We asked Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians President Elect Roli Dwivedi, MD, to share about her work as a leader and advocate and why advocacy and leadership is so important to family physicians.
On July 1, 2023, Bob Jeske, MD, became the seventy-seventh president of the Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians (MAFP).
Jeske has been a practicing family physician for more than 10 years. He currently serves as core faculty at the Mayo Clinic Family Medicine Residency – Mankato, where he holds an assistant professor appointment in the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science and serves as medical director for Whispering Creek skilled care and rehabilitation facility in Janesville, Minnesota. Prior to his teaching role, Jeske was a rural family physician in the communities of Wabasha and Waseca, Minnesota.
We asked President Jeske to share more of his background and about his plans for his term as MAFP President.
The 2023 Minnesota Legislative Session has ended. In addition to passing a balanced budget for the next two-year period, the Minnesota Legislature passed many bills that the Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians (MAFP) strongly supported, including the All-Payer Claims Database update, audio-only telehealth coverage, rural health care workforce funding, firearm safety measures and more.
While this is being referred to as a historic session for the number of bills passed, it was clearly a good (policy) year for family physicians and their patients.
Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians members attended the 2023 MAFP House of Delegates, where members deliberated and voted on resolutions. Election results were also announced for the Board of Directors.
James Hougas III, MD, FAAFP, shares his thoughts on updated recommendations on colorectal cancer screening and about his experience as a family physician who performs colonoscopies in practice.
Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians lobbyist Dave Renner, CAE, shares an update on the legislative session. Work continues on the Health and Human Services budget as well as firearm safety legislation, a no-cost primary care study and paid family and medical leave.
