community by being an active part of the San Diego Academy of Family Physicians!


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