Delaware Chapter Governor-elect Election Candidates
Voting Information
Voting for the next Governor-elect begins September 26, 2025, and concludes on November 7, 2025.
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Please review the Governor-elect candidate bios and statements below. When you are ready to vote, return to your election email and follow instructions to cast your ballot!
Himani R. Divatia, DO, FACP
To learn more about Dr. Divatia, read their biosketch below.
Justin Eldridge, MD, FACP
To learn more about Dr. Eldridge, read their biosketch below.
Candidate Bios
Candidate Statement: The DE Chapter of ACP has served as my professional home for over a decade, providing invaluable education, networking, service, and advocacy through a vast array of opportunities. This foundation has built my own expertise with the structure and functions of the local chapter. Additionally, as a physician leader in a large independent academic health system, I bring over 10 years of leadership experience in systems thinking, organizational behavior, daily operations, and strategic planning. Having served on various local and national committees participating in state and national leadership trainings, I feel equipped to further the chapter's longstanding success. As a dual-board certified, clinically relevant, community-oriented, and human-centered Internist, I aim to expand membership, enhance development opportunities, strengthen advocacy efforts, and foster community collaborations. As a servant leader, I look forward to the prospect of uniting common causes, activating new champions, and aligning with the mission and vision of the ACP.
Medical School Education: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Post-Doctoral Training: ChristianaCare/Nemours Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Residency
Board Certifications: American Board of Internal Medicine; American Board of Pediatrics
Present Employment Position:Associate Designated Institutional Official, ChristianaCare
ACP Chapter and Leadership Activities: Co-Chair, Women in Medicine Committee; Governor's Advisory Council; Member, Early Career Physician's Committee; Poster and Presentation Judge, Scientific Meeting
ACP National Activities: Fellowship 2017; ACP Representative, AAP Congenital Heart Defects (CHD) Awareness Among HealthCare Clinicians Project
Other Appointments/Activities: Chair, Graduate Medical Education Committee, ChristianaCare since 2025; Faculty Lead, Resident Quality and Safety Council, ChristianaCare since 2023; Co-Chair, Patient Experience Provider Communication Subcommittee, ChristianaCare 2023-2024; Education Committee, Physician Leader Network, ChristianaCare since 2024; Co-Chair, AAP Section on Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Physician Health and Wellness Committee since 2015; Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, Sidney Kimmel Medical College since 2017; Participant, Health Management Academy Physician Leadership Program 2023-2024; Fellow, Leadership Delaware, Inc 2022
Areas of Professional Interest and Expertise: Medical Education Leadership; Professionalism and Communication; Patient Safety
Candidate Statement: The ACP has been my professional home for Internal Medicine ever since I was a third-year medical student deciding on a career in internal medicine and pediatrics. The breadth of experiences I have had at the Delaware ACP, from attending community volunteering events, to chairing the DE Chapter Scientific meeting, to attending Leadership Day in Washington, DC and leading the section of Early Career Physicians has provided great insight to the vibrancy and impact of local chapters. My experience working first as a primary care physician at a community health center, to my current position teaching residents and medical students at a major teaching hospital seeing children and adults, but also specializing in complex primary care for adults special healthcare needs has provided a breadth of clinical experience that highlights how we can foster a stronger medical community but also provide great healthcare and adequately advocate for our patients.
Medical School Education: Jefferson Medical College
Post-Doctoral Training: Combined Internal Medicine and Pediatrics Residency, Brown University at Rhode Island Hospital and Hasbro Children’s Hospital
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine; Pediatrics
Present Employment Position: Academic Faculty, Primary Care
ACP Chapter and Leadership Activities:Lead, Early Career Physician Section, Governor’s Advisory Council 2020-2025; Scientific Meeting Planning Committee 2020-2022; Earth Day Cleanup Events 2023 & 2025; Holiday Community Service Events 2023 & 2024
ACP National Activities: Fellowship 2014; ACP Leadership Day 2021-2023 & 2025
Other Appointments/Activities: Board Member, Wilmington-New Castle Pediatrics Association; Board Member, Delaware Medical Education Foundation; Board Member, Delaware Foundation for Medical Services
Areas of Professional Interest and Expertise: Resident and Student education; Care of Adults With Special Healthcare Needs; Primary Care and Community Health
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