Family Docs

On this episode of the Family Docs Podcast, Drs. Rob Assibey and Cynthia Chen-Joea speak with Dr. Shunling Tsang, CAFP's 2026 Family Physician of the Year live at Family Medicine POP to dive into the critical conversation on her journey into family medicine, leveraging titles and positions to provide space for patients and colleagues, and finding joy in work.  Guests: Shunling Tsang, MD, MPH, a family physician in the Inland Empire, is the Deputy Public Health Officer for Riverside County and serves as Chair of Family Medicine and Medical Director of Quality at Riverside University Health System. She holds a master's in public health from Boston University, a medical degree from St. George's University, and completed her Family Medicine training at Riverside University Health System. Passionate about partnering with communities to improve health and wellness, Dr. Tsang enjoys traveling, exploring new foods and cultures, and discovering new places with her husband and two children. Resources: California Healthy Places Index - https://www.healthyplacesindex.org County Health Rankings & Roadmaps - https://www.countyhealthrankings.org/health-data/california  Hedis measures - https://www.ncqa.org/hedis/measures  CAFP & CAFP Foundation awards - https://www.familydocs.org/members/awards  CAFP Member Engagement Interest Form – (Committee interest and more ways to engage with CAFP)  Upcoming CAFP & Local Chapter Events - https://www.familydocs.org/events  Information: The Family Docs podcast is developed, produced, and recorded by the California Academy of Family Physicians. The views and opinions expressed in this program are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of any entities they represent or the California Academy of Family Physicians. More information at www.familydocs.org/podcast.   Visit the California Academy of Family Physicians online at www.familydocs.org.  Follow us on social media: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/cafp_familydocs   Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/familydocs   LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/california-academy-of-family-physicians 

On this episode, Dr. Rob Assibey and Dr. Cynthia Chen-Joea speak with Dr. Shruti Javali and Dr. Adnaan Edun in a special on-site recording at Family Medicine POP! in San Diego. They discuss how Dr. Javali and Dr. Edun met, their passion for global health and rural medicine, and their advice on getting involved with CAFP and AAFP. Guests: Shruti Javali, MD is a board-certified family physician, Program Director, and Medical Director with Adventist Health Hanford Family Medicine Residency in California's Central Valley. Shruti is passionate about graduate medical education, underserved care, and global health, and is especially interested in supporting the next generation of family physicians. She serves as District 6 Director on the California Academy of Family Physicians Board of Directors and is Immediate Past President of the Fresno-Kings-Madera Chapter of CAFP. Shruti completed residency in Grand Rapids, Michigan, alongside her husband, Adnaan, and their shared interests in service, travel, and global health have remained an important part of both their personal and professional lives. Adnaan Edun, MD is a board-certified family physician, Medical Director, and core faculty member with Adventist Health Tulare Family Medicine Residency in California's Central Valley. Adnaan's work centers on comprehensive primary care, long-term patient relationships, and caring for rural and underserved communities. He is President of the Tulare Chapter of the California Academy of Family Physicians and serves as District 5 Alternate Director on the CAFP Board of Directors. Adnaan has a longstanding interest in global health and has participated in medical work in Peru, Guatemala, and Kenya. He completed residency in Grand Rapids, Michigan, alongside Shruti, and has also developed a strong interest in physician autonomy, sustainable primary care, and Direct Primary Care. Resources: New Physician Toolkit - https://www.familydocs.org/nptoolkit AAFP Global Health resources Global Health Summit, Kansas City, MO - Thursday, April 15, and Friday, April 16, 2027 as part of the AAFP Leadership Conference events. Questions? [email protected]   CAFP Member Engagement Interest Form – (Committee interest and more ways to engage with CAFP)  Upcoming CAFP & Local Chapter Events - https://www.familydocs.org/events Information: The Family Docs podcast is developed, produced, and recorded by the California Academy of Family Physicians. The views and opinions expressed in this program are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of any entities they represent or the California Academy of Family Physicians. More information at www.familydocs.org/podcast.   Visit the California Academy of Family Physicians online at www.familydocs.org.  Follow us on social media: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/cafp_familydocs   Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/familydocs   LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/california-academy-of-family-physicians 

On this episode, Dr. Rob Assibey and Dr. Cynthia Chen-Joea speak with Dr. Andrea Banuelos Mota and Dr. Michael Core about their work with CAFP's JEDI Committee and their work with the Latine Focus Groups. They also discuss Dr. Banuelos Mota's leadership journey at CAFP and Dr. Core's work with CAFP & AAFP as well as a participant in the focus groups. Find out more about what the committee is doing and CAFP's opportunities for latine family physicians! Guests: Andrea Banuelos Mota, MD, MPH is a Family Physician practicing in Southern California at Kaiser Permanente in Mission Hills. Dr. Banuelos Mota is a Los Angeles area native and was raised in the East San Fernando Valley. Dr. Banuelos Mota is the daughter of Mexican immigrants whose father was a gardener and mother a housecleaner. Growing up with limited resources, and in an underserved household, shaped her perspective on advocating for the underserved.  Dr. Banuelos Mota obtained her bachelor's degree in American Studies from the University of California, Berkeley. She then worked in the non-profit field for several years while she completed her pre-medical requirements at the California State University, Northridge. Andrea obtained her Doctor of Medicine and Master's in Public Health degrees from the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California. And her completed her residency at the UCLA Santa Monica Family Medicine Residency.  Aside from a career providing primary care to diverse patients Andrea plans on dedicating her career to increasing the number of minority physicians. She also plans on engaging in efforts dedicated towards payment reform in primary care to make primary care more sustainable and efficient for both physicians and patients. Dr. Banuelos Mota is excited to remain engaged in the CAFP throughout her career. Outside of work, Dr. Banuelos Mota enjoys spending weekends with her family, including her husband,  two children and mom.  Michael Core, MD was born and raised in East Los Angeles. Dr. Core's mission is to empower economically oppressed communities through the practice of medicine. Dr. Core's career remains rooted in serving his community, practicing across the spectrum of safety net settings in Los Angeles County: county health system, FQHCs, educational and private non-profit medical groups. Dr. Core currently serves as a Regional Medical Director for AltaMed Health Services, the nation's largest Federally Qualified Health Center, for their Metro and South Los Angeles regions. In this role, Dr. Core helps oversee clinical operations, finances and quality to a medically and socially complex patient population. Prior to joining AltaMed, Dr. Core served as a Regional Medical Director for Healthcare In Action, a private non-profit Street Medicine medical group, delivering compassionate, patient-led care to people experiencing homelessness across Los Angeles. Outside of his clinical roles Dr. Core serves on the American Academy of Family Physician (AAFP) Commission for Diversity, Equity and Inclusiveness in Family Medicine; working collaboratively to ensure the work of the AAFP is carried on with a DEI and antiracism lens to help close health disparities. As a member of the LAAFP, Dr. Core has served as a delegate at CAFP's AMAM and has lobbied his legislators at the annual Lobby Day. Outside of work Dr. Core lives in Long Beach with his wife (for whom he could not have accomplished all that he has) and two sons enjoying gardening, beach life, traveling and baking apple pies.   Resources: CAFP's JEDI Committee page - https://www.familydocs.org/jedi  CFP Magazine articles from the JEDI Committee Fall 2026 - Focus Group Findings Fall 2025 - JEDI Committee Focuses on Latine Family Physicians Summer 2024 - CAFP Focuses on JEDI Work Everyone Project - https://www.aafp.org/clinical-insights/center-for-diversity-health-equity-and-global-health/the-everyone-project  CAFP's Member Engagement Interest Form - Sign up to be on a committee here: https://www.tfaforms.com/4999682  AAFP Commissions page - https://www.aafp.org/about/leadership/commissions Information: The Family Docs podcast is developed, produced, and recorded by the California Academy of Family Physicians. The views and opinions expressed in this program are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of any entities they represent or the California Academy of Family Physicians. More information at www.familydocs.org/podcast.   Visit the California Academy of Family Physicians online at www.familydocs.org.  Follow us on social media: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/cafp_familydocs   Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/familydocs   LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/california-academy-of-family-physicians 

On this episode of the Family Docs Podcast, Dr. Cynthia Chen-Joea speaks with Dr. Hal Grotke, Dr. Adia Scrubb, and Dr. Tricia Bautista on correctional medicine. This is a part of family medicine where some of the most vulnerable, overlooked and complex patients in our healthcare system receive care. It's work that requires not just strong clinical skills, but incredibly deep empathy, resilience, and a commitment to justice and healing. We are so thankful and incredibly honored to be joined by three absolutely extraordinary family physicians who live this work every day. Each of them brings a different lens: clinical, policy, advocacy, and trauma informed care. Together, they provide a perspective on correctional medicine that every family physician absolutely deserves to hear.  Guests: Hal Grotke, MD, FAAFP I'm a 28 year CAFP member since my second year of medical school. I was widowed nine years ago but I am happily married again. I'm a disabled Navy veteran from Operation Desert Storm. I love going for long walks in the mountains with my wife and our dog. Adia Scrubb, MD, MPP Adia Scrubb, MD, MPP grew up in Oakland, California and currently practices at the California Medical Facility in Solano County. Dr.Scrubb received her Doctor of Medicine degree from the David Geffen School of Medicine/ PRIME Program at UCLA and the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science in Los Angeles. She earned a Master of Public Policy degree from the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs and completed residency at John Muir Health. Her participation in the CAFP Susan Hogeland CAE Health Policy Fellowship helped her continue policy and advocacy work which included serving on the California Surgeon General's ACEsAware clinical implementation committee, joining the Family Medicine Initiative in Trauma Informed Care (FIT) team, as well as the CAFP JEDI Committee. Tricia Bautista, MD, FASAM Tricia Bautista, MD, FASAM is a native Southern Californian who trained in family medicine at Adventist Health Hanford and pursued an addiction medicine fellowship at Montefiore/Albert Einstein.  While a resident, she served on the CAFP Foundation's Student/Resident Council, was an active member of the Kings-Fresno-Madera chapter and advocated for substance use-related issues that have been formally adopted into CAFP policy.  During her training in Bronx, NY, she was exposed to correctional medicine and now serves as the Director of Addiction Medicine for one of the nation's largest correctional health services, primarily caring for incarcerated individuals in NYC jails (aka "Rikers Island") and providing transitional primary care upon re-entry within NYC Health + Hospitals.   Resources: California Family Physician article "Finding Care in Captivity" by Hal Grotke, MD https://mydigitalpublication.com/article/Finding+Care+In+Captivity/4933678/841484/article.html  Resident rotation/fellowship/elective for the California Correctional Health Care Services Educational Partnership Program, the program for medical student and resident rotations within the California prisons. Info at [email protected]  Information: This episode of the Family Docs Podcast was supported by the American Board of Family Medicine The Family Docs podcast is developed, produced, and recorded by the California Academy of Family Physicians. The views and opinions expressed in this program are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of any entities they represent or the California Academy of Family Physicians. More information at www.familydocs.org/podcast.   Visit the California Academy of Family Physicians online at www.familydocs.org.  Follow us on social media: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/cafp_familydocs   Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/familydocs   LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/california-academy-of-family-physicians 

In this episode, the Family Docs Podcast hosts Dr. Rob Assibey and Dr. Cynthia Chen-Joea discuss climate informed patient care and what it means for family physicians in everyday practice. Climate related health impacts are showing up in the exam room through heat related illness, poor air quality, and changing patterns of infectious disease. Dr. Diana Howard and Dr. Alex Sherriffs share what they are seeing in practice and offer practical strategies family physicians can use to better support their patients. They also talk about who is most vulnerable and review a few simple steps physicians can counsel patients about climate related health risks. Guests: Diana Howard, MD, AAHIVS is a Family Medicine and HIV specialist who advocates for inclusive, climate-informed medicine that protects vulnerable communities. As UC San Francisco faculty, she empowers residents to understand how a changing climate impacts primary care. Dr. Howard is a constant advocate for medical trainees' involvement in CAFP activities. Alex Sherriffs, MD, FAAFP is a Family Medicine physician and air quality/climate health advocate who has lived and practiced in California's Central Valley for over 52 years. As UC San Francisco faculty, he integrates climate science into primary care and medical education, focusing on geriatrics, environmental health, prevention, and health equity. Dr. Sherriffs brings regional insight into the health impacts of extreme heat, air pollution, wildfire smoke, and climate-sensitive diseases. Resources: CAFP Online Education: Climate Informed Patient Care education.familydocs.org/climate Climate Change and Health resources available at familydocs.org/climatehealth.  Heat Illness & Vulnerable Populations presentation at 2026 Family Medicine POP!, August 21-23, 2026 in San Diego - familydocs.org/pop  CalEnviroScreen (oehha.ca.gov/calenviroscreen): Identifies populations who are burdened by multiple sources of pollution California Air Districts ww2.arb.ca.gov/california-air-districts Information: This episode of the Family Docs Podcast was supported by the American Board of Family Medicine The Family Docs podcast is developed, produced, and recorded by the California Academy of Family Physicians. The views and opinions expressed in this program are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of any entities they represent or the California Academy of Family Physicians. More information at www.familydocs.org/podcast.   Visit the California Academy of Family Physicians online at www.familydocs.org.  Follow us on social media: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/cafp_familydocs   Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/familydocs   LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/california-academy-of-family-physicians   

In this episode, Dr. Rob Assibey and Dr. Cynthia Chen-Joea are joined by Family Medicine Revolution legends Dr. Jay W. Lee and Dr. Rachel Friedman. Dr. Friedman was one of two Santa Rosa family medicine residents (along with Dr. Nicole Mohlman) who were fed up with the academic establishment's attitude toward family medicine, and began to draw up plans to make family medicine a force in healthcare. From the Family Medicine T-shirt Revolution, to the social media storm that Dr. Lee championed with #FMRevolution, you'll hear the legends themselves talk about the origin story of this incredible movement and why it's important to carry, and pass on, that torch! Guests: Jay W. Lee, MD, MPH is a family physician leader and public health advocate who co-founded the FMRevolution hashtag – a grassroots movement reclaiming the power, purpose, and future of Family Medicine. He is a passionate voice for primary care justice, physician workforce renewal, and training the next generation to lead boldly, speak truth, and rebuild a health system rooted in relationships, equity, and community. Rachel Friedman, MD is a family physician in Santa Rosa and sees herself as a "whole person-ologist"-- a specialist not just in one particular organ system, but in the way all of the elements in a person's body, mind, heredity, and environment interact to create health/disease. She moved to Santa Rosa in 2008 to complete family medicine residency, with an additional fellowship in Integrative Medicine, and fell in love with this area. In 2012, she joined KP Santa Rosa as both a full-scope family physician and founding faculty of a new KP family medicine residency. She recently became Program Director of the training program, a leadership role that allows her to continue seeing patients and teaching, while pursuing her passions for whole person, patient-centered healthcare, equity/inclusion, and healthcare transformation/innovation. Resources: Get some FMRevolution merch, including a throwback #FMRevolution t-shirt and a new take on an original FM T-shirt Revolution shirt at familydocs.org/store. Get 50% off the #FMRevolution collection through July with the discount code: FMRevolution.  Family Medicine as Counterculture - https://journals.stfm.org/media/5340/ggayle629-1998.pdf  See some of the napkin drawings of the original t-shirt ideas on www.familydocs.org/podcast.  Information: The Family Docs podcast is developed, produced, and recorded by the California Academy of Family Physicians. The views and opinions expressed in this program are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of any entities they represent or the California Academy of Family Physicians. More information at www.familydocs.org/podcast.   Visit the California Academy of Family Physicians online at www.familydocs.org.  Follow us on social media: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/cafp_familydocs   Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/familydocs   LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/california-academy-of-family-physicians 

In this episode, Dr. Rob Assibey and Dr. Cynthia Chen-Joea speak with Dr. Kevin Grumbach and Dr. Anthony "Fatch" Chong, co-chairs of CAFP's Primary Care for All Task Force on the origins of the task force, unified financing model for primary care, and how CAFP is driving this work.  **CAFP is hosting a Town Hall for Primary Care for All for CAFP members on June 17th. If you are interested in attending, let us know at [email protected].** Guests: Kevin Grumbach, MD is Professor of Family and Community Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. He served as Chair of the UCSF Department of Family and Community Medicine from 2003 to 2022. He is a Founding Director of the UCSF Center for Excellence in Primary Care and former Director of the Community Engagement Program for the UCSF Clinical and Translational Science Institute. He served as Vice President for Population Health for the UCSF Health system from 2015-2018. His research and scholarship on the primary care workforce, innovations in the delivery of primary care, racial and ethnic diversity in the health professions, and community health improvement have widely influenced policy and practice. With Tom Bodenheimer, he co-authored the best-selling textbook on health policy, Understanding Health Policy - A Clinical Approach, now in its 9th edition, and the book, Improving Primary Care – Strategies and Tools for a Better Practice, published by McGraw Hill. He received a Generalist Physician Faculty Scholar award from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Health Resources and Services Administration Award for Health Workforce Research on Diversity, the Richard E. Cone Award for Excellence and Leadership in Cultivating Community Partnerships in Higher Education, and the UCSF Chancellor's Public Service Award, and is a member of the National Academy of Medicine. Dr. Grumbach has been an advisor to Congressional Committees and government agencies on primary care and health reform and a member of the National Advisory Council for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. He currently serves on the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Standing Committee on Primary Care and the California Health Workforce Education and Training Council. He practices family medicine at San Francisco General Hospital. Anthony Chong, MD, FAAFP Immediate Past President, California Academy of Family Physicians Chief Medical Officer, Scripps Coastal Medical Center Dr. Anthony Chong is a board-certified family medicine physician and a fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians. He is the Chief Medical Officer for Scripps Coastal Medical Center (SCMC), a large primary care medical group in San Diego, CA. Dr. Chong is passionate about advancing quality patient care, improving patient care delivery, and fostering physician engagement and well-being. Before becoming President of the California Academy of Family Physicians (CAFP), Dr. Chong served on the CAFP Foundation Board, including two terms as President, and represented the San Diego-Imperial Valley District on the CAFP Board of Directors. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP). Outside of work, Dr. Chong enjoys spending quality time with his wonderful wife and two children. Whether exploring San Diego, relaxing at home, or attending school or extracurricular events, he values every moment with his family. Resources: familydocs.org/pcfa National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine 2021 Report on Primary Care: Implementing High-Quality Primary Care Final Report of the CAFP Primary Care for All Task Force Fact Sheets: Primary Care Investment Benchmark Unified Financing for Primary Care Common Fund for the Commonwealth, Renee Crichlow, MD - https://medium.com/@reneecrichlow/common-fund-for-the-commonwealth-726c4d06de6b Information: The Family Docs podcast is developed, produced, and recorded by the California Academy of Family Physicians. The views and opinions expressed in this program are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of any entities they represent or the California Academy of Family Physicians. More information at www.familydocs.org/podcast.   Visit the California Academy of Family Physicians online at www.familydocs.org.  Follow us on social media: Twitter - https://twitter.com/cafp_familydocs   Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/cafp_familydocs   Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/familydocs   LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/california-academy-of-family-physicians 

In this episode, Dr. Cynthia Chen-Joea talks with Dr. Sheryl Recinos, family physician, family medicine hospitalist, and acclaimed author. They talk about her journey into family medicine, defining success, and so much more. GUEST Sheryl Recinos, MD, MAEd, MFA, is a family medicine hospitalist, author, and the first alumni board member of the homeless youth program that saved her as a teen.  The Family Docs Podcast is hosted by Rob Assibey, MD, FAAFP and Cynthia Chen-Joea, DO, FAAFP.  RESOURCES Dr. Recinos's website: https://sherylrecinosmd.com  Author of YIMBY: Yes! In My BACKYARD! and Hindsight: Coming of age on the streets of Hollywood California Family Physician - Review of YIMBY by Jonathan Lynne, MD - https://mydigitalpublication.com/article/CAFP+book+review+YIMBY+Yes%21+In+My+Back+Yard/5027725/851109/article.html  CAFP Committee information - www.familydocs.org/committees  CAFP's JEDI committee work - www.familydocs.org/jedi California Family Physician - JEDI Committee Focuses on Latine Family Physicians - by Andrea Banuelos Mota, MD and Sheryl Recinos, MD, https://mydigitalpublication.com/article/JEDI+Committee+Focuses+on+Latine+Family+Physicians/5027737/851109/article.html  AAFP Implicit Bias Training - https://www.aafp.org/news/practice-professional-issues/20200115implicitbias.html CAFP ACEs - https://www.familydocs.org/aces Information: The Family Docs podcast is developed, produced, and recorded by the California Academy of Family Physicians. The views and opinions expressed in this program are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of any entities they represent or the California Academy of Family Physicians. More information at www.familydocs.org/podcast.   Visit the California Academy of Family Physicians online at www.familydocs.org.  Follow us on social media: Twitter - https://twitter.com/cafp_familydocs   Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/cafp_familydocs   Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/familydocs   LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/california-academy-of-family-physicians

In this episode, Dr. Cynthia Chen-Joea goes solo to talk with Dr. Laura Murphy, family physician, educator, her medical school classmate, and the current New Physician Director on the CAFP board. Dr. Murphy has been deeply involved in leadership, advocacy, and education. They talk about her journey, the challenges and opportunities facing early career physicians, and resources that can support you along the way. GUESTS Laura Murphy, DO - Dr. Murphy received her B.S. in Biopsychology from University of California, Santa Barbara and then her medical degree from Western University College of Osteopathic Medicine. During medical school, she served as the FMIG president and began her advocacy journey with the CAFP through various leadership positions, including medical student member on the CAFP board. As a family medicine resident at UC San Diego, Dr. Murphy started on the CCPD for which she now co-chairs. After residency, she completed a sports medicine fellowship at UC San Diego to pursue her passion for empowering patients to live a healthy, active lifestyle. She is currently an associate program director at Ventura County Medical Center Family Medicine Residency program where she practices outpatient family medicine and sports medicine, as well as lead the musculoskeletal and advocacy curriculum for the residents. In her free time, she enjoys playing with her 8 month old, Cooper, and share the love of backpacking, brewery hopping, and traveling with her husband, Steve.   The Family Docs Podcast is hosted by Rob Assibey, MD, FAAFP and Cynthia Chen-Joea, DO, FAAFP.  RESOURCES New Physician Toolkit - www.familydocs.org/nptoolkit AAFP's Career Benchmark Dashboard & Survey - "Know Your Worth" - www.aafp.org/worth Direct Primary Care resources - https://www.familydocs.org/dpc Family Medicine's Gender Pay Gap - https://www.jabfm.org/content/35/1/7 Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Family Medicine  - https://www.aafp.org/family-physician/practice-and-career/managing-your-practice/artificial-intelligence.html CAFP Online Education - https://www.familydocs.org/cme & https://education.familydocs.org   Family Medicine POP: Prism of Practice conference, August 21-23, 2026 (San Diego) - www.familydocs.org/pop CAFP's All Member Advocacy Meeting (AMAM), March 14-16, 2026 (Sacramento) - www.familydocs.org/amam     Information: The Family Docs podcast is developed, produced, and recorded by the California Academy of Family Physicians. The views and opinions expressed in this program are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of any entities they represent or the California Academy of Family Physicians. More information at www.familydocs.org/podcast.  Visit the California Academy of Family Physicians online at www.familydocs.org. Follow us on social media: Twitter - https://twitter.com/cafp_familydocs  Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/cafp_familydocs  Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/familydocs  LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/california-academy-of-family-physicians

In this episode, Drs. Rob Assibey and Cynthia Chen-Joea are joined by Dr. Bright Zhou (they/them). They discuss social media health advocacy as a tool to reshape public narratives around family medicine, the evolving role of physician hospitalists and the unique challenges they face, and highlights from the CAFP New Physician Toolkit and how it will be helpful for doctors everywhere. GUESTS Bright Zhou (They/Them) is a core faculty member at the University of Southern California Family Medicine Residency, where they practice both inpatient and outpatient medicine. Their clinical interests are in health dissemination through social media, mental health, narrative medicine, LGBTQ+ and immigrant health. Bright is a boba connoisseur, an archaeologist, a singer/violist, and a budding DJ.  The Family Docs Podcast is hosted by Rob Assibey, MD, FAAFP and Cynthia Chen-Joea, DO, FAAFP.  RESOURCES Follow Dr. Zhou on social: @genzattending on instagram and tiktok New Physician Toolkit - familydocs.org/nptoolkit NEJM - AI/Centaur model - https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMra2503232, https://www.news-medical.net/news/20250828/How-can-medical-trainees-use-AI-without-losing-critical-thinking-skills.aspx  Family Medicine POP: Prism of Practice conference, August 21-23, 2026 (San Diego) - www.familydocs.org/pop CAFP's All Member Advocacy Meeting (AMAM), March 14-16, 2026 (Sacramento) - www.familydocs.org/amam     Information: The Family Docs podcast is developed, produced, and recorded by the California Academy of Family Physicians. The views and opinions expressed in this program are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of any entities they represent or the California Academy of Family Physicians. More information at www.familydocs.org/podcast.  Visit the California Academy of Family Physicians online at www.familydocs.org. Follow us on social media: Twitter - https://twitter.com/cafp_familydocs  Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/cafp_familydocs  Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/familydocs  LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/california-academy-of-family-physicians