Congratulations to Dr. William C Cushman on National Award
(October 2024) We are pleased to announce that William C Cushman, MD MACP is the recipient of Mastership.
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.
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.
Congratulations New Chapter Fellows
- Arslan Kahloon, MD FACP
- Joshua A Morris, DO FACP
- Snigdha S Priyadarshi, MBBS FACP
(September 2024) 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.
2024 Chapter Excellence Award-Bronze Level Winner
(August 2024) We are pleased to announce that our chapter is in receipt of the Bronze Level of the 2024 Chapter Excellence Award! The award recognizes chapters that achieve basics in chapter management. In order to achieve the Chapter Excellence Award, chapters must meet 20 Bronze criteria. Criteria include such activities as being involved in advocacy activities (if applicable), communicating with members, having a chapter/regional scientific meeting along with a planning committee, having a sound financial structure in place, recruiting and advancing members and having an awards committee that identifies candidates for local or national awards. 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!
State Health Advocacy August Recess Grassroots Mobilization Challenge
(August 2024) Members of Congress are returning home to their districts during the August congressional recess. During this time, ACP is calling on internal medicine physicians to engage their representatives on important issues we need Congress to act on before the end of 2024.
To incentivize participation in this grassroots mobilization, the Advocates for Internal Medicine Network (ACP grassroots network) is challenging members to see which states will have the highest engagement. Advocates can score points for their states by choosing to take one or more advocacy actions identified in the campaign.
Access the August Recess Grassroots Mobilization Challenge Now!
Congratulations New Chapter Fellows
- Bhagirathbhai R Dholaria, MBBS FACP
- Brendan Williams, DO FACP
(July 2024) 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 2025 Resolutions
(July 2024) Are you concerned about a practice or clinical issue or have an idea you would 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 ACP Board of Governors Resolutions Guide for ACP Members is 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 is required to move resolutions forward to ACP national. Although not official ACP policy, a resolution becomes property 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 2025 Board of Governors Meeting is September 27, 2024.
Share your good idea with us. Draft a resolution.
We want to hear from you: Fall 2024 BOG Resolutions
(July 2024) The following resolutions are up for consideration at the Fall 2024 Board of Governors (BOG) Meeting. We invite you to review each resolution and share your support or opposition by completing the electronic response form by August 12.
- Developing Policy to Address Consolidation in Healthcare
- Gaining an Understanding of the 1-Year and 3-Year Mortality Rates of Patients that Have Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Stays
- Supporting Patients’ Access to Documentation and Communications in their Preferred Language
- Declaring Access to Equitable, Affordable Healthcare is a Human Right
- Developing Policy on Reducing Traffic Fatalities and Injuries in the United States
- Revising ACP’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Policy to Promote an Age-Friendly Professional Home and Create Engagement Opportunities for Senior and Retired Physicians
- Advocating for Funding of a Direct Comparison of Two Highly Touted Dietary Approaches to Control Type Two Diabetes Clinical Measures and Costs
Resolutions provide our members an opportunity to focus attention at the national level on particular issues or topics that concern you and gives grassroots members a voice, allowing you to shape College policy that impacts the practice of internal medicine. Involvement in the resolutions feedback process is essential for maintaining a responsive and effective professional organization that truly represents its members.
Your feedback is valuable and will be forwarded to your Governor to assist in their testimony on behalf of the chapter. Thank you for your input.
(NOTE: Proposed resolutions should be considered confidential information and are intended to be viewed by ACP members only. Under no circumstances should proposed resolutions be shared with the news media or social networking media, nor should they be shared with other individuals and organizations. Proposed resolutions do not represent ACP policy.)
Happy Anniversary to our Chapter Members!
5 Years
- Kim R Emmett, MD
- Monica L Gefter, MD FACP
- Rodney S Whitby, MD FACP
- Deepinder S Bal, MD
- Arundati Ramesh, MD
- Christina L MacMurdo-France, MD
- Anumeet Priyadarshi, MD MPH FACP
- Jessica B Stensby, MD
- Jared N Kravitz, MD
- Christopher D Jackson, MD FACP
- Belal SalehDominic J Papa, MD
- Mary-Margaret A Fill, MD
- Hina Akbar, MD
- Natalie E Dunlap, DO
- Charles Kidd, MD
- Laura B Youngblood, MD FACP
- Naganath Thota, MD MBBS
- Dayna E Gibbs, MD
- Rachel B Wolf, MD
- Tyler S Reese, MD
- Michele M McAmis, MD
- Carrie L Stallings, MD
- Temitope Akinjogbin, MD FACP
- Nimit Patel, DO
- Austin Wise
- Angela Qian, MD
- Azadeh Raissi, MD
- Alexandru Zaharcu, MD FACP
- Muinat A Taiwo, MBChB FACP
- Patrick E Ball, DO
- Ryan A Costello, DO FACP
- Clark Baker, DO
- Emily Upchurch
- Madhavi Patel, II, DO
- Michael Kopstein, DO FACP
- Timothy R Klein, MD
- Douglas Johnson, MD
- Teresa M Zoffuto, MD FACP
- Imran Mirza, MD
- Sterling I Barrett, MD
- John L Jefferies, MD
- Sunday D Ogunde, MD
10 Years
- Ahmad H Altabbaa, MD FACP
- Elizabeth A Rice, MDT
- eabra A Swafford, MD
- Nathan J Zajac, MD
- Lora Palmer Worsham, MD
- Lori A Thomas, DO
- Terri Danielle Alford, MD FACP
- Ashley R Karpinos, MD FACP
- Deidre M Pierce, MD FACP
- Jennifer Jackson Piel, MD
- Idowu O Uzzi, MBBS FACP
- Rupal Darshan Shah, MBBS MD FACP
- Tesfaye R Guyassa, MD FACP
- Shane E Kelley, MD
- Bukola Afilaka, MD
- Ketul P Vora, MD FACP
- Shayla Merry, MD
- Ravikumar Patel, MD
- John M Lewis, DO
- Kea M Jones, MD
- Detra Tisdale-Moore, MD
- Naushaba Hasan, MD
15 Years
- G Nicholas Verne, MD MACP
- David C Portnoy, MD FACP
- Stephen D Clark, MD FACP
- William A Lizarraga, MD FACP
- Amy M Treakle, MD
- Olumuyiwa A Esuruoso, MD FACP
- Benedict E Aimua, MBBS FACP
- Donald S Euler, Jr, MD
- Matt Jeremiah T Chua, MD FACP
- Larry Curtis Cary, MD FACP
- Mary Margaret Huizinga, MD FACP
- Ibrahim Nakhoul, MD FACP
- Rakeshkumar B Patel, MD FACP
- Paul Wheeler
20 Years
- Ann H Price, MD FACP
- David O Hollis, MD FACP
- Shyamal Sarkar, MD FACP
- Devapiran Jaishankar, MBBS FACP
- Jacob A Aelion, MD
- Allison Stiles, MD FACP
- Nanette E Dendy, MD FACP
- Pitchar Theerathorn, MD FACP
- William A Pettit, MD
- Brian W Hughes, MD
- John E Tapp, II, MD FACP
- Rohit Gupta, MD
- Olumide Anifowoshe, MBBS FACP
- Joyline D James, MD
- Marta J Wayt, DO FACP
- Michelle L Davenport, MD
- Mitch A Pullias, MD
- Jennifer H Brinkmann, MD
- Laurel B Yates, MD MPH
- Ben H Rowan, MD
- Daniel A Mulrooney, MD FACP
(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.
BOR Action on Spring 2024 BOG Resolutions
(May 2024) A summary of Board of Regents (BOR) actions on resolutions debated at the Spring 2024 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.
If you have an idea you would like to suggest to ACP, consider submitting a resolution to your Governor or local ACP chapter. Visit the advocacy section of your ACP chapter website for more information on how to propose a resolution.
Congratulations New Chapter Fellows
- Oluwaseun A Akinseye, MBBS MD FACP
- Robert N Montgomery, MD FACP
- Victoria N Okafor, MBBS FACP
(April 2024) 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.
Member Feedback is Requested on Spring 2024 Resolutions
(February 2024) Twenty-one (21) resolutions will be considered at the Spring 2024 Board of Governors (BOG) Meeting. With the exception of Resolution 9-S24, which will not be debated because this resolution is slated for adoption as a reaffirmation, please review each resolution and then indicate your support or opposition by completing the electronic response form by the deadline your ACP Chapter Governor has requested or by midnight March 13, whichever comes first.
Your comments will be forwarded to your Governor to be used as part of his/her testimony on behalf of the chapter. If you have any questions, please contact Mary Giampietro, BOG Administrator, at chapter@acpmembership.org. Thank you for your input.
(NOTE: Proposed resolutions should be considered confidential information and are intended to be viewed by ACP members only. Under no circumstances should proposed resolutions be shared with the news media or social networking media, nor should they be shared with other individuals and organizations. Proposed resolutions do not represent ACP policy.)
Call for Fall 2024 Resolutions
(February 2024) 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 just 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 is required to move resolutions forward to ACP national. Although not official ACP policy, a resolution becomes property 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 Fall 2024 Board of Governors Meeting is March 29, 2024.
Share your good idea with us. Draft a resolution.
Congratulations New Chapter Fellows
- Ali A Bokhari, MD FACP
- Kelly H Coches, DO FACP
- Michael D McCann, MD FACP
- Photios Vassilyadi, MD FACP
- Alexandru Zaharcu, MD FACP
- Daniel R Duzan, MD FACP
- Teresa M Zoffuto, MD FACP
(February 2024) 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.
Chapter Statewide Food Drive
(January 2024) The volunteer committee is inviting you to participate in a food drive across the state to fight hunger! We would like to make this a friendly competition, so donate to the food hunger organization of your choice and fill out the brief form with the amount donated, where the donation went, and whether you are from the East, West, or Middle TN.
https://forms.gle/ypWyDVGfvvX2nnoe6
Students and residents, please join in and email directly (in addition to the attached link) so I can recognize you and have some friendly competition there also!! (tracey.doering@gmail.com)
The Volunteer Committee
Chapter Speakers at Internal Medicine Meeting 2024
(December 2023) We’d like to bring attention to our local chapter members who will be presenting as faculty at ACP’s Internal Medicine Meeting 2024 in Boston, Massachusetts this April. Early-bird registration is available through January. For a full schedule or for more information on the meeting, click here.
| Robert | Canada | Pre-course | ACP Rapid Board Review 2024 | Tuesday, April 16, 2024 |
| Sunil | Kripalani | Meet the Professor | Reconciliation of Medications in Transitions of Care | Thursday, April 18, 2024 |
| Balaji | Krishnaiah | Pre-course | ACP Rapid Board Review 2024 | Tuesday, April 16, 2024 |
| John | McPherson | Pre-course | Cardiology for Internal Medicine Physicians 2024: The Key Points | Wednesday, April 17, 2024 |
| Ryan | Mire | Panel | Entering Private Practice: Making the Choice | Thursday, April 18, 2024 |
| Ryan | Mire | Workshop | Contract Negotiation and Preparation: Ways to Know Your Worth and Get What You Deserve | Saturday, April 20, 2024 |
| Mukta | Panda | Clinical Workshop | Moral Distress in Clinical Settings: Navigating Obstacles to Well-being in the Moment | Friday, April 19, 2024 |
| Gerald | Stark | Clinical Skills Center | Function Focused Gait Assessment |
BOR Action on Fall 2023 BOG Resolutions
(December 2023) A summary of Board of Regents (BOR) actions on resolutions debated at the Fall 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.
If you have an idea you would like to suggest to ACP, consider submitting a resolution to your Governor or local ACP chapter. Visit the advocacy section of your ACP chapter website for more information on how to propose a resolution.
Congratulations New Chapter Fellows
- Terri Danielle Alford, MD FACP
- Arjan S Flora, MD FACP
- Amber L Thacker, MD FACP
- Thomas J Watson, MD FACP
(November 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.
2023 Chapter Excellence Award – Bronze Winner
We are pleased to announce that our chapter is in receipt of the Bronze Level of the 2023 Chapter Excellence Award! The award recognizes chapters that achieve basics in chapter management. In order to achieve the Chapter Excellence Award, chapters must meet nineteen Bronze criteria. Criteria include such activities as being involved in advocacy activities, communicating with members, having a chapter/regional scientific meeting along with a planning committee, having a sound financial structure in place, recruiting and advancing members and having an awards committee that identifies candidates for local or national awards.
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.
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
- Joan Michelle Allmon, MD FACP
- Nicholas A Flynn, MD FACP
- Venkata C Gourineni, MBBS FACP
- Tiffany T Hall, MD MBA FACP
- Paula C Herrmann, 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.
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.
Desiree Burroughs-Ray, MD FACP
Christin M Giordano, MD FACP
Taylor D Jenkins, MD FACP
Michael Kopstein, DO FACP
Virin Ramoutar, MD FACP
Muinat A Taiwo, MBChB FACP
Brian D Cromwell, MD FACP
Wesley Phillips, MD FACP
Jason J Della Vecchia, MD FACP
Kalpana R Pochampally, MBBS FACP
Laura B Youngblood, 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!
Chapter Speakers at Internal Medicine Meeting 2023
(March 2023) We would like to draw your attention to our Internal Medicine Meeting 2023 local speakers.
| Charlene | Dewey | Tennessee | Panel | Why Equity and Inclusion are Important for Individual and Organizational Wellness | Friday, April 28, 2023 |
| Michael | Leahy | Tennessee | Panel | Succeeding in Value-Based Payment in Private Practice | Thursday, April 27, 2023 |
| Ryan | Mire | Tennessee | Panel | Evidence-Based Medicine and COVID-19: Global Health Lessons: A Joint ACP and EFIM Session | Friday, April 28, 2023 |
| Karen | Winkfield | Tennessee | Meet the Professor | Cancer Does Not Affect All Patients Equally | Saturday, April 29, 2023 |
If you’re attending IMM23, please join us at our Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee Joint Chapters Reception—6:00-7:00 p.m., Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina, Marriott Grand Ballroom, Section 8. Please RSVP your attendance.
Member Feedback is Requested on Spring 2023 Resolutions
(March 2023) Fourteen (14) resolutions will be considered at the Spring 2023 Board of Governors (BOG) Meeting. Please review each resolution and then indicate your support or opposition by completing the electronic response form by the deadline your ACP Chapter Governor has requested or by March 22, whichever comes first.
Your comments will be forwarded to the Chapter Governor to be used as part of their testimony on behalf of the chapter. If you have any questions, please contact Mary Giampietro, BOG Administrator, at chapter@acpmembership.org. Thank you for your input.
(NOTE: Proposed resolutions should be considered confidential information and are intended to be viewed by ACP members only. Under no circumstances should proposed resolutions be shared with the news media or social networking media, nor should they be shared with other individuals and organizations. Proposed resolutions do not represent ACP policy.)
Call for Fall 2023 Resolutions
(February 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 just 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 Fall 2023 Board of Governors Meeting is March 30, 2023.
Share your good idea with us. Draft a resolution.
Board of Regents Action on Fall 2022 BOG Resolutions
(November 2022) A summary of Board of Regents (BOR) actions on resolutions debated at the Fall 2022 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.
If you have an idea you'd like to suggest to ACP, consider submitting a resolution to your Governor or local ACP chapter. Visit your ACP chapter website for more information on how to contact your Governor or chapter staff about proposing a resolution.
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.
- Mike Davis, MD, FACP
- Christina Fiske, MD, MPH, FACP
- Brock T. Mitchell, 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!
Congratulations Ryan D. Mire, MD, MACP and G. Nicholas Verne, MD, MACP on Masterships
(October 2022) We are excited to share that the Mastership Committee and the Board of Regents have approved Ryan D. Mire, MD, MACP and G. Nicholas Verne, MD, MACP to receive recognition of being awarded Masterships during the 2023 Internal Medicine Meeting in San Diego, California.
ACP Bylaws state that Masters shall be Fellows who have been selected because of “integrity, positions of honor, impact in practice or in medical research, or other attainments in science or in the art of medicine.” Masters must be highly accomplished persons demonstrating impact in practice, leadership, 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, research, education, health care initiatives, volunteerism, administrative positions, care of patients, and service to their community.
One of the goals of the American College of Physicians is to “recognize excellence and distinguished contributions to internal medicine.” As a way of achieving this goal, the College offers 21 awards and a number of Masterships each year. Annually, awardees and Masters are honored at the Convocation ceremony held during the Internal Medicine meeting.