American College of Physicians Internal Medicine Meeting

ORLANDO, Fla. – “Job one for AAFP and our chapters over the next 12 to 24 months” is to educate American Academy of Family Physicians members about MACRA, said Douglas E. Henley, MD, AAFP executive vice president, in his prepared remarks before the Congress of Delegates.

The American Academy of Family Physicians has announced it will support legislation permitting Medicare to negotiate drug prices, pointing to the ever-rising cost of prescription medication for patients, particularly the elderly and disabled.

ORLANDO, Fla. – The American Academy of Family Physicians elected as their president-elect Michael Munger, MD.

The American Academy of Family Physicians has approved a resolution opposing state and federal laws prohibiting transgender people from using public facilities that match their identity.

WASHINGTON — David E. Midthun, MD, FACP, professor of medicine and director of the lung cancer screening program at Mayo Clinic, discussed various aspects of lung cancer screening here at the annual American College of Physicians Internal Medicine Meeting.

WASHINGTON — Martin A. Samuels, MD, DSc (Hon), MACP, FANA, chair of the department of neurology at Brigham and Women's Hospital and the Miriam Sydney Joseph Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School, shared several updates in the field of neurology, including advances in stroke, Parkinson's disease and chronic traumatic encephalopathy, here at the annual American College of Physicians Internal Medicine Meeting.

WASHINGTON — David E. Midthun, professor of medicine and director of the lung cancer screening program at Mayo Clinic, discussed various aspects of lung cancer screening here at the annual American College of Physicians Internal Medicine Meeting.

WASHINGTON – The American Cancer Society recommends screening for breast cancer beginning at age 45 years, although women aged 40 to 44 should have flexibility in starting annual screenings, Kevin C. Oeffinger, MD, director of the Cancer Survivorship Center at Memorial Sloan Kettering, in New York, said at the American College of Physicians Internal Medicine Meeting.

WASHINGTON — David E. Midthun, MD, FACP, professor of medicine and director of the lung cancer screening program at Mayo Clinic, discussed various aspects of lung cancer screening here at the annual American College of Physicians Internal Medicine Meeting.

WASHINGTON – Celiac disease as an explanation for abnormal liver function tests, and the relationship between weight loss and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, were among the subjects of some of the most important articles in the field of gastroenterology in 2015, said David Weinberg, MD, MSc, chairman of medicine at Fox Chase Cancer Center, in Philadelphia, at the American College of Physicians Internal Medicine Meeting.