TAFP members chosen for AAFP leadership program

Congratulations to two TAFP resident members and three medical student members on being chosen for the AAFP Foundation Family Medicine Leads program as 2026 Family Medicine Leads Emerging Leader Institute Scholars.

Sanjna Jagani, MD, is a second-year resident at the DHR Health Family Medicine Residency, located on the US-Mexico border. Erica Munoz, DO, is a second-year resident at the TIGMER Community Based Family Medicine Residency Program in San Antonio.

Meyer Maddox is a fourth-year medical student at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine. Nima Rahman is a fourth-year medical student at Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin. Rinka Ko is a second-year medical student at the UNT Health Fort Worth Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine, and will begin serving as TAFP’s student chair-elect this summer.

“Texas has had a number of great leaders come out of this program in recent years, and we're excited to have these five up-and-coming leaders join the ranks as scholars in 2026,” says TAFP Membership and Workforce Development Manager Juleah Williams.

These students and residents will receive a scholarship to attend AAFP’s FUTURE conference this summer in conjunction with a session of the leader institute program. Throughout the yearlong program, they will attend in-depth workshops focusing on topics like policy, project management, and philanthropy, while working with a volunteer family physician mentor to create a leadership project of their choosing.

Family Medicine Leads is the AAFP Foundation’s Education Signature Program, focusing on supporting the future of the specialty and its workforce by increasing the number of family physician leaders with the best and brightest in the field.