The mission of the Louisiana Academy of Family Physicians is to promote and support Louisiana's family physicians in providing excellent health care and to provide its members with continuing medical education opportunities.

The Louisiana Academy of Family Physicians is one of the state’s largest medical specialty organization, with more than 1,500 member physicians, residents and medical students throughout the state. LAFP serves the family medicine community and provides a unified voice for family medicine. The American Academy of Family Physicians, LAFP’s parent organization, maintains a membership of more than 94,000 members in 50 states, Washington D.C., Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and Guam. Today the Louisiana Academy of Family Physicians maintains its headquarters in Baton Rouge, LA. Click here for the LAFP mailing address and other Academy contact information.

LAFP is governed by a board of directors, comprised of LAFP members from throughout the state. The board establishes and reviews Academy policy and plans during the LAFP Quarterly Board Meetings and General Assembly Meeting. Members also serve on LAFP committees, where they study, analyze and make informed policy recommendations to the board.

Major purposes of the Academy include:

• Advocating for family physicians to lawmakers, organized medicine and the public;
• Providing high-quality continuing medical education to physicians in Louisiana;
• Keeping members informed of changes in health care; and
• Nurturing the next generation of family physicians.