American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians to hold disease prevention summit in Orlando on April 15

The American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians will hold its first Disease Prevention Summit in Orlando on April 15, bringing together 25 osteopathic family physicians for an invite-only session on preventive care.

According to ACOFP and a release distributed on its behalf, the three-hour summit will be part of the group’s 63rd Annual Convention and Scientific Seminars. The event will focus on vaccine confidence, access to care, misinformation and evidence-based immunization policy.

ACOFP says the summit is meant to convene physicians and stakeholders around practical disease-prevention work. The organization also lists the event in its convention programming, where it appears alongside other partner events scheduled for the April 15-19 convention period in Orlando.

The release says Sanofi is supporting the summit, and Merck is also named in the program materials. ACOFP describes the gathering as a thought-leadership session rather than a broad public conference.

The timing puts the summit squarely within the association’s annual convention week, making it a focused policy and clinical discussion for a small group of participants rather than a larger public health forum.

For family medicine and preventive care advocates, the event highlights ongoing concern about vaccination misinformation and access to evidence-based care.