2024 Chapter Excellence Award-Gold Level Winner
(August 2024) We are pleased to announce that our chapter is in receipt of the Gold Level of the 2024 Chapter Excellence Award! The award recognizes truly extraordinary chapters that surpass excellence in chapter management. We are in the company of 59 other outstanding chapters. In order to achieve the Gold Level of the Chapter Excellence Award, chapters must meet 20 Bronze criteria, 14 Silver criteria and multiple Gold level activities. Criteria include such activities as having a legislative action plan or agenda, holding a volunteerism/community service activity, holding multiple stand-alone meetings, having revenue sources outside of dues and meeting registration fees, implementing a strategic plan, implementing a formal recruitment and retention plan and measuring outcomes, conducting various activities for Medical Students, Residents and Early Career Physicians. 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.
Empower Your Advocacy: Introducing Our Comprehensive Toolkit听听
(August 2024) We are excited to announce the launch of our Advocacy听Toolkit:听Using Your Voice as a Physician Advocate, a powerful resource designed to equip medical students and physicians with the skills and knowledge needed to become effective advocates for health care in their communities. This toolkit comprises five self-contained and independent modules, each presented as engaging voice-over PowerPoint presentations. Whether you're a seasoned advocate or new to the field, these modules offer valuable insights and practical guidance.听听
Module Highlights听听
Physician as Advocate听听
- Discover advocacy tips and real-life examples that showcase how physicians can use their voice to drive positive health outcomes in their communities. This module emphasizes the pivotal role of physicians in advocating for public health.听听
Legislative Advocacy听听
- Gain a comprehensive understanding of the legislative process at both state and federal levels. Learn about the opportunities available for physician advocacy within this process and how to navigate the legislative landscape effectively.听听
Print Media Advocacy听听
- Explore the various types of print media, their audiences, and their scope in the realm of advocacy. This module provides insights into crafting compelling messages that resonate with readers and drive change through traditional media channels.听听
Social Media Advocacy听听
- Delve into the dynamic world of social media and its potential as a powerful advocacy tool. Learn about the key features of different social media platforms and how to leverage them to amplify your advocacy efforts and engage a broader audience.听听
Audio Media Advocacy听听
- Understand the motivations and uses of audio media in advocacy. This module focuses on the unique advantages of podcasts, radio, and other audio formats, offering strategies to effectively communicate your advocacy messages through these channels.听听
Each module begins with a standard introduction and overview, followed by an in-depth exploration of the topic, and concludes with a concise one-page outline to reinforce key points.听听
Toolkit: Using Your Voice As A Physician Advocate听
By integrating these modules into your advocacy efforts, you will be better equipped to influence public health policy and drive meaningful change. Empower yourself and your community with the tools and knowledge provided in our Advocacy Toolkit.听听
Together, let's make a difference!听
State Health Advocacy August Recess Grassroots Mobilization Challenge听
(August 2024) Members of Congress are returning home to their districts during the August congressional recess. During this time, ACP is calling on internal medicine physicians to engage their representatives on important issues we need Congress to act on before the end of 2024.听
To incentivize participation in this grassroots mobilization, the Advocates for Internal Medicine Network (ACP grassroots network) is challenging members to see which states will have the highest engagement. Advocates can score points for their states by choosing to take one or more advocacy actions identified in the campaign.听
Access the听听Now!听
Congratulations New Chapter Fellows
- Meredith Eicken, MD FACP
- Scott M Lindhorst, MD FACP
- Prerana J Roth, MD FACP听
(July 2024) Congratulations to the Chapter's new Fellows.听Fellowship in the College is an honor.听Being an FACP庐听is a distinction earned from colleagues who recognize your accomplishments and achievements over and above the practice of medicine. The most important considerations for ACP Fellowship are excellence and contributions made to both medicine and to the broader community in which the internal medicine physician lives and practices.听
Call for Spring 2025 Resolutions听
(July 2024) Are you concerned about a practice or clinical issue or have an idea you听would like to suggest? If so, you might consider submitting a resolution to your Governor or chapter council.听听
Initiating a resolution provides ACP members an opportunity to focus attention at the ACP national level on a particular issue or topic that concerns them. Participating in the Board of Governors resolutions process provides the ACP grassroots member a voice and allows you to shape College policy that impacts the practice of internal medicine.听听
Not sure how to begin drafting a resolution? Researching the College's position on an issue can give you a start. The听ACP Board of Governors Resolutions Guide for ACP Members听is available to download and will help, too.听The Guide听was created to provide members a short overview of the resolutions process essentials and highlights critical ACP online resources you must use.听听
Once drafted, members must submit resolutions to their Governor and/or chapter council. Chapter council approval is required to move resolutions forward to ACP national. Although not official ACP policy, a resolution becomes property of the chapter once the chapter council approves forwarding it to national. If effecting change interests you, the deadline for submitting new resolutions to be heard at the听Spring 2025 Board of Governors Meeting is听September 27, 2024.听
Share your good idea with us. Draft a resolution.听
We want to hear from you: Fall 2024 BOG Resolutions
(July 2024)听The following resolutions are up for consideration at the Fall 2024 Board of Governors (BOG) Meeting. We invite you to review each resolution and share your support or opposition by completing the by August 12.
- Developing Policy to Address Consolidation in Healthcare听
- Gaining an Understanding of the 1-Year and 3-Year Mortality Rates of Patients that Have Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Stays听
- Supporting Patients鈥 Access to Documentation and Communications in their Preferred Language听听
- Declaring Access to Equitable, Affordable Healthcare is a Human Right听听
- Developing Policy on Reducing Traffic Fatalities and Injuries in the United States听听
- Revising ACP鈥檚 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Policy to Promote an Age-Friendly Professional Home and Create Engagement Opportunities for Senior and Retired Physicians听听
- Advocating for Funding of a Direct Comparison of Two Highly Touted Dietary Approaches to Control Type Two Diabetes Clinical Measures and Costs听听
Resolutions provide our members an opportunity to focus attention at the national level on particular issues or topics that concern you and gives grassroots members a voice, allowing you to shape College policy that impacts the practice of internal medicine. Involvement in the resolutions feedback process is essential for maintaining a responsive and effective professional organization that truly represents its members.听
Your feedback is valuable and will be forwarded to your Governor to assist in their testimony on behalf of the chapter. Thank you for your input.听
(NOTE: Proposed resolutions should be considered confidential information and are intended to be viewed by ACP members only. Under no circumstances should proposed resolutions be shared with the news media or social networking media, nor should they be shared with other individuals and organizations. Proposed resolutions do not represent ACP policy.)听
Happy Anniversary to our Chapter Members!
5 Years
- William R Betz, MD FACP
- Nicholas P Dardes, DO
- Samuel G Dozier, MD FACP
- Aneta T Rusek, MD FACP
- Harmeet S Gill, MD
- Brittany K Stovall, MD FACP
- Xinlu Liu, MD FACP
- Phoebe Ling
- Alvin Lee Day, MD FACP
- Mason J Walgrave, MD
- Amina Majeed, MBBS
- Ravikumar J Patel, MBBS
- Mohamed Faris, MBBCh FACP
- Sarah B Wells, MD
- CHIDI ANUGOM, MBBS
- Erin Hays, MD
- Meredith Eicken, MD
- Peter A Donnan, MD
10 Years
- Erin B Marcotsis, MD
- Joseph W Mathews, MD FACP
- Carmen A Taype, MD PhD FACP
- Leslie D Wilke, DO
- Joseph R Narvaez, MD
- Amber Nicole Stroupe, DO FAAP FACP
- Steliyana Bakalova-Georgieva, MD
- Keith R Barron, MD FACP
- Charles M Collins, MD
- Wilbur Allen, MD FACP
- Parthivkumar N Kundaria, FACP
- William Bigelow, MD
- Sola Kim, MD
15 Years
- Saeeda Z Chowdhury, MBBS FACP
- Timothy M Callaway, MD FACP
- Emmanuel A Yirenkyi, MD
- Edward K Botse-Baidoo, MBchB FACP
- David Paul M Guirao, MD FACP
20 Years
- Emily S Foster, MD
- John M Rucker, MD
- Martin W Webb, MBBCh FACP
- Sivanthan Balachandran, MD FACP
- Andrea D Hucks, MD
- COL Jon DuBose, MC USA
- Kofi Appiah, MBchB
- Joseph F Messina, DO MBA FACP
- Shanon W Honney, MD FACP
(May 2024) Your ACP Chapter thanks you for your continued Membership and all you do every day to serve your patients and support the future of internal medicine. We鈥檙e proud that you鈥檝e chosen us as your professional home, and we鈥檙e committed to remaining by your side鈥攁dvocating for and supporting your professional journey.
BOR Action on Spring 2024 BOG Resolutions
(May 2024) A summary of Board of Regents (BOR) actions on resolutions debated at the Spring 2024 Board of Governors (BOG) meeting is now available. Resolutions initiated by ACP members and endorsed by a chapter council and the BOG become ACP policy when adopted by the BOR.
If you have an idea you would like to suggest to ACP, consider submitting a resolution to your Governor or local ACP chapter. Visit the advocacy section of your ACP chapter website for more information on how to propose a resolution.
Congratulations New Chapter Fellow
- Leah Reid, MD FACP
(April 2024) Congratulations to the Chapter's new Fellow.听Fellowship in the College is an honor.听Being an FACP庐听is a distinction earned from colleagues who recognize your accomplishments and achievements over and above the practice of medicine. The most important considerations for ACP Fellowship are excellence and contributions made to both medicine and to the broader community in which the internal medicine physician lives and practices.听
Member Feedback is Requested on Spring 2024 Resolutions
(February 2024) Twenty-one (21) resolutions will be considered at the Spring 2024 Board of Governors (BOG) Meeting. With the exception of Resolution 9-S24, which will not be debated because this resolution is slated for adoption as a reaffirmation, please review each resolution and then indicate your support or opposition by completing the听听by the deadline your ACP Chapter Governor has requested or by midnight March 13, whichever comes first.听
Your comments will be forwarded to your Governor to be used as part of his/her testimony on behalf of the chapter. If you have any questions, please contact Mary Giampietro, BOG Administrator, at听chapter@acpmembership.org. Thank you for your input.听
(NOTE: Proposed resolutions should be considered confidential information and are intended to be viewed by ACP members only. Under no circumstances should proposed resolutions be shared with the news media or social networking media, nor should they be shared with other individuals and organizations. Proposed resolutions do not represent ACP policy.)
Call for Fall 2024 Resolutions
(February 2024) Are you concerned about a practice or clinical issue or have an idea you'd like to suggest? If so, you might consider submitting a resolution to your Governor or chapter council.听听
Initiating a resolution provides ACP members an opportunity to focus attention at the ACP national level on a particular issue or topic that concerns them. Participating in the Board of Governors resolutions process provides the ACP grassroots member a voice and allows you to shape College policy that impacts the practice of internal medicine.听听
Not sure how to begin drafting a resolution? Researching the College's position on an issue can give you a start. The just released ACP Board of Governors Resolutions Guide for ACP Members is now available to download and will help, too. The Guide was created to provide members a short overview of the resolutions process essentials and highlights critical ACP online resources you must use.听听
Once drafted, members must submit resolutions to their Governor and/or chapter council. Chapter council approval is required to move resolutions forward to ACP national. Although not official ACP policy, a resolution becomes property of the chapter once the chapter council approves forwarding it to national. If effecting change interests you, the deadline for submitting new resolutions to be heard at the Fall 2024 Board of Governors Meeting is听March 29, 2024.听
Share your good idea with us. Draft a resolution.听
Congratulations New Chapter Fellows
- Jessica Cvinar, MD FACP
- Derlis C Fleitas Sosa, MD FACP
- Nate J Normand, MD FACP
- Dina L Sharps, DO FAC
- Brian Toston, DO FACP
(February 2024) Congratulations to the Chapter's new Fellows.听Fellowship in the College is an honor.听Being an FACP庐听is a distinction earned from colleagues who recognize your accomplishments and achievements over and above the practice of medicine. The most important considerations for ACP Fellowship are excellence and contributions made to both medicine and to the broader community in which the internal medicine physician lives and practices.听
Chapter Speakers at Internal Medicine Meeting 2024
(December 2023) We鈥檇 like to bring attention to our local chapter members who will be presenting as faculty at ACP鈥檚 Internal Medicine Meeting 2024 in Boston, Massachusetts this April. Early-bird registration is available through January. For a full schedule or for more information on the meeting, click .
| Rita | Bakhru | Clinical Skills Center | Ultrasound-Guided Central Venous Line Placement | 听 |
| Keith | Barron | Pre-course | Point-of-Care Ultrasound: Foundational Skills for Internal Medicine Physicians | Tuesday, April 16, 2024 |
| Keith | Barron | Pre-course | Point-of-Care Ultrasound: Foundational Skills for Internal Medicine Physicians | Wednesday, April 17, 2024 |
| Keith | Barron | Clinical Skills Center | Ultrasound Portfolio Review | 听 |
| Alan | Brown | Meet the Professor | Interpretation and Significance of Rheumatology Laboratory Testing: A Case-Based Approach | Friday, April 19, 2024 |
| David | Giovannini | Pre-course | Point-of-Care Ultrasound: Foundational Skills for Internal Medicine Physicians | Tuesday, April 16, 2024 |
| David | Giovannini | Pre-course | Point-of-Care Ultrasound: Foundational Skills for Internal Medicine Physicians | Wednesday, April 17, 2024 |
| Michael | Wagner | Pre-course | Point-of-Care Ultrasound: Foundational Skills for Internal Medicine Physicians | Tuesday, April 16, 2024 |
| Michael | Wagner | Pre-course | Point-of-Care Ultrasound: Foundational Skills for Internal Medicine Physicians | Wednesday, April 17, 2024 |
| Michael | Wagner | Clinical Workshop | Cardiac Murmurs: Benign or Serious? | Thursday, April 18, 2024 |
| Michael | Wagner | Clinical Workshop | Cardiac Murmurs: Benign or Serious? | Thursday, April 18, 2024 |
| Michael | Wagner | Clinical Workshop | Cardiac Murmurs: Benign or Serious? | Friday, April 19, 2024 |
| Michael | Wagner | Clinical Workshop | Cardiac Murmurs: Benign or Serious? | Friday, April 19, 2024 |
| Michael | Wagner | Clinical Skills Center | Ultrasound Portfolio Review | 听 |
BOR Action on Fall 2023 BOG Resolutions
(December 2023) A summary of Board of Regents (BOR) actions on resolutions debated at the Fall 2023 Board of Governors (BOG) meeting is now available. Resolutions initiated by ACP members and endorsed by a chapter council and the BOG become ACP policy when adopted by the BOR.
If you have an idea you would like to suggest to ACP, consider submitting a resolution to your Governor or local ACP chapter. Visit the advocacy section of your ACP chapter website for more information on how to propose a resolution.
2023 Chapter Excellence Award 鈥 Silver Winner
We are pleased to announce that our chapter is in receipt of the Silver Level of the 2023 Chapter Excellence Award! Only 11 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 nineteen Bronze criteria and seventeen 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.
We Request Your Feedback on the Proposed Fall 2023 Board of Governors Resolutions
(August 2023) We would like to request your feedback regarding resolutions that will be considered at the Fall 2023 Board of Governors Meeting. With the exception of Resolution 3-F23 which was accepted as a reaffirmation and will not be debated, please review the balance of the slate and then indicate your support or opposition by completing the resolutions electronic response form by August 30th.
After considering the intent of each resolution and how it fits with the College鈥檚 Mission and Goals, please provide your feedback on each resolution and indicate your support or opposition by completing the electronic response form by August 30. Your input will be used as part of testimony on behalf of the chapter.
Thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to provide comments regarding these resolutions. By providing your feedback on the Board of Governors resolutions, you have helped to shape College policy that impacts the practice of internal medicine.
Congratulations New Chapter Fellows
- Mohamed Faris, MBBCh FACP
- Seetharamprasad Madala, MD FACP
- Nicholas E Perkins, DO FACP
(July 2023) Congratulations to the Chapter's new Fellows. Fellowship in the College is an honor. Being an FACP庐 is a distinction earned from colleagues who recognize your accomplishments and achievements over and above the practice of medicine. The most important considerations for ACP Fellowship are excellence and contributions made to both medicine and to the broader community in which the internal medicine physician lives and practices.
Call for Spring 2024 BOG Resolutions
(July 2023) Are you concerned about a practice or clinical issue or have an idea you'd like to suggest? If so, you might consider submitting a resolution to your Governor or chapter council.听听
Initiating a resolution provides ACP members an opportunity to focus attention at the ACP national level on a particular issue or topic that concerns them. Participating in the Board of Governors resolutions process provides the ACP grassroots member a voice and allows you to shape College policy that impacts the practice of internal medicine.
Not sure how to begin drafting a resolution? Researching the College's position on an issue can give you a start. The recently released ACP Board of Governors Resolutions Guide for ACP Members听is now available to download and will help, too.听The Guide听was created to provide members a short overview of the resolutions process essentials and highlights critical ACP online resources you must use.听听
Once drafted, members must submit resolutions to their Governor and/or chapter council. Chapter council approval to move resolutions forward to ACP national is required. A resolution becomes a resolution of the chapter once the chapter council approves forwarding it to national. If effecting change interests you, the deadline for submitting new resolutions to be heard at the Spring 2024 Board of Governors Meeting is听October 16, 2023.听听
Share your good idea with us. Draft a resolution.
BOR Action on Spring 2023 BOG Resolutions
(June 2023) summary of Board of Regents (BOR) actions听on resolutions debated at the听Spring 2023 Board of Governors (BOG) meeting is now available. Resolutions initiated by ACP members and endorsed by a chapter council and the BOG become ACP policy when adopted by the BOR.
Chapter Members Elected to ACP Fellowship
(March 2023) We would like to congratulate our chapter members on election to Fellow of the 管家婆心水论坛. The distinction recognizes achievements in internal medicine.
Darien Davda, MD FACP
Xinlu Liu, MD FACP
Brittany K Stovall, MD FACP
Samuel G Dozier, MD FACP
Fellowship is elected upon the recommendation of peers and the review of ACP鈥檚 Credentials Subcommittee. They may now use the letters 鈥FACP鈥 after their name in recognition of this honor. Please join me in congratulations!
Chapter Members Elected to ACP Fellowship
(November 2022) We would like to congratulate our chapter members on election to Fellow of the 管家婆心水论坛. The distinction recognizes achievements in internal medicine.
- Alvin Lee Day, MD, FACP
- Adam C. Hughes, DO, FACP
- Christopher M. Wicker, MD, FACP
Fellowship is elected upon the recommendation of peers and the review of ACP鈥檚 Credentials Subcommittee. They may now use the letters 鈥FACP鈥 after their name in recognition of this honor. Please join me in congratulations!