Pub 5 2021 Issue 1

I grew up in Hurricane, UT, and lived there until I went to college. My wife and I met at Utah State University and have three wonderful children. We currently live in Vernal, UT, and enjoy the area. I am an avid runner and will be attempting my first Ultra-marathon this summer. I especially love trail running.

UAFP is excited to announce the addition of two new awards established to recognize the outstanding accomplishments of Utah medical students bound for a career in family medicine and one of our graduating third-year family medicine residents.

Practicing medicine has been hard. The over 1,100 Utah family physicians have seen challenges this year too numerous to mention. These challenges, both personal and professional, are not lost on us at the Academy, and I want to clearly acknowledge them and share our appreciation.

When life gives you lemons . . .

Well, just like everything in life, we’re finally seeing the light at the end of a very long tunnel. Just like everyone else, when we were quarantined for two weeks in March 2020, I thought we’d hunker down, ration our toilet paper, finally use some of that food in the freezer and pantry, and then it would all be over. It wasn’t until a couple of months later that we all started realizing this was going to be a much longer haul.