Breastfeeding Medicine Member Interest Group

Enhance AAFP member knowledge of breastfeeding medicine and provide ongoing support for AAFP members taking care of breastfeeding families.

Objectives

• Promote evidence-based care for breastfeeding mothers and infants/toddlers/children.
• Foster support through networking for AAFP members incorporating breastfeeding medicine in practice.
• Provide and advocate for enhanced educational resources for AAFP members who would like to learn more about breastfeeding medicine.
• Empower patients to succeed in their breastfeeding goals.
• Assist the AAFP in membership recruitment and retention of family physicians engaged in breastfeeding medicine

Long-term Goals

• Enhance AAFP member knowledge of breastfeeding medicine
• Provide ongoing support for AAFP Members taking care of breastfeeding families
• Provide and advocate for enhanced educational resources for AAFP members regarding breastfeeding medicine
• Create both introductory and advanced medical student/resident educational materials for those who have/have not declared a focus in family medicine that can be taught on family medicine rotations
• Advocate for breastfeeding policy on local and national levels
• Empower patients to succeed in their breastfeeding goals
• Equip Family Physicians to be a recognized resource by other medical specialties/health professionals to address questions regarding breastfeeding medicine

Leadership

Chair: Brynn Lastovica, MD

Vice Chair: Emma Daisy, MD

Secretary: Tory Miksiewicz Clugston, MD

Overseen By: Commission on Health of the Public and Science