South Carolina Chapter College Awards
South Carolina Receives the 2025 John Tooker Evergreen Award
(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 South Carolina Chapter received the 2025 John Tooker Evergreen Award for their initiative, Ultrathon Conference.
Ultrathon Conference
Attendees demonstrated a significant increase in their comfort level while performing POCUS following the event.
The ACP South Carolina affiliated conference is an event meant for students, residents, attendings, and faculty interested in POCUS. The morning consisted of lectures from the renowned ultrasound faculty. Topics included POCUS in the workplace, POCUS pearls from SC providers, and integrating ultrasound into curriculum and workshops. A friendly ultrasound competition took place in the afternoon. The diverse representation from across the state fostered a sense of collegiality and collaboration within the South Carolina chapter. Senior ACP members appreciated the opportunity to meet and mentor younger members.
Special thanks to this program’s key contributors:
Cara Joseph, MD
Amber Nicole Stroupe, DO, FAAP, FACP
Brittany Stovall, MD, FACP
Justin Durland, MD
Steve Saunders, MBBS, FACP, South Carolina Chapter, Governor
April Koon, South Carolina Chapter, Staff
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.
