Dr. Sharon Paltin is a jolly good Fellow!
On April 13, 2024, Sharon Paltin, MD, FAAFP, achieved a Degree of Fellow by the California Academy of Physicians (CAFP) at a special ceremony in Sacramento. Established in 1971, the AAFP Degree of Fellow recognizes family physicians who have distinguished themselves through service to family medicine and ongoing professional development. This year’s fellowship class brings the total number of AAFP Fellows to more than 17,200 nationwide. AAFP Fellowship entitles the physician to use the honorary designation, “Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians,” or “F.A.A.F.P.”
Fellows of the AAFP are recognized as champions of family medicine. They are the physicians who make family medicine the premier specialty in service to their community and profession. Being a Fellow signifies not only tenure and experience but extensive continuing medical education, additional work in the community, within organized medicine, and within teaching, and a greater commitment to continuing professional development and/or research.
Dr. Paltin has practiced medicine since graduation from St. Louis University School of Medicine in 1988. She is a graduate of the Family Practice Residency in Santa Rosa (at the former Community Hospital) in 1991.
Before medical school, having grown up in Los Angeles, she graduated from UC Berkeley in 1975 in Conservation of Natural Resources. She notes that human medicine follows the same rules of nature as the greater ecological world does and is, in fact, human ecology. She incorporates traditional supports for healing into usual medical practice, as possible, along with up to date science-based information.
She has served the Laytonville community and Long Valley Health Center since 1992 and enjoys living in our community. Interests include improving Spanish speaking, mosaics, dance, hiking, music, clowning, and street theater.
Congratulations Dr. Paltin on your honorary Degree of Fellow and your 31 years of commitment and dedication to Long Valley Health Center and our Laytonville community. Hip hip hooray!