The Family Medicine Congressional Conference is an exceptional opportunity to understand federal advocacy, get up-to-date on current priorities for family medicine, receive practical, hands-on experience with the legislative process, and share the power of your story with confidence in Washington, D.C. -- all in two days.

2. Welcome Scholars!
AFMRD Resident
Natasha Bhuyan, MD, Phoenix, AZ
Joseph Castro, DO, Pueblo, CO
Rebekah Collymore, MD, Fayetteville, NC
Marshala Lee, MD, Baltimore, MD
Timothy Lowney Jr, DO, Fitchburg, MA
Linda May, MD, San Antonio, TX
Sai Palepu, MD, Galveston, TX
Melanie Raffoul, MD, Xenia, AB
Anjali Rao, MD, Sacramento, CA
Anita Ravi, MD, New York, NY
AAFP Resident and Student
Raul Ayala, MD, Fresno, CA
Nardin Khalil, MD, Columbia, SC
Mr. Bradley Harr, Kansas City, MO
Ms. Laura Hehn, Arlington, VA
AAFP Foundation Student
Mr. Joshua Shapiro, Chicago, IL
STFM New Faculty
Penny Beach, MD, Boise, ID
Christina Cavanagh, MD, Fort Meyers, FL
Gretchen Dickson, MD, Wichita, KS
Matthew Burke, MD, Baltimore, MD
Winston Liaw, MD, Fairfax, VA

3. Considering Medicaid Expansion
Andrew D. Hyman, JD
Team Director and Senior Program Officer
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

4. FamMedPAC
Randy Wexler, MD – Chair
FamMedPAC Board of Directors
Mark V. Cribben, JD – Director,
FamMedPAC

5. Physician Workforce
Frederic Isasi, JD, MPH
Vice President, Health Policy – The Advisory Board
Frederick Chen, MD, MPH
Chief of Family Medicine – Harborview Medical Center
Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine – University of
Washington and HRSA senior advisor for the THC program
Joseph Gravel, MD
Program Director – Lawrence Family Medicine Residency, Lawrence Family
Health Center

7. Primary Care Valuation
Chris Dawe, Policy Advisor for Health Care
White House National Economic Council
Karen Fisher, JD, Professional Staff
Senate Finance Committee
Dan Elling, Senior Policy Advisor
Alston + Bird (formerly Majority Staff Director, House
Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health)

8. Political Advocacy: Tools Needed
to be Effective Citizen Advocates
William Kreisberg, Vice President
Schrayer & Associates, Inc.