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Renee Y. Carter, MD, MPH, FACP
Dr. Carter serves as the official representative of the College for the Virginia Chapter, providing a link between members at the local level and leadership at the national level. To learn more about Dr. Carter, read their bio.
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Chapter Awards
Chapter awards were presented during our annual awards reception. 2024 awards went to: Laureate Award – B. Mitchell Goodman III, MD FACP (EVMS); Community Teaching – Xian Qiao, MD; Early Career Physician – Rebecca E Miller, MD; Paul Florentino Volunteerism Award – Bahar Niknejad, MD; The Dr. George Abraham Diversity, Equity and inclusion (DEI) Advocacy Award - Kavita D Imrit-Thomas, DO FACP. Each year we present academic teaching awards. The Academic Teaching Awardees for 2024 are: Inpatient Internal Medicine Teaching Award – Alexander L Rittenberg, MD; Inpatient Subspecialist Teaching Award – Milly J Kannarkat MD FACP; Outpatient Internal Medicine Teaching Award – Ashutosh Kaushal, MD; Outpatient Subspecialist Teaching Award – William Benjamin Horton, MD FACP; Mentorship Award – Karen M Warburton, MD FACP.
2024 Chapter Excellence Award
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..
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