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Family Doc of the Day

Sign up to be "Family Physician of the Day" at the capitol during the 2025 Legislative Session. The 2025 Legislative session will convene Monday, April 14, 2025, and will adjourn on Thursday, June 12, 2025. We need volunteers for 10:00 am to 4:00 pm, Monday through Thursday on select dates.
   

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LAFP Annual Awards

The LAFP is now accepting nominations for the annual student and resident awards as wells as the Family Physician of the Year. Submit your nominations by Friday, March 21, 2025.

 

Member of the Month
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Naina Bouchereau-Lal, MD, DABFM, CAQSM, FAAFP

Dr. Bouchereau-Lal serves as Associate Program Director of the LSU Health Shreveport Family Medicine Residency Program and is also faculty for the Sports Medicine Fellowship Program. She attended medical school at the Medical University of the Americas and completed her training at LSU Health Shreveport (LSUHS) Family Medicine residency program followed by completing a Sports Medicine Fellowship at LSUHS.

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Life Membership

Eligibility

  • Members who have continued membership for a minimum of 20 years and who meet one of the following requirements:
    • Age 70 or over.
    • Completely retired from the practice of medicine.

Privileges

  • Life members shall be given privileges of the floor of the General Assembly without the right to vote, not be entitled to hold office in the LAFP and have a voice in standing committees.

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AAFP Privileges

  • May vote and have floor at Assembly.
  • May not hold office.

Continuing Study Requirements

  • None

General Membership Information

Transfers from one classification to another must be approved by the LAFP chapter. For more information on transferring into this category, please contact the Contact Center at (800) 274-2237 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

LAFP Membership

LAFP membership is unified, which means that members are required to belong to the national AAFP and to the LAFP chapter. The AAFP has a chapter for each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Uniformed Services, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. Members are also required to belong to a local chapter, if one exists in their area.
 
LAFP membership makes it convenient for LAFP members to access relevant information and focused resources right where you live and work. The LAFP offers local to network, mentor, volunteer, take a leadership role, and get involved in the LAFP/AAFP.
 
Questions? Contact the LAFP at 225.923.3313 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
 
 
 

News & Info


The LAFP Welcomes New Members

We would like to welcome the new members for the month of January:

New Active Members:
Michael Bodin, MD
Megan Francesca Butler, MD
Troy Donald Guidry, MD
Peter Klucar, MD
Deepa Ramamurthi, MD
 
New Student Members:
Leah Anderson
Trevor Reed Anderson
Cole Bourgeois
Brianna Brown
Hanah Cavazos
Dylan Compton
Alexander Dahl
Brice Davis
Macie Davis
Abigail Drago
Kayla Freedman
Leilani Gammada
Raquel Gupta
Brennan Hagan
Stephanie Hilton
Peter Issa
Annika Jain
Faradia Kernizan
Natasha Klingenberg
Morgan Levron
Chloe Love
Krishna Navaratnam
Evonne Nguyen
Hunter Ordner
Felipe Palmieri
Kamryn Pigg
Margaret Richard
Camille Robichaux
Carliss Sampognaro
Lenise Soileau
Mary Catherine Stovall
Kristin Van
Sarah Yanofsky
Andrea Yazbeck
Spencer Zaheri

LSU Health New Orleans Rural Family Medicine Residency Program in Bogalusa is Seeking an Assistant Professor, Associate Professor or Professor
 
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center (LSUHSC) Rural Family Medicine Residency program in Bogalusa, LA seeks a board certified/board eligible (or equivalent) family medicine physician for faculty appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Professor (non tenure, clinical track). 
 

LSU Health New Orleans Seeking Assistant Professor or Associate Professor
The LSUHSC Department of Family Medicine is seeking a Family Medicine physician for an academic faculty appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor or Associate Professor.
 
 
 

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LAFP Communications

Newsletter

Newsletter3The LAFP Weekly Family Medicine Update is an LAFP membership service intended to provide timely family medicine information to your e-mail inbox. The newsletter contains information about healthcare legislation, partnerships, conference opportunities and other need-to-know member news.

 

Journal

LAFP 59publishedLouisiana Family Doctor is LAFP's quarterly journal. Subject matter includes features on sports medicine, healthcare legislation, medical journal reviews as well as a range of other topics that affect family physicians.
 
Click here to read the latest edition of Louisiana Family Doctor.

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