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Newcomb Named ISMS Physician Leader of the Year
IAFP Class of 2025 board member, Aaron Newcomb, D.O., is the recipient of the 2025 ISMS Physician Leader of the Year award that honors physicians who demonstrate exceptional leadership in healthcare delivery, advocacy, and community engagement. Dr. Newcomb has been a pivotal force in addressing the opioid epidemic—pioneering the use of buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder in the Southern Illinois region, delivering continuing medical education on controlled substance prescribing at local, state, and national levels, publishing advocacy articles in national peer-reviewed journals and working tirelessly to dismantle stigma through partnerships with organizations like ISMS to drive healthcare reform. Dr. Newcomb’s invaluable service has extended well beyond Shawnee Health Services, a rural Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), where he has practiced for many years and serves as the medical director for Substance Use Disorder Treatment Program. He is also IAFP’s subject matter expert on addiction medicine and lead faculty on our Opioid Safety CME series that meets state licensing requirements.
Click on the photo above for the press release from Shawnee Health
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PBS Documentary includes IAFP Member
Carl E Lambert, Jr. MD, FAAFP – the 2020 IAFP Family Medicine Teacher of the Year contributed to a PBS/NOVA featured documentary called “Critical Condition: Black Health Care in America” where he spoke about the historical and socioeconomic factors that continue to perpetuate inequities in health access and outcomes in Chicago and nationwide. As director of the Rush Medical College Family Medicine Leadership Program is a leading voice and champion for bringing more physicians of color into physician careers. The film debuted on PBS on April 30 and you can watch the full film by clicking on his photo above.
Celebrating the Match: Carl Lambert, Jr., MD and past IAFP student board member Haley Bylina from the Rush Family Medicine Leadership program were featured on the WGN-TV 5pm news on March 21 with Match Day celebrations including Haley’ match to the Advocate Lutheran General Family Medicine Residency program in Park Ridge. They also focused on the need to bring more physicians in to family medicine. Watch it here.
Our IAFP Letter to the Editor from President Kate Rowland supporting the residents and urging ownership to provide the financial support needed for them to continue their training ran in the Oak Park Weds Journal and Austin Weekly News
IAFP member Chidinma Osineme, MD will be the next president of the medical staff at West Suburban Medical Center as reported March 10 by the Austin Weekly News and Wednesday Journal.
Thomas Huggett, MD was featured by the University of Chicago on March 14 as one of their graduates making a difference through Street Medicine and health care for those experiencing homelessness.
Joyce Johnson, MD was included in a WIFR-TV Rockford March 17 story reflecting on how the community came together back at the start of the COVID outbreak five years ago.
