Maryland Chapter News

2026 Maryland ACP C. Lockard Conley Award

It is with great pleasure that the Maryland ACP Chapter selects Dr. Surendra Marur as the 2026 recipient for the C. Lockard Conley Award. Dr. Marur completed medical school at Kasturba Medical College in Manipal, India, in 1998 and then internal medicine residency at Wayne State University, followed by an MPH at University of Michigan. He served in Michigan as a faculty hospitalist and general internist until 2007, when he moved to Maryland and to GBMC. There, he has become a cornerstone of their residency program—as mentor, teacher, leader, and role model. He serves in multiple roles – that of a teaching hospitalist, primary care physician, associate program director, chair of the Clinical Competency Committee, and director of multiple clinical and educational initiatives. For the past twenty years, he has helped judge at the Maryland ACP resident conference and has contributed meaningfully to our chapter’s Doctor Dilemma Competition. This year, he took over as the director, organizer, and question-editor of our Doctor Dilemma competition, assuming that heavy mantle of responsibility from Dr. Deepak.
Dr. Marur also serves the Editor-in-Chief of JCHIMP, where he champions resident scholarship and publication. He is chairing GBMC’s inaugural Research and Innovation Day, a major initiative to promote academic inquiry and scientific exchange.

Beyond his titles and responsibilities, Dr. Marur is a remarkable educator, known for being approachable, insightful, and always available.

We are very pleased to honor Dr. Marur with the C. Lockard Conley Award.

Chapter Members Presenting at Internal Medicine Meeting 2026

(February 2026) We are proud to recognize our chapter members who will serve as faculty presenters at ACP’s Internal Medicine Meeting 2026, taking place this April in San Francisco, California.

First	Last	Topic	Course Code	Date	Start Time	End Time	Format
Timothy	Niessen	Mastering the Bedside Clinical Exam	CSBCE				Clinical Skills Center
Timothy	Niessen	Ultrasound Controversy: Is the Physical Exam Obsolete?	PN 001	Friday, April 17, 2026	2:45 PM	3:45 PM	Panel
Mihir	Patel	Demystifying Obesity Medicine for Primary Care Physicians	CW 006	Thursday, April 16, 2026	7:00 AM	8:00 AM	Clinical Workshop

Congratulations to Steven Kravet on National Award

(December 2025) We are pleased to announce that Steven J Kravet, MD MBA MACP is the recipient of Mastership.

Mastership (MACP®)

ACP Bylaws state that MACPs shall be Fellows who have been selected because of “integrity, impact in practice or in medical research, or other attainments in science or in the art of medicine.” MACPs must be highly accomplished persons demonstrating impact in practice, leadership, health policy, or in medical research. Evidence of their achievements can come from many types of endeavors, such as renown within their field and/or ACP chapter, positions of honor, research, education, health care initiatives, volunteerism, administrative positions, care of patients, and service to their community. ACP involvement is highly valued though not required. ACP involvement may include, for example, service to the College in an official capacity, participation in chapter activities, participation in College committees, and involvement in the development of College educational programs.

Please join me in congratulating them and celebrating this accomplishment at Internal Medicine Meeting 2026 in San Francisco, California. To view the full list of national awardees, click here.

Congratulations New Chapter Fellows

Farah S Hasin, MBBS FACP
Nahar Saleh, MD FACP
Lauren E Berninger, DO FACP
Aaron J Charles, MD FACP
Gino M Freeman, MD FACP
Adrien L Janvier, MD PhD FACP
Fern M Jeffries, MD FACP
Thomas C Laskow, MD FACP
Iris Leviner, MD FACP
Gregory M Lucas, MD FACP
Lakshmi Meenakshisundaram, MBBS FACP
Elizabeth Menachery, MD FACP
Corina C Nava Suarez, MD FACP
William S Queale, MD FACP
Antoinette F Newman, MD FACP
Farhan A Shah, MD FACP
Mahyar Toofantabrizi FACP

(December 2025) Congratulations to the Chapter's new Fellows. Fellowship in the College is an honor. Being an FACP® 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.

2025 Chapter Excellence Award-Gold Level Winner

(September 2025) We are pleased to announce that our chapter is in receipt of the Gold Level of the 2025 Chapter Excellence Award! The award recognizes truly extraordinary chapters that surpass excellence in chapter management. We are in the company of 68 other outstanding chapters. In order to achieve the Gold Level of the Chapter Excellence Award, chapters must meet 22 Bronze criteria, 12 Silver criteria and 25 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.

Congratulations New Chapter Fellows

Danielle Y Baek, MD FACP
Nicholaus J Christian, MD FACP
Hasan Imanli, MD FACP
Jennie Y Law, MD FACP

(July 2025) Congratulations to the Chapter's new Fellows. Fellowship in the College is an honor. Being an FACP® 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.

Maryland Chapter Receives the 2025 John Tooker Evergreen Award

2025 Evergreen Awards Winner Logo (May 2025) The John Tooker Evergreen Awards Program provides recognition and visibility to chapters that have successfully implemented programs to increase membership, improve communication, encourage member involvement, enhance diversity, foster careers in internal medicine or improve chapter management. The Maryland Chapter received the 2025 John Tooker Evergreen Award for their initiative, Connecting and Supporting Through Stories: Monthly Story Swaps.

Connecting and Supporting Through Stories: Monthly Story Swap

Our newly created Wellness Committee identified social isolation as a concern for our members. Aware of the cohesion benefit of sharing personal stories and modeling on a popular Baltimore storytelling event, we created our own virtual story telling event.

We have hosted a total of 18 story swaps since the program’s inception with over 400 different individuals participating at least once. Starting in 2023, the wellness event allows attendees to discuss a particular issue, providing a venue for story tellers to feel empowered, supported, and heard regardless of their career trajectory. Since that time, there have been many varied themes selected from “Signature Strength at Work” to last month’s “We are in this Together.

Special thanks to this program’s key contributors:

Hari Devkota, MD, Maryland Chapter, Wellbeing Committee Chair

2025 Maryland ACP C. Lockard Conley Award

The Maryland ACP is very pleased to announce that the winner of the C. Lockard Conley Award for 2025 is Dr. Ravitej KhunKhun. Ravi completed his undergraduate studies at York College in New York City; his medical school education at Saba University School of Medicine; and his internal medicine training at Harbor Hospital in Baltimore. He also served as the Chief Resident for that program under the tutelage of his program director, Dr. Richard Williams. He currently serves as the program director at Sinai Hospital in Baltimore, as well as the director of the innovative AI clerkship at Sinai for the George Washington School of Medicine, Sinai’s GW Internal Medicine clerkship, and the Johns Hopkins internal medicine clerkship at Sinai. During his off- time, he works as a hospitalist at Sinai Hospital.

Though he is early in his career, he is well on his way towards becoming a master clinician educator. He has developed a medical simulation and point of care ultrasound curriculum for his residents and students, and he serves as a member of the executive leadership team for the Clinical Problem Solvers Virtual Morning Report, a podcast that has gained international notoriety and acclaim, with over 50,000 listeners.

He served as Co-director of the Mid-Atlantic ACP Board Review course over the past three years in collaboration with his colleague, Dr. Janaki Deepak. Ravi has won multiple teaching awards from residents at Sinai Hospital, and this year was the recipient of the Johns Hopkins Institute for Excellence in Education Teaching award for part-time faculty. He has been active in conducting podcasts for trainees on important topics and in medical education and has helped moderate literally hundreds of virtual morning report sessions.

He has been viewed as a role model and mentor to students and residents and has contributed to our chapter in terms of lecturing at the Maryland Chapter’s annual scientific meetings as well as serving as a faculty judge at the Mulholland & Moller resident conference for over a decade.

We are pleased to present this year's award to Dr. Ravi Khunkhun.

Congratulations New Chapter Fellows

Shabbir A Choudhry, MD FACP
Khalid Hajjir, MD FACP
Raena J Hariharan, MD FACP
Mohammed I Abdel-Rahim, DO FACP
Erin M Hansen, MD FACP
Sumedha Nallamothu, MD FACP
Orighomisan Pessu, MD FACP
Bamlak G Haile, MD FACP
Dilli R Poudel, MD FACP
Farshid Fargahi, MD FACP
Ahmad Busaileh, MD FACP
Chen Rong Phang, MD FACP
Joseph J Aleo Jr, MD FACP
Sama Alreddawi, MD FACP
Claudiu Austin, MD FACP
Charu Maheshwary, MBBS FACP
Sheena Moorthy, MBBS FACP
Michael Serlin, MD FACP

(April 2025) Congratulations to the Chapter's new Fellows. Fellowship in the College is an honor. Being an FACP® 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.

Congratulations to Drs. Afrookteh and Chow on National Awards

(October 2024) We are pleased to announce that Ali J Afrookteh, MD MACP is the recipient of Mastership. Robert T Chow, MD MACP is the recipient of the Faith T. Fitzgerald Award for Outstanding Educator of Residents and Fellows.

The first MACP in the College was presented in 1923 to Dr. James M. Anders, who served the College as President for two terms. He was recognized for extraordinary service to the College and for being one of the most outstanding internists and medical teachers of his day.

The Faith T. Fitzgerald Award for Outstanding Educator of Residents and Fellows recognizes an ACP member who is a distinguished educator who spends a significant amount of time teaching residents and fellows.

Please join me in congratulating them and celebrating this accomplishment at Internal Medicine Meeting 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana. To view the full list of national awardees, click here.

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

(August 2024) We are excited to announce the launch of our Advocacy Toolkit: 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.

Module Highlights

Physician as Advocate

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.

Legislative Advocacy

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.

Print Media Advocacy

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.

Social Media Advocacy

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.

Audio Media Advocacy

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.

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.

Toolkit: Using Your Voice As A Physician Advocate

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.

Together, let's make a difference!

Happy Anniversary to our Chapter Members!

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5 Years

Kevin A Rossiter, MD FACP
Adriana C Maldonado-Brem, MD
Stephen Creekmore, MD
Norman M Dy, MD FACP
Raman B Kaneria, MD
Faheem Younus, FACP MBBS
Grant H Louie, MD
Liaqat Ali, MD
Rachel B Levine, MD
Haritha Pendli, MBBS
Jonathan B Cohen, MD FACP
Biruk Tafesse Amare, MD
Ali H Alsayed Hussain, MD
Keshav Khanijow, MD
Christelle Judith Nong Libend, MD
Serena M Ogunwole, MD FACP
Julie Vaughn, MD
Michael U Brady, MD
Shahabuddin Soherwardi, MD FACP
Forster Chhean, MD
Mark E Sutherland, MD
Mustafa Khaliqi, MD
Donald Breakey
Jesse L McDermeit, MD
Bobby V Mathew, MD
Aseem Sood, MD
Durotimi D Ayodeji, MD
Lindsey Macnabb, MD
Deborah Alema-Mensah
Khalid Hajjir
Yuliya Nemchenko
Rahul R Bhoite, MBBS FACP
Muhammad Z Malik, MD
Dima Hnoosh, MD FACP
Basak Saracoglu, MD
Jeffrey Gerbino, MD
Michael Neri, MD
Jessica Lee, MD
Joanna M Saba, MD
Gina Riccardi, MD
Christopher Haas, MD PhD FACP
Carly Gordon, MD
Eric A Ritter, MD
Shabbir A Choudhry, MD
Nirav G Shah, MD

10 Years

Mohammad E Oreizi-Esfahani, MD FACP
Anthea E Nwandu, MD FACP
Roobila Naz, FACP MBBS MD
Heather N Lorenzo, MD FACP
Danny E Lee, MD FACP
Karl H Quist-Therson, MBChB
Marsha R Shaw, MD FACP
Shoshana Jo Weiner, MD FACP
Natalie M Branagan, MD FACP
Jane G Gwira, MD FACP
Chinedu O Ejike, MD FACP
Asima Rahman, MD FACP
Nargiz Muganlinskaya, MD FACP
Yordanka Y Kirkova, MD
Omar Syed Ahmad, MD FACP
Sunita Sharma, MBBS FACP
Nathan Gray, MD FACP
Michael Isaac Ellenbogen
Hom Nath Pant, MD FACP
Lekshmi Narayan Raghavakurup, MBBS
Ashley Kinder, MD FACP
Abiy A Aregawi, MD FACP
Meng Y Wang, MD
Bhuwan Kayastha, MBBS FACP
John M Lee, MD
Mary Grace S. Tanguilan, MD
Reuben E Abraham, MD
James A Clyne, DO
Sara Mixter, MD
Barakelle G Haile, MD
Adam R Berliner, MD
Ujwal Thapa, MD

15 Years

Krishna Gandotra, MD
Linda A Lee, MD FACP
Mini A Panikar, MD FACP
Stuart M Levine, MD FACP
Craig L Gold, DO
Stephen M Sozio, MD FACP
Erica N Johnson, MD FACP
Navara Malayaman, MD FACP
Michael A Grasso, FACP MD PhD
Hawa Massaquoi Osime, MD
Jekaterina Tretyakov, MD FACP
Andre S Colaco, MD
Shams T Quazi, MD FACP
Manish Dhiraj Shah, MD
J Kevin Lynch, MD FACP
Norman F Retener, MD FACP
Ravindra Karmarkar, MD FACP

20 Years

Pankaj R Desai, MD FACP
Kamalendra N Mondal, MD
Jonathan M Zenilman, MD FACP
Kimberly S Peairs, MD FACP
Cielito M Aguinaldo, MD FACP
Jennifer L Hayashi, MD
Maria E Romero, MD
Deepnarayan Tiwarri, MD
Joseph M Fuscaldo, MD FACP
Leonard S Feldman, MD FACP
Shaista U Ahmed, MBBS FACP
Rabin K Shrestha, MBBS
Taana Pradip Viviano, MD
Shahriar Amin, MD FACP
Philip E Shaheen, MD
Christopher C Costa, MD FACP
Camille Tawil, MD FACP
Alice Lee, MD FACP
Regina M Gan-Carden, MD FACP
Rachelle A Smith, MD
Himani Singh Shishodia, MD
Nayantara M Mendonca, MD
Robert Aldo Paz, MD

(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’re proud that you’ve chosen us as your professional home, and we’re committed to remaining by your side—advocating for and supporting your professional journey.

2024 John Tooker Evergreen Awards

(April 2024) The John Tooker Evergreen Awards Program provides opportunities to recognize the valuable contributions of ACP Chapters as they strive to enrich, educate, and engage membership. In 2024, ACP recognized ten winning chapters. Our Chapter received the 2024 John Tooker Evergreen Award for our initiative, CRAB Soccer Tournament

CRAB Soccer Tournament

In 2014, our Chief Residents Association of Baltimore (CRAB) proposed a soccer tournament with teams from each residency program in Maryland. The goals were to promote well-being through physical activity, foster camaraderie among residents from different programs, and with the Maryland ACP Chapter. The tournament has grown each year and is now one of the most important events our chapter hosts. We encourage non-soccer players to come and enjoy dinner, cheer on others, and post on social media. By 2023, 100 residents and family members were in attendance with 7 teams.

For more information on the John Tooker Evergreen Awards, contact Dana Acord.

We are pleased to announce that our chapter is in receipt of the Gold Level of the 2023 Chapter Excellence Award! The award recognizes truly extraordinary chapters that surpass excellence in chapter management. We are in the company of 54 other outstanding chapters. In order to achieve the Gold Level of the Chapter Excellence Award, chapters must meet nineteen Bronze criteria, seventeen 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.

First CRAB Meeting – A Wonderful Kick-off to 23-24!

(August 2023) Our first Chief Residents Association of Baltimore (CRAB) hosted another successful kick-off to 23-24. Thanks to all of our CRAB members who were able to attend the meeting/dinner on Thursday evening. We are sharing a picture with you of our attendees. Great company & great food – what could be better?

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We were able to accomplish much and would like to share some with you for your calendar.

Our first and most important item was the election of our new CRAB co-chairs – Drs. Omer Bajwa (AAMC); Maria Martinez Cruz (MHIM); Cydney Nguyen (UMMC/VA); and Sravanti Barla (St. Agnes Hospital). We also have Chiefs who have kindly volunteered to assist with Twitter (Dr. Shiavax Rao) and Instagram (Dr. Pooja Patel).

Please share these dates and chapter activities with your residents and faculty:

Soccer Tournament – September 28, 6:00 PM, Brooklyn Park Youth Fields (See the flyer attached). Which residency program will emerge as the victors this year?
Volunteerism Activity –September 18, 6:30 PM at St. Leo’s Church in Little Italy, MD. Making sandwiches for the homeless for Beans & Bread. All are welcome!
Bocce Ball & Pizza – Welcome to Baltimore – September 30, 11:00 to 12:30 – Bocce Ball Courts in LI – for residents & students, sponsored by our IMG committee -- Come for the Game & Tips about settling in to B’More.
Melting Potluck Dinner – Thursday, December 7, 6:30 PM - St. Agnes Auditorium – Presentation: Financial Contract & Negotiations – Graduate Budget 101 - – Please bring a dish to share and we hope a few people will share a story about a holiday tradition too after the formal presentation.
Acupuncture Workshop – October 28, 2023, 8:30 AM – 12:30 PM –VA Loch Raven MD – Detailed info available in September. Dr. Xiangrong Shao and Sayed Khan will teach us some basic techniques in a hands-on workshop
Doctors Dilemma Contest – January 27, 1:15 to 5:00 PM at Turf Valley, or better yet, join us for the whole ACP Maryland Chapter Meeting Friday January 26-Saturday January 27. Great talks, and residents and students join for free.
Mulholland Mohler Residents Meeting – Thursday, May 9, 2024 at St. Agnes Hospital, 8:00 Registration

There were many suggestions for future activities and our CRAB co-chairs will be meeting in September to discuss which events they would like to move forward with. Look for information after this meeting.

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’s 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

Simona C Eng, DO FACP
Sonal Gandhi, MD FACP
Saumitra Kant, MD FACP
Hamid Kiabayan, MD FACP

(July 2023) Congratulations to the Chapter's new Fellows. Fellowship in the College is an honor. Being an FACP^® 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.

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 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.

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 October 16, 2023.

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 on resolutions debated at the 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.

MD ACP Photos of Interest to you!

(June 2023) The MD ACP has been very active during the last few months. Our committees have been meeting and we have several photos that we wanted to share with you. Please be sure to look at the following from some of these events including the IMM2023 in San Diego, new Senior group, Leadership Day at the Capital, and our Visual Arts at Vacarro's.

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Another Amazing MM Residents Meeting - A Day to Celebrate Our Residents!

(May 2023) Another amazing and wonderful MD ACP Mulholland Mohler Residents meeting was held on May 11. Our goal of having a GREAT event for our residents was once again achieved. Just a small way to show our appreciation to them.

We also want to take this opportunity to send a few thanks to some special folks:

Thanks to …

Dr. Sapna Kuehl and all of her folks at St. Agnes Hospital, including the award-winning Karen Reyes and Dr. Surendra Sapkota who took all of the beautiful pictures from the event.

Our Judge Leaders and ALL of our Judges with over 40 in attendance and their participation at this event.

Dr. Dobbin Chow who was our “Commissioner” for the day making sure that all ran smoothly.

Our 2 moderators, Drs. Dave Weisman and Christopher Haas, who made sure that the oral sessions ran smoothly and amazingly on time.

Our students from SAH who were able to assist over 182 research and poster presenters to locate and set up their boards for presentations.

All of the Chiefs at our area programs who not only participated in the Chief Resident competition by acting as judges but also made sure that we had a wonderful Profiles in Excellence video.

And thanks to all of our programs for being part of the complicated but efficient system we have for this meeting.

Photos from the 2023 Mulholland Mohler Meeting

List of Winners

Looking forward to another wonderful year for 2024. Please view the list of awardees and please be sure to send your congratulations to them!

Colleen Christmas, MD, FACP
ACP Governor, Maryland Chapter

Chapter Members Elected to ACP Fellowship

(March 2023) We would like to congratulate our chapter members on election to Fellow of the American College of Physicians. The distinction recognizes achievements in internal medicine.

Robert J Degrazia Jr, MD FACP

Christopher Haas, MD PhD FACP

Dima Hnoosh, MD FACP

Maximilian Konig, MD FACP

Sumon Roy, MD FACP

Swaroop Shanker, MBBS FACP

Niloofar Yahyapourjalaly, MD FACP

Pamela Aung, MD FACP

Mona K Gahunia, DO FACP

Sameer Tajudden Shaik Abdul, MD FACP

Shahabuddin Soherwardi, MD FACP

Fellowship is elected upon the recommendation of peers and the review of ACP’s Credentials Subcommittee. They may now use the letters “FACP” after their name in recognition of this honor. Please join me in congratulations!

Later Career and Retirement Chapter Survey

Our Chapter continues to look at ways to better serve all of our membership - from our students to those who hold senior membership in our chapter. Historically, many of our efforts have aimed to support trainees and early career physicians, but we recognize that every phase of life brings gifts as well as challenges.

We'd love your ideas about the roles and programs a Senior Membership Committee could play for chapter members. Please complete this very brief survey, and feel free to reach out to me at colleenchristmas9@gmail.com at any time with thoughts about this or any other aspect of our chapter you'd like to share! Thanks in advance!

Complete the Survey

Williams Student Conference – Amazing Attendance and Workshops!

The Williams Student Conference was held on Saturday, February 18th^th and was another informative event for all who attended and participated. We were pleased to see everyone from our poster participants, IronMed residents, Student Dilemma, judges, Story Slam students and presenters. We had over 60 students and 8 Faculty registered for this workshop. It included a number of activities from a research and clinical vignette poster competition (15 entries), IronMed competition (Drs. K T Thomesen and John Dang from WR), presentations on How to be a Good Clinician by Dr. Sara Mixter, and 7 Habits of Highly Effective Intern by Dr. Sam Kant, and Five Minute Moment (Focus on Behavior Changes) by Dr. Zoobia Wazir Chaudhry.

Thanks to all of our Faculty – Drs. Janaki Deepak, Colleen Christmas, Dobbin Chow, Richard Williams, George Lawrence, Ravitej KhunKhun, Sam Kant, Sara Mixter, Zoobia Wazir Chaudhry, K.T. Thomesen, John Dang, CRAB co-chairs Dr. Sneha Thomas and Andrew Kithasl.

Thanks to our Story Slam presenters – Ahmad Sayeed and Carolina Lopez-Silva!

We hope that you will take the time to look at the pictures which highlight this amazing event for our students.

Congrats to the following Students who are the 2023 Award Winners from this event:

Iron Med Competition

1^st Place – Cassandra Seifert (UMSOM)

2^nd Place – Larissa Sidze (SAH)

Research

1^st Place – Omar Ahmed (UMSOM)

2^nd Place – Urjita Das (UMSOM)

Clinical Vignettes

1^st Place – Radhika Gholap - UMSOM

2^nd Place – Peter Alexander - SGA/Midtown

Student Dilemma

1^st Place – University of Maryland/Midtown Team 2 – Ahmad Sayeed, Hanif Benoit, Mia Trimingham, Crystal Njoku

2^nd Place – Johns Hopkins – Andy Lancaster, Carolina Lopez-Silva

3rd Place – University of Maryland/Midtown Team 3- Subash Acharya, Tyler Nolan, Ahmed Hassan, Sarah Hossain

Special Monetary Awards

Student Achievement Award for Attendance at MD ACP activities 2022/2023 – Ahmad Sayeed

Award for demonstration of exceptional commitment to clinical excellence - Charnice Charmant

2023 Doctor's Dilemma Recap

(February 2023) We were once again impressed with our Doctor's Dilemma® contest held at our Chapter meeting over the weekend. We had 11 teams - 6 heats with over 250 questions answered in the process, 15 judges this year, and several hardworking Chief Residents and Students who were able to adapt to our situation effortlessly.

We are pleased to note that Johns Hopkins Broadway was our first place winner (Drs. Ayotola Fatola, Abhi Gami, Michael Rose, and Olive Tang). Our finalists included Sinai Hospital (2nd place) with Drs. Rishabh Bansal, Paul Dy, Rao Hashim, Devvrat Yadav (Alt. Nymisha Boddeti, and Ayesha Zahid, and in 3rd place for Johns Hopkins Bayview were Drs. Sunwoo Park, Anna Shah, Daniel Thomas and Meiyappan (Karthik) Udayappan. Congratulations to all of the teams that participated in this year's contest including an all-PGY-1 team from our state’s newest residency program at TidalHealth Peninsula! It was a joy to witness the incredible knowledge, but just as much joy to watch the camaraderie and sportsmanship of all who were part of the activity. We are delighted to have the strong support of all of our programs in this contest.

Thanks to the following:

The Judges and Moderators who spent their Saturday afternoon ensuring that the contest was run in an above-board and fair fashion.

CRAB members, co-chairs and some amazing students who manned the buzzers, kept score and made sure that the grid for the contest all went smoothly.

Our IronMed chief residents from Walter Reed who spent much time to make the questions both informative and interesting!

Kudos to Ironmed Winners:

This year, our IronMed Competition ended in a tie with Drs. Laxman Wagle (St. Agnes Ascensio) and Meiyappan (Karthik) Udayappan (Johns Hopkins/Bayview).

FINALLY and most importantly:

Big thanks to Dr. Janaki Deepak who back in October begins the process of developing questions and making sure that the meeting is run perfectly – we could not do this without her! It is a bear to organize, as you can imagine, and Janaki does so with skill and love. Dr. Hameem Kawsar was also key in ensuring questions were of the highest quality, and indeed they were.

So, it takes a village to run Doctor's Dilemma, but thank goodness we have the greatest of all villages to work with here in our Maryland ACP chapter!

Photos from this event are shown below. We look forward to seeing everyone in 2024!

Fall 2022 Chapter Activities Recap

Our annual Mulholland Mohler Residents meeting drew over 250 poster and oral submissions. Maryland residents are crushing it!
With the start of the new academic year we celebrated leaders from our chapter with a student dinner and CRAB (Chief Residents At Baltimore and Maryland) dinner.
The IMG committee held its first official meeting in August. Co-chairs Dr. Aseem Sood from University of Maryland Midtown Campus and Dr. Ravitej Khun Khun from Sinai Hospital are looking for IMG members who would be interested in being part of our current and future activities especially outside of the Baltimore metro area. Please be sure to contact Maryellen, our Chapter staff, at mew4work@aol.com, if you are interested in joining this group or any other committees.
We established new committees for Wellness (led by Dr. Hari Devkota) and Volunteerism (led by Dr. Panagis Galiatsatos). Please let Maryellen know if you are interested in joining these or any other chapter committees!
We nominated 8 colleagues for national ACP awards. We are so proud to have so many wonderful individuals as members of our Chapter. Congratulations to award winners:

Mastership – Sanjay Desai, MD, MACP and Stephen Sisson, MD, MACP

Alvin R. Feinstein Memorial Award – Daniel J. Morgan, MD

Past Chapter Events

We hosted a workshop on a Physician’s Perspective on Gun Control (hosted by our WIM committee) led by Dr. Nargiz Muganlinskaya and Dr. Sapna Kuehl in collaboration with the IMG, Diversity, and Early Career Physicians committees. Be sure to view the YouTube link for this informative workshop including a presentation by Dr. Andrew McGlone, Executive Medical Director, Primary Care and Community Medicine at Luminis Health as well as an ACP Senior Associate for Legislative Affairs, Mr. Jared Frost.
Our CRAB committee hosted a Residents’ Soccer Tournament with 80 residents participating from six local residency programs. Congrats to the 1st place winners – University of Maryland/VA, and 2nd place – Ascension St. Agnes.
Our amazing co-chairs, Drs. Kim Adkins and Erica Johnson, also took part in a Diversity & Equity workshop in collaboration with the DC and Virginia chapters on November 2nd.
Financial Planning Workshop Presented in Collaboration with the Maryland Society of Hospital Medicine
November 16, 2022
Chapter Meeting January 27-28, 2023
Meeting theme: Tools to Thriving in Medicine’s New World

To learn about upcoming chapter events, please go to the chapter website

Nuts & Bolts of Poster/Abstract Writing Workshop Recap

(February 2023) We had a very informative and well implemented Nuts & Bolts of Poster/Abstract Writing workshop. Thanks to all of our presenters who gave of their valuable time to allow us to present this informative workshop. It was amazing!

The recorded presentation can be viewed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMyr8pYZ8X0.

Looking forward to seeing all of this good information put to use with our Williams Student Workshop on February 18th at Midtown Towers and the Mulholland Mohler Residents meeting on May 11th at St. Agnes Hospital. Meeting information and registration can be found on the chapter website.

CRAB Advisory Group

Chapter Members Elected to ACP Fellowship

(November 2022) We would like to congratulate our chapter members on election to Fellow of the American College of Physicians. The distinction recognizes achievements in internal medicine.

Alicia I. Arbaje, MD, FACP
Rahul Bhoite MBBS, FACP
Serena M. Ogunwole, MD, FACP