Helping Texas family doctors care for all of us

At the Texas Academy of Family Physicians, our mission is to promote the health of all Texans by serving the needs of members and advancing the specialty of family medicine.

ANNUAL SESSION REPORT

Meet your newly elected TAFP leaders

The TAFP Member Assembly elected the Academy’s officers, new members for the board of directors, and two representatives to the AAFP Congress of Delegates during this year’s Annual Session.

ANNUAL SESSION REPORT

Celebrate TAFP's 2023 award winners

At the recent Annual Session and Primary Care Summit, the 2023 TAFP award winners were announced. Meet some of Texas family medicine's best and brightest including the Texas Family Physician of the Year, Public Health Award winner, and more.

ANNUAL SESSION REPORT

MEMBER VOICES: Caring for patients in and out of the exam room

Read an edited version of the inaugural address of newly installed TAFP President Terrance Hines, MD.

NEWS

TAFP CEO named TPCC’s 2023 Primary Care Champion

Tom Banning was honored with the Primary Care Champion Award by the Texas Primary Care Consortium at their recent summit in Houston.

NEWS

Goodbye, TAFP Exchange. Hello to the all-new TAFP membership app!

TAFP has a brand-new mobile app to help you stay up to date on the activities of your Academy. You can search for “TAFP” in the app store of your choice, download it and sign in to get started.

AAFP NEWS

Family Medicine Advocacy Rounds for November 2023

AAFP responds to 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule final rule, weighs in against flavored tobacco products, and more.

MEMBER VOICES

Triage in the moment of trauma

When an EF3 tornado ripped through the Panhandle town of Perryton in June 2023, TAFP member Blake DeWitt, MD, and the team of health professionals there sprung to action amid the devastation. Here is his first-person account

NEW ONLINE CME

Get your required human trafficking CME

Watch TAFP's online course, "Identifying Human Trafficking in Texas: What Physicians Need to Know," and get your required human trafficking training credit.

Go to the course

PRACTICE RESOURCES

Administrative simplification

The TAFP Council on Medical Practice has curated a set of articles and resources to help you reduce administrative burden in your practice.

PRACTICE RESOURCES

Value-based care resources

Watch an informational video by Dr. Peter Valenzuela and access a variety of other VBC tools and resources.

Meet your December Member of the Month

Terrance Hines, MD

Terrance Hines, MD, of Austin, was installed as TAFP president last month and plans on spending his presidential year as an advocate for the specialty of family medicine. He is the Executive Director and Chief Medical Officer for University Health Services at The University of Texas at Austin, where he oversees a large, multi-specialty clinic that provides care to UT Austin students.