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In This Issue

Meet our January Member of the Month - Jayesh Madrecha, DO
Seeking Nominations for 2025 LAFP Awards
Attention Students and Residents: Do You Have an Interest In Being Apart of the LAFP Leadership?
January is Substance Use Disorder Treatment Month
Help Promote the Future of Family Medicine – Make a Donation to the LAFP Foundation
Join Us for the January Monthly Webinar and Earn CME
Call for Nominations: LAFP Board of Directors
Nominations Sought for LAFP 2025 Family Physician of the Year
LAFP Welcomes December New Members
2025 Family Medicine Leads Emerging Leader Institute Applications Open
CME on the Go— Focusing on the “Care” in Patient Care: Understanding the Neuroscience of Compassion
January is Birth Defects Awareness Month; FASD Lived Experiences Watch Party
New Funding Opportunity: Primary Care Training and Enhancement Residency Training in Street Medicine
Student Group Grant Program Applications Open Through March 31
Find Your Place in Family Medicine
                                               
                                                     

Meet our January Member of the Month - Jayesh Madrecha, DO

Jayesh Madrecha headshot 01Jayesh Madrecha, DO is originally from the Chicago area, where he completed both his medical school and residency training in the suburbs. He graduated from the Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine at Midwestern University and completed his residency at what is now UChicago Medicine AdventHealth La Grange, where he served as Chief Resident in his third year. He moved to Louisiana to join his wife, Lisa, who is a transplant pharmacist at Ochsner - Jefferson Highway. Dr. Madrecha currently practices in Kenner at the Ochsner Driftwood Clinic.

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