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2024 Chapter Awards

Congratulations to the following California Chapters awardees:

Southern Region I

Stephen W. Hosea, MD, Laureate Award
Ron Ben-Ari, MD, FACP, Laureate Award
Darryl Y. Sue, MD, FACP, Laureate Award
Stephen W. Hosea, MD, Teaching Impact Award
Thomas Y. Tom, MD, FACP, Student Mentor Impact Award
William Carroll, MD, FACP,  Advocacy Impact Award
Pei-Hsuan Li, DO, Student Internist Award
Sara Kang, MD, Student Internist Award
Priscilla Salas, MD, Student Internist Award
Leslie Ojeaburu, MD, Student Internist Award
 

Southern Region II

Michael Ulrich, MD, FACP, Laureate Award
Deborah Stottlemyer, MD, MACP, Woman Physician of the Year Award
Adewale Ajumobi, MD, FACP, Distinguished Teacher/Mentor
Almira Yang, MD, Early Career Physician Award
Maria Barsky, MD, Early Career Physician Award
Kelly Downey, MD, FACP, Chapter Advocacy Award
Roman Felix, MD, Resident/Fellow Award
Jeffrey Jones, Medical Student Award

Southern Region III

Joel C. Diamant, MD, MACP, Laureate Award
Simerjot K. Jassal, MD, MACP, Laureate Award
Charles J. Hamori, MD, FACP, Governor's Distinguished Service Award
Brian K. Kwan, MD, FACP, All California Chapters Outstanding Mentor Award    
Howard V. Williams, MD, MACP, Outstanding Mentor Award
Eric B. Dahms, MD, FACP, Outstanding Community Service and Volunteerism
Michelle C. Higginson, MD, FACP, Outstanding Women Leaders of Impact and Influence in Medicine
Natalie Colaneri, MD, Outstanding Women Leaders of Impact and Influence in Medicine    
Biraj D. Shah, MD, FACP, Distinguished Teacher Award
Unnati Sampat, MBBS, FACP, Distinguished Advocacy Award
Vineet Gupta, MD, SFHM, FACP, IMIG Physician of the Year Award
Paul J. Han, MD, FACP, Trailblazer Award
Kaishauna Lashae Guidry, MD, Trailblazer Award
Umer Hayyat, MD, FACP, IMG Physician of the Year Award
Sean Kenmore, MD, FACP, Outstanding Early Career Physician Award
William T. Tseng, MD, FACP, Distinguished Advocacy Award
Kathleen Maguire, MD, Resident/Fellow Award
Eric Tran, DO, Resident/Fellow Award    
Emily A. Margolin, MDCM, Resident/Fellow Award    
Emily Chong, Outstanding Medical Student Award
Irene Li, Outstanding Medical Student Award
Tyler B. Woodell, MD, Outstanding Mentor Award

2025 Chapter Excellence Award

We are pleased to announce that California Northern, California Southern 1, California Southern 2, and California Southern 3 are all recipients of the Gold Level of the 2025 Chapter Excellence Award! This is the highest chapter recognition with ACP. 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.