The LAFP Foundation hosted a workshop for the students at VCOM School of Medicine in Monroe on February 21, 2024. Planning for the workshop was led by Jony Munholland, ACOFP President, MS-2, and Jonah Flowers, DO, Associate Chair for Family Medicine for Rural and Medically Underserved Areas and Director for Diversity and Inclusion, and LAFP Member.
The student membership chose suturing techniques and basic incision and drainage. Faculty from the following programs provided instruction for each procedure and information about their programs:
- Baton Rouge General Family Medicine Residency Program
- Vincent Shaw, MD, Program Director
- Lafayette Family Medicine Residency Program
- Troy Guidry, MD, Faculty
- Bradley Ber, MD, PGY-3
- Lake Charles Family Medicine Residency Program
- Brian Harrell, MD, Associate Program Director
- Morgan Kirkpatrick, MD, PGY-3
- John Selloriquez, MD, PGY1
- Monroe Family Medicine Residency Program
- Teri O’Neal, MD, Program Director
- Marina Jeffrey, DO, Faculty
- Miguel E. Lopez, MD, Faculty
- Nishant Gautam, MD, PGY-1
- Pranali Kerkar, MD, PGY-1
Thank you to our sponsor, Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System, for providing suturing supplies and craft pizzas and drinks.
The mission of the LAFP Foundation is to promote the specialty of Family Medicine to our students. Experiences, like the procedural workshops, are vital to provide students with connections to our resident members and faculty early in their careers. Visit www.lafp.org to learn more about the LAFP Foundation and its role to building strong medicine in Louisiana.
