Brooks and Reiner?
Reiner (right) and
Neil Brooks, M.D., parody the
comedians' promotional shot. |
Lanny Copeland,
M.D., of Albany, Ga., is sworn in as the new
AAFP president by outgoing President Neil
Brooks, M.D., of Rockville, Conn. |
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Mel Brooks and Carl
Reiner entertain at the All-Member Event,
demonstrating that "Laughter is the Best
Medicine." |
William Whetstone,
M.D., of Denver, Utah, listens during a Video
CME program on the exhibit hall floor. |
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Ravneet Singh, 5,
Frances Kazal, 5, and chaperone Erica deSouza
check out the alligators during the youth
program trip to the California Academy of
Sciences in Golden Gate Park. The program
took about 300 children each day to many of
San Francisco's top attractions Sept. 16-19. |
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This year's
Assembly attracted the largest number of
attendees in the meeting's history. Total
registration reached 20,646, including 7,032
physicians. |
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Seth Taylor, M.D.,
left, of Maple Grove, Minn., and Mark
Wilkinson, M.D., of Marion, Iowa, practice
soft-tissue surgery skills during a
procedural workshop at Assembly. |
This year's keynote
speaker at the opening ceremony was family
physician David Satcher, M.D., Ph.D., U.S.
surgeon general and assistant secretary of
health. |
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The largest class
of family physicians in 15 years -- about
1,100 -- received the AAFP degree of Fellow
at the Assembly's Fellowship Convocation. |
Mary Wagner, M.D.,
of St. Louis Park, Minn., learns how to
perform endometrial biopsy during an Assembly
workshop. |
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A Dialogue session
titled "What Botanicals are Your
Patients Using" attracts a capacity
crowd Sept. 18. The popular program element,
located on the exhibit floor, offered
informal discussions of various clinical
topics Sept. 17-20. |
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