North Carolina Chapter Governor-elect Election Candidates
Voting Information
Voting for the next Governor-elect begins September 26, 2025, and concludes on November 7, 2025.
Eligible voting members (MACPs, FACPs, Members, and 2-year Resident/Fellow Members with an elect date of 9/1/2023 or earlier) will receive an election email containing their unique and personal voting credentials to vote online.
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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!
Paul R. Chelminski, MD, MPH, FACP
To learn more about Dr. Chelminski, read their biosketch below.
Scott L. Furney, MD, FACP
To learn more about Dr. Furney, read their biosketch below.
Candidate Bios
Candidate Statement: Physicians have a precious opportunity and obligation to practice the Golden Rule in everything they do and at all times. This duty applies first and foremost to patients but it is also inextricably entwined with an apprenticeship profession that requires constant role modeling and nurturing of students and physicians in training. It is therefore a community and humanistic endeavor. Internists are at the forefront of care that combines science and humanism for the broadest spectrum of people. I seek to be elected to the ACP Board of Governors as someone with a longstanding practice and academic ethos that seeks to strengthen our community of patient-focused physicians in the high stakes clinical and educational environments we lead.
Medical School Education: UNC Chapel Hill
Post-Doctoral Training: UNC School of Public Health; UNC Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research
Board Certifications: American Board of Internal Medicine
Present Employment Position: Professor of Medicine, UNC School of Medicine
ACP Chapter and Leadership Activities: Well-being Leader; Well-being Champion; Presenter, Doctor’s Lounge, GA ACP and NC ACP; Coordinator, Doctor’s Lounge, GA ACP and NC ACP; Governor’s Council; Story Slam Presenter, Annual Scientific Session; Poster Judge, Annual Scientific Session
ACP National Activities: Fellowship 2006; Invited and Peer-Reviewed National Workshop, Moral Distress in Medicine 2024 & 2025; Fellowship Sponsor
Other Appointments/Activities: Freedom House Recovery Center; Hurricane Helene Response (working in rural NC emergency department) 2025; Staff Physician, Medicine, UNC Hospitals; Staff Physician (emergency department, one three-day weekend a month), UNC Pardee Hospital, Hendersonville, NC
Areas of Professional Interest and Expertise: 1) Teaching medical professionalism with a focus on the humanities as a bulwark for strengthening professional identity; 2) Physician well-being with the emphasis of patients being a primary source of professional fulfillment; 3) Intersection of chronic pain, substance use disorder and mental health
Candidate Statement: I am honored to be considered for the position of Governor of the North Carolina Chapter of the American College of Physicians. ACP has been my professional home for my whole career and I have dedicated much of my career in service of ACP. I was honored to receive the ACP Laureate Award in 2019 from the North Carolina Chapter in honor of that service. I have also served on a number of other Boards, which provides me with experience in navigating complex organizational challenges. I was President of the Mecklenburg County Medical Society in 2018, having completed service on their board as Director, Treasurer and Secretary. Honoring our legacy and tradition, I will continue to push the state chapter to serve its members to the best of our ability. I would be honored to serve as your Governor.
Medical School Education: University of Michigan
Post-Doctoral Training: University of Michigan
Board Certifications: American Board of Internal Medicine
Present Employment Position: Vice Dean of Academic Affairs, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Charlotte Campus
ACP Chapter and Leadership Activities: Councilor 2012-2021; Treasurer since 2021
ACP National Activities: Fellowship 2004
Other Appointments/Activities: Chairman, Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Charlotte Campus; Vice President, Academic Operations, Atrium Health
Areas of Professional Interest and Expertise: Educational Administration; Medical Consultation; Medical Education
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