The subcommittee will come to order, we will now resume with our second page, our witnesses for the second panel, i have to put my glasses on, sorry about that. Dr. Debra pat, texas oncology. Dr. Fer, youre recognized for 5 minutes for your opening. Rural clinic and rural hospital and medical director of the local nursing home. As president elect of the Family Physicians im honored to be here today representing 129,600 physicians and student members of the afp. I went into medicine 35 years ago as National Health Service Scholar to serve an underserved community. I went there, paid my deuce, did my time and i did what the program meant to do. I stayed there and continue today serve that community. Ive stayed therefore ever since. My training has allowed me to develop longterm relationships with my patients and deliver patient centered primary care. Were not called Family Medicine physicians just because we treat the whole family. We are called Family Medicine physicians because our pat
Stefani, present. Walton, present. Mr. President , you have quorum. Thank you madam clerk. The San Francisco board of supervisors we acknowledge that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramaytush Ohlone who are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco peninsula. As the indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their traditions, the Ramaytush Ohlone have never ceded, lost nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. As guests, we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. We wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors and relatives of the ramaytush community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. Please join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic, for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty an
The subcommittee will come to order, we will now resume with our second page, our witnesses for the second panel, i have to put my glasses on, sorry about that. Dr. Debra pat, texas oncology. Dr. Fer, youre recognized for 5 minutes for your opening. Scholar to serve an underserved community. I went there, paid my deuce, did my time and i did what the program meant to do. I stayed there and continue today serve that community. Ive stayed therefore ever since. My training has allowed me to develop longterm relationships with my patients and deliver patient centered primary care. Were not called Family Medicine physicians just because we treat the whole family. We are called Family Medicine physicians because our patients are part of our extended family. Being a rural family physician is incredibly rewarding but in the last several years its gotten much more difficult. My patients have more chronic medical problems that require complex ongoing care management, more and more they are looki
The subcommittee will come to order, we will now resume with our second page, our witnesses for the second panel, i have to put my glasses on, sorry about that. Dr. Debra pat, texas oncology. Dr. Fer, youre recognized for 5 minutes for your opening. Im cofounder of the Medical Clinic of jackson which is a rural clinic and rural hospital and medical director of the local nursing home. As president elect of the Family Physicians im honored to be here today representing 129,600 physicians and student members of the afp. I went into medicine 35 years ago as National Health Service Scholar to serve an underserved community. I went there, paid my deuce, did my time and i did what the program meant to do. I stayed there and continue today serve that community. Ive stayed therefore ever since. My training has allowed me to develop longterm relationships with my patients and deliver patient centered primary care. Were not called Family Medicine physicians just because we treat the whole family.
The subcommittee will come to order, we will now resume with our second page, our witnesses for the second panel, i have to put my glasses on, sorry about that. Dr. Debra pat, texas oncology. Dr. Fer, youre recognized for 5 minutes for your opening. Program meant to do. I stayed there and continue today serve that community. Ive stayed therefore ever since. My training has allowed me to develop longterm relationships with my patients and deliver patient centered primary care. Were not called Family Medicine physicians just because we treat the whole family. We are called Family Medicine physicians because our patients are part of our extended family. Being a rural family physician is incredibly rewarding but in the last several years its gotten much more difficult. My patients have more chronic medical problems that require complex ongoing care management, more and more they are looking to our practice to help with the depression and anxiety, Meeting Basic Needs and navigating increasi