Margaret A. Wilson, DO, is the 2026 MSACOFP Osteopathic Family Physician of the Year! Dr. Wilson is Dean of the A.T. Still University Kirksville College of Medicine and Professor of Family Medicine. She has served the Kirksville community for decades and shaped the Missouri family medicine workforce in immeasurable ways.

Elaine Joslyn, DO, FACOFP is the 2026 Outstanding Female Physician of the Year! Dr. Joslyn's inspiring career has spanned academic medicine, serving as both a residency program director and department chair at Kansas City University College of Osteopathic Medicine, private practice in an underserved community, and founding and growing a non-profit to care for uninsured and underinsured patients.

Pamela Cochran, CMP is selected for the 2026 James A. DiRenna, Sr. Appreciation Award for her significant contributions to osteopathic family medicine and MSACOFP. A nonprofit management executive and certified meeting planner, she is the former executive director of MSACOFP and worked diligently to grow the organization and its Winter Family Medicine Update, even amidst a pandemic.

Celebrate with these inspirational professionals at the Winter Family Medicine Update January 22-25, 2026, in St. Louis!

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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