List of Collaboratives
All Member CONNECT Space
All STFM members are automatically added to the All Member CONNECT space. Posts made here have the farthest reach to membership.
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Abortion Training and Access Collaborative
Joining this collaborative requires an invitation.
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Addictions Collaborative
Promoting addiction treatment education in family medicine residencies, as well as prevention, & treatment of substance use disorders in model units.
Gregory Jaffe, MD, MSE, Chair
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Artificial Intelligence in Education Collaborative
This collaborative will serve as a dedicated platform for educators, researchers, and enthusiasts to come together, exchange ideas, and explore the possibilities of AI in education. By pooling our collective expertise and resources, we can create a space that nurtures innovation and drives positive change in the way we educate and empower future generations.
Karim Hanna, MD, Cochair
Joshua Steinberg, MD, Cochair
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Care of Infants, Children, and Adolescents Collaborative
Promoting idea exchange/collaboration on child health training in family medicine clerkships & residencies by faculty, residents, & students.
Matthew Zeitler, MD, Chair
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Caring for and Supporting People with Disabilities Collaborative
Improving the health care of persons with disabilities by developing educational materials for health care providers, providing advocacy at all levels of government, doing research; and creating medical centers of excellence that are accessible, provide needed accommodations, and support for persons with disabilities and their caregivers, and increasing the number of physicians with disabilities by providing support for current medical students, residents, and practicing physicians with disabilities and increasing the number of students with disabilities accepted by US medical schools
Catherine Churgay, MD, Chair
Laura Brusky, MD. Vice Chair
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Competency Based Medical Education Assessments Collaborative
A shared space to disseminate materials developed by past, current, and future course participants as well as collate materials created within STFM around best practices for family medicine resident/residency assessment.
Brea Bondi-Boyd, MD, Cochair
Allison Coy, MD, Cochair
Kathleen Young, PhD, MPH, Cochair
Elise Laflamme, MD, Cochair
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Ethics and Humanities Collaborative
Sharing resources and fostering collaboration around ethics and humanities research, teaching, and clinical work.
Philip Day, Cochair
Jocelyn Wilson, MD, MPH, Cochair
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Evidence Based Medicine Collaborative
Developing and disseminating materials for obtaining skills to practice and teach evidence-based medicine.
Martha Johnson, MD, MHS, cochair
Kate Rowland, MD, cochair
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Faculty Development Collaborative
Identifying existing resources from established faculty development efforts and sharing them throughout family medicine in an efficient manner as well.
Stacy Ogbeide, MSc; PsyD, Chair
Sabrina Silver, DO, Chair Elect
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Family and Behavioral Health Collaborative
Serving as a forum for the discussion, collaboration, and communication on issues relevant to family systems and behavioral health within family medicine.
Krithika Malhotra, PHD, Cochair
Lauren Penwell-Waines, PhD, Cochair
Meredith Williamson, PhD, Cochair
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Family Centered Perinatal Care Collaborative
Keeping family medicine invested in perinatal care, standardizing procedural assessment forms, and creating a toolkit for new residency & fellow graduates.
Jen Pfau, MD, Cochair
Amanda Kim, MD, MPH, Cochair
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Learning Networks Collaborative
Providing education, collaboration, and resources for those who currently lead or who aspire to lead a family medicine learning network.
Nicole Freund, PhD, MA, MBA, Chair
Karla Felix, PhD, Chair-Elect
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Global Health Educators Collaborative
Promoting understanding and teaching of family medicine throughout the world and strengthening collaborations to advance global development
Mariquita"Kit" Belen, MD, Chair
Charles Fleischer, MD, Chair-elect
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HIV and Viral Hepatitis Collaborative
Promote teaching of HIV & Viral Hepatitis curricula in family medicine residencies, AOCs & fellowships
Margaret Russell, MD, MA, Cochair
Manju Mahajan, MD, Cochair
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Home Based Primary Care Collaborative
Facilitate the sharing of each other's experiences and resources to enhance the teaching and providing of home-based primary care within our family medicine residencies
Edward (Ed) C. Foley, MD, cochair
Domenic Casablanca, MD, cochair
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Hospital and Procedural Training Collaborative
Improving patient care by defining and promoting the provision of procedural and hospital care by family physician
Suhail Shaikh MD, MBA, Chair
Diorella Marie López-González, MD, Cochair
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Integrative Medicine Collaborative
Build a community of participants and leaders actively sharing resources and best practices that promote the inclusion of evidence-based integrative medicine into family medicine education and practice.
Alex Kipp MD, MA, Chair
Johnathan Henderson, MD, Vice Chair
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LGBTQ Health Collaborative
Increasing awareness, comfort, knowledge, and skills among family medicine faculty & related educators regarding health issues impacting LGBTQ people
Matt Witthaus, MD, Cochair
Jessica Lapinski, DO, Cochair
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Medical Student Education Collaborative (FM-PDN)
Encouraging and supporting medical student education faculty and leaders. houses the vibrant discussions of the previous FM-PDN listserve|
Amy Clithero-Eridon, PhD, MBA, Chair
Elizabeth Brown, MD, Chair-Elect
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Minority and Multicultural Health Collaborative
Increasing the number of URM faculty, including those with leadership positions in academic family medicine and the number of URM FM students/residents
Carl Lambert, Jr., MD, Cochair
Oanh Truong, MD, MPH, Cochair
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MSE Academic Coordinators and Administrators Collaborative
Planning of the track & facilitating better communication and organization of the Collaborative's activities at the MSE Conference
Miranda Benson, Cochair
Carolyn Lindeman, Cochair
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Musculoskeletal and Sports Medicine Education Collaborative
Serves as a resource on sports medicine topics for all STFM members and helps programs integrate a longitudinal experience in sports medicine into residency.
Stephen Carek, DO, cochair
Jacqueline Yurgil, DO, cochair
Sherilyn DeStefano, MD, cochair
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New Faculty in Family Medicine Collaborative
Providing support and mentoring for new faculty members
Nicole Delgado-Salisbury, EdD, Cochair
Minakshi Shukla, MD, Cochair
Tana Chonsuwat, MD, MPH, Cohair
A. Miles Scott, DO, Cochair
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Nutrition and Lifestyle Collaborative
Promoting, developing, and disseminating medical nutrition and lifestyle education, with incorporation of innovative teaching, research and mentoring
Susan Evans, MD, Cochair
Sulabhacha Chaganaboy, MD, MS, Cochair
Elizabeth Dockery, DO, Cochair
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Oral Health Collaborative
Oral health education and promotion for family medicine residents and medical students.
Stephanie Gill, MPH, MD, Chair
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Osteopathic Collaborative
Disseminating information about obtaining and maintaining osteopathic recognition, developing osteopathic curriculum, and collaborating on osteopathic research.
Juliet Biiss, DO, Chair
Parul Chaudhri, DO, Cochair
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Pharmacist Faculty Collaborative
Provide support and networking for pharmacist faculty and residents practicing in family medicine and resources on pharmacotherapy curricula to family medicine residency programs.
Suzanne Florczyk, PharmD, Chair
Megan Hull, PharmD, Chair Elect
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Planetary Health Collaborative
Improving collective understanding of planetary and environmental health in family medicine. Leveraging collaboration with national and international organizations, this group fosters curricular development about climate change and health, promotes sustainable healthcare delivery, and nurtures advocacy for environmental and climate justice.
Bhargavi Chekuri, MD, Cochair
Monica DeMasi, MD Cochair
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Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Collaborative
A community of point-of-care ultrasound enthusiasts promoting the exchange of ideas and collaborating on teaching POCUS in family medicine clerkships and residencies by faculty, residents, and students
Laura Brusky, MD, Cochair
Erin Cathcart, MD, Cochair
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Practice Management Collaborative
Effectively collaborating and sharing experiences and resources to advance practice management in Family Medicine nationally, while illustrating best practices and teaching our residents how to best practice Family Medicin
John Malaty, MD, Cochair
David Vaughan, MD, Cochair
Lisa Gilbert, MD, Secretary
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Primary Care and Public Health Integration Collaborative
Embracing the vision of a future health care system where primary care clinicians and public health professionals work together in new, collaborative ways.
Jason Lanham, MD, MA, Chair
Karen Isaacs, MD, MPH, Vice Chair
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Professional Well-Being Collaborative
Provide a venue to share best practices for indentifying, preventing, and treating professional burnout, especially among resident and faculty physicians
Parvathi Perumareddi, DO, Chair
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Rural Health Collaborative
Promoting research on rural family medicine education.
Marina MacNamara, MD, MPH, Cochair
Glenn Gookin, MD, PhD, Cochair
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Women in Family Medicine Collaborative
A network of women in the academic family medicine that advocate for equity, & address matters that pertain to women as students, teachers, leaders
Hillary Mount, MD, cochair
Katherine Putnam, cochair