Pub. 3 2019 Issue 1

UAF P Membe rs in t h e News Dr. Woolsey named to AAFP Commission Dr. Stoesser named Residency Director D r. Sarah Woolsey was recently named to the American Academy of Family Physicians Com- mission on Quality and Practice. The Quality and Practice Commission is one of eight commissions that direct implementation of AAFP policies and programs. The commission works to improve the practice environment of family physicians. It directly supports the AAFP's Strategic Objective on Practice Enhancement, an area of expertise for Dr. Woolsey, and we are fortunate to have her involved in shaping national policy. Sarah Woolsey, MD, MPH, FAAFP, is board-certified in fam- ily medicine and a current Medical Director with Comagine Health (formerly HealthInsight,) Utah’s quality improvement activities and regional health improvement collaborative. She co-chairs the Utah Partnership for Value, a multistake- holder group that forwards value healthcare delivery and patient engagement in Utah. She has worked in primary care for 20 years with underserved populations in Salt Lake City as a full-spectrum family doctor. Dr. Woolsey is pas- sionate about patient engagement in chronic disease man- agement and empowering primary care providers in these times of change. She was chosen as a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation Advisor in January 2012. D r. Kirsten Stoesser has been named the new University of Utah Family Medicine Residency Director. The University of Utah Family Medicine Resi- dency program trains family physicians in dynamic and in- novative practices. She is already looking at ways to expand the programmatic offerings of the residency with goals for suboxone treatment and the development of ultrasound training curriculum over the next year. We are confident Dr. Stoesser’s experience and passion will be a great as- set in furthering the University of Utah’s Family Medicine Residency program. Kirsten Stoesser, MD, FAAFP, is board-certified in family medicine. She joined the faculty of the University of Utah after completing a fellowship, faculty development partici- pating as a core curricular faculty member. She continued in that role for 10 years before being named Associate Pro- gram Director. She was named as interim Program Direc- tor in April 2018 and formally named as Program Director in January 2019. Her clinical interests are broad spectrum family medicine, including hepatitis C care and transgender care. She has been a board member of UAFP since 2017 and represents the Utah chapter as a Delegate to the AAFP Con- gress of Delegates for 2018-2019. www.UtahAFP.org | 16