Doctor Day

This year, Wisconsin Doctor Day takes a fresh approach—focusing on advocacy education, upcoming elections, and the key issues impacting Wisconsin physicians. While the event will not include legislative visits, attendees will engage in powerful sessions designed to help physicians make their voices heard and shape the future of medicine in our state.

There will be no legislative visits this year, but you can learn first-hand how to make a difference in the legislative process!

Doctor Day 2025 was a Success!

Doctor Day took place on Tuesday, June 3, 2025, at the Monona Terrace Convention Center in downtown Madison. Hosted by the Wisconsin Medical Society, WAFP joins over a dozen physician organizations to advocate for legislative issues that impact our members and the patients you serve.

Approximately 300 physicians attended, this year, with over 90 of them being WAFP members including family physicians, residents, and medical students. Attendees heard a keynote address from Robert Pearl, M.D., a professor at Stanford University and prior CEO of the Permanente Medical Group, who spoke about the role generative artificial intelligence (AI) will play in health care. In addition, various physician specialty organizations led presentations on various topics. WAFP Board Member and Chair of the MCW Department of Family and Community Medicine Joe Gravel, MD, and Chair of the UW Department of Family Medicine and Community Health David Rakel, MD, led a breakout session addressing “Primary Care Investment: Getting the most value from each dollar spent.” There, they helped set the stage for what a health system based on appropriate funding of primary care can look like for both members and patients in Wisconsin.

Also, the priority issues which physicians advocated this year included prior insurance authorization reform and establishing a clinician mental health program.