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January 15, 2025—Since 2020, the STFM Podcast has featured enlightening and pivotal conversations between leaders in academic family medicine. More than 60 episodes have been published, providing insight to help listeners navigate key topics at the intersection of academic medicine, leadership, health equity, and medical education.

We are pleased to announce the STFM Podcast is back for 2025 – and with some changes.

Please join us in welcoming the new hosts for the 2025 season of the STFM Podcast: Omari A. Hodge, MD, and Jay-Sheree Allen Akambase, MD.

Dr Hodge is the founding program director for family medicine at AdventHealth Family Medicine Residency Program in Tampa, FL. Dr Allen Akambase is a preventive medicine fellow in the Division of Public Health, Infectious Diseases, and Occupational Medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, and an assistant professor of family medicine with the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine. She is also president of the American Academy of Family Physicians Foundation.

Both were instrumental in the success of STFM’s Underrepresented in Medicine Initiative. Dr Hodge served as co-host of the URM JAM Podcast, and Dr Allen Akambase developed a webinar series with the Scholarship Work Group.

In the first STFM Podcast episode of 2025, our new hosts interview each other, discussing how they balance family dynamics, professional goals, and individual aspirations throughout their journey in academic family medicine.

Listen to this episode, past episodes, and all upcoming episodes by subscribing to the STFM Podcast through Apple Podcasts and Spotify or visiting the podcast page on the STFM website.

The original host of the STFM Podcast was Saria Saccocio, MD, MHA, a regional medical officer for CareMore, a subsidiary of Elevance Health. She hosted nearly all 60 episodes dating back to 2020.

Thank you to Dr Saccocio for hosting the STFM Podcast for 5 years and making the episodes a must-listen for family medicine educators.

The STFM Podcast features conversations with leaders of academic family medicine on key areas at the intersection of academic medicine, leadership, health equity, and medical education. These episodes give listeners insight into the guests’ and hosts’ experiences that have led to opportunities for personal growth and the development of leadership skills during their careers as health care professionals.

The episodes touch on several topics, including:

• Motivation and mentorship

• Burnout and transitions

• Milestones and meaning

• Barriers and bureaucracy

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