Congratulations to the 2025 DiRenna Foundation Resident Scholar
Karin Cha, DO
Dr. Cha is a PGY-3 at the HCA Midwest Kansas City Lee's Summit Medical Center Family Medicine Residency Program. She is interested in practicing in Missouri with a focus on women's health and obstetrics and OMT. Dr. Cha also serves on the MSACOFP Board of Governors. 

The DiRenna Foundation Resident Scholarship Program was established to help recognize and develop future leaders for osteopathic family medicine in Missouri. Each year, the Foundation awards $1,000 scholarships to osteopathic family physicians in a Missouri residency program and who plan to practice in Missouri following residency. 

Are you or do you know an osteopathic family medicine resident who would make a great DiRenna Scholar? 

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NextGen leaders program

Join our inaugural NextGen Leaders class at the 2026 MSACOFP Winter Family Medicine Update to:
  • Connect with your peers early in their career in family medicine across Missouri
  • Learn new technical skills to improve your professional wellbeing that you can apply immediately in your clinical roles, your administrative roles, and your volunteer roles
  • Develop relational and adaptive leadership skills that will strengthen your resilience, flexibility, and impact across a variety of settings, to make more progress on the issues you care about most
Eligible Participants: Current family medicine residents and physicians in their first five years of practice since residency or fellowship graduation
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