SFMS Member Appointed Newest San Francisco Health Service Board Commissioner Stephen Follansbee, MD, a SFMS member and retired HIV and infectious diseases specialist, was appointed and sworn in as a member of the San Francisco Health Service System Board by Mayor Ed Lee in October 2015. October 8, 2015 News, SFMS Member San Francisco Health Service System, Stephen Follansbee 0 0 Comment Read More »
SFMS Applauds Governor Brown for Passage of End-of-Life Option Act The San Francisco Medical Society wishes to publicly thank Governor Jerry Brown for signing into law the End-of-Life Option Act (ABX2-15). His moving personal message conveys how difficult and controversial the issue of “physician-assisted dying” can be. October 7, 2015 Advocacy, News, SFMS Member ABX2-15, end-of-life, End-of-Life Option Act, physician assisted dying 0 0 Comment Read More »
Eli Merritt, MD: SFMS September 2015 Member of the Month Eli Merritt, M.D., is a psychiatrist and mental health expert who consults widely in the Bay Area. Founder of Merritt Mental Health, a Care Navigation practice that helps patients and family members navigate the mental health system, he is past president of the San Francisco Psychiatric Society and past member of the Adjunct Clinical Faculty at Stanford. October 1, 2015 Member of the Month, SFMS Member Eli Merritt, Member of the Month, SFMS Member 0 0 Comment Read More »
SFMS Champions Public Funding of Family Planning Services; Asks Physicians Statewide for Support The SFMS delegation has submitted a resolution to the 2015 annual meeting of the California Medical Association (CMA) House of Delegates (HOD) asking for support for full funding of Planned Parenthood and Title X Family Planning Services. September 29, 2015 Advocacy, SFMS Member Title X, House of Delegates, Planned Parenthood, reproductive health 0 0 Comment Read More »
What Happens When You Can’t Find a Skilled Doctor to Do a D&E Jennifer Gunter, MD’s post in the popular KevinMD blog is shared here as it is very much in line with a long SFMS tradition of advancing reproductive health and rights. The SFMS has provided educational advocacy on this topic for medical students nationwide, developed early policy for the AMA on legalization and use of medical abortion, not only by physicians but by trained nurse practitioners, advocated for contraception as a full benefit under the ACA when that was under attack, and much more. We applaud our member Dr. Gunter’s informed and compassionate words on this topic when these services and rights are under renewed attack around the nation. September 9, 2015 Guest Blog, SFMS Member D&E, Jennifer Gunter, reproductive health 0 0 Comment Read More »
