2026 MAFP Annual Meeting - Samoset Resort
 
2026 MAFP Annual Meeting

Maine Academy of Family Physicians 

34th Annual Family Medicine Update 

March 19-21, 2026 

AGENDA 

Thursday, March 19, 2026 

TIME 

SESSION 

SPEAKER(S) 

LOCATION 

1:00 PM – 5:00 PM 

KSA -Palliative Care 

John Kroger, MD; Teresa Letellier, MD  

Baypoint Ballroom 

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM  

MAFP Board of Directors Meeting  

Board of Directors  

Penobscot Bay 

Friday, March 20, 2026 

TIME 

SESSION 

SPEAKER(S) 

LOCATION 

7:00 AM 

REGISTRATION AND BREAKFAST 

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM 

Food is Medicine: Evidence Based Nutrition  

Jessica Faraci, MD   

Baypoint Ballroom 

 

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM 

Longitudinal Primary Care following gestational diabetes and/or hypertension 

Stephanie McCullough, MD  

Baypoint Ballroom 

10:00 AM – 10:15 AM 

Break 

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM 

Direct Primary Care  

Brian Pierce, MD 

Baypoint Ballroom 

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM 

Concurrent Workshop: Sports Injections  

Kaitlin Minnehan, MD  

Penobscot Bay 

11:15 AM – 12:15 PM  

Death Certificate Completion  

Taylor Slemmer, Medicolegal Death Investigator II 

Baypoint Ballroom 

12:15 PM – 1:15 PM 

Lunch  

1:15 PM – 2:15 PM 

Clinical Care for Patients Affected by PFAS Exposure 

Rachel Criswell, MD, MS  

Baypoint Ballroom 

2:15 PM – 3:15 PM 

Breastfeeding Basics for Family Physicians 

Kathleen Polonchek, MD; Paula Norcott, IBCLC 

Baypoint Ballroom 

3:15 PM – 3:30 PM 

Break 

3:30 PM – 4:30 PM  

Ethical Dilemmas in Primary Care 

Jims Jean-Jaques, DO   

Baypoint Ballroom 

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM 

AAFP Update 

Sarah Nosal, MD, AAFP President 

Baypoint Ballroom  

5:30 PM – 6:00 PM 

Welcome Reception 

6:00 PM – 7:00 PM  

The Advocacy Roundtable: Your Voice, Your Impact 

SATURDAY, March 21, 2026 

TIME 

SESSION 

SPEAKER(S) 

LOCATION 

7:00 AM 

REGISTRATION AND BREAKFAST 

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM 

Trauma-Informed Care 

Jiana Menedez, MD 

Baypoint Ballroom 

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM  

Tick and other Vector Borne Illnesses: The Things that Bug US.   

Devin Myles, MD, MPH 

Baypoint Ballroom 

10:00 AM – 10:15 AM  

Break 

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM  

Concurrent Workshop: Wilderness Medicine  

Jerome Pomeranz, MD  

Baypoint Ballroom 

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM 

Concurrent Workshop: Do for the MD 

Jenn Eaton, DO  

Penobscot Bay 

11:15 AM – 12:15 PM  

Cardiac Devices (Pacers, ICD’s) 

Tristan Reynolds, DO; Sebastian Jablonski, DO 

Baypoint Ballroom  

12:15 PM – 1:30 PM 

ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING AND LUNCHEON 

1:30 PM – 2:30 PM 

Opioid Use Disorder  

Elizabeth Mock, MD, MPH, FAAFP 

Baypoint Ballroom 

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM  

From Awareness to Action - Practical Approaches to Alcohol Use Disorder in Primary Care 

Brendan Prast, MD  

Baypoint Ballroom 

3:30 PM – 4:30 PM  

Beyond Counting Sheep - Evidence based treatment of Insomnia 

Diane Zvaotsky, MD  

Baypoint Ballroom 

4:30 PM – 4:45 PM  

CLOSING REMARKS 

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM  

MAFP Social - Firepit and Smores, Hot Cocoa and Coffee