Ohio Academy of Family Physicians (OAFP) Treasurer Bryan Ghiloni, MD; OAFP Delegate to the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Sarah Sams, MD; outgoing Executive Vice President (EVP) Ann Spicer and incoming EVP Kate Mahler, CAE, traveled to Milwaukee over the weekend (February 18-20 to attend the annual Ten State Conference hosted by the Wisconsin Academy of Family Physicians.
OAFP Delegate to the AAFP Dr. Sams, who is also the chair of OAFP’s Public Policy Committee, participated in two panel discussions – one on chapter activities related to health disparities and the other related to state chapter advocacy efforts.
The first opportunity to gather in-person for two years, leaders from AAFP chapters in the mid-west networked, learned leadership skills, and shared chapter best practices. Hosting responsibilities for the meetings rotate through the chapters belonging to Ten State. Ohio is projected to host Ten State next in 2027.