Governor
Jennifer R. Olges, MD, MPH, FACP
Dr. Olges serves as the official representative of the College for the Kentucky Chapter, providing a link between members at the local level and leadership at the national level. To learn more about Dr. Olges, read her bio.
Welcome Letter | Governor's Council | Past Governors
Awards
Rebecca D. Shadowen, MD, FACP, FSHEA, honored posthumously with 2020 Laureate Award
Dr. Shadowen, a long-time member of our chapter, passed away in the fall of 2020 after a prolonged battle with COVID-19. In her memory, we recognized her with the Laureate Award, the highest honor at the ACP Chapter level. Med Center Health has also created the so that her legacy can live on.
2024 Chapter Excellence Award
We are pleased to announce that our chapter is in receipt of the Silver Level of the 2024 Chapter Excellence Award! This year 15 chapters received the Silver Award. The award recognizes chapters that achieve excellence in chapter management. In order to achieve the Chapter Excellence Award, chapters must meet 20 Bronze criteria and 14 Silver criteria. Criteria include such activities as undertaking efforts to increase advocacy efforts, collaborating with stakeholders to increase visibility of the ACP, holding competitions for members, providing chapter financial reports to members, having Medical Student and Resident/Fellow members on the Governor's Advisory council, retaining transitional and unpaid members, giving awards to chapter members. We would like to extend a special thanks to those chapter members who assisted us in all of these endeavors! For their hard work and dedication, we received this award.
Past Laureate Recipients | Kentucky Chapter College Awards