Ali J. Afrookteh
Ali J. Afrookteh is a longstanding devoted member of the Maryland Chapter of ACP. An AOA graduate of the University of Maryland School of Medicine, he has practiced general internal medicine in Frederick, Maryland, for more than 37 years. Although he is now practicing ambulatory-based medicine, he was very active at Frederick Memorial Hospital, where he held multiple leadership roles and responsibilities. He has served as a member of the Governor’s Council for the Maryland Chapter for more than 22 years, during which time he has served as Co-Chair of the Chapter’s annual scientific session. The sustained success of the Chapter’s meeting can largely be attributed to Dr. Afrookteh’s ability to identify those topics and type of programming most desired and needed by attendees. He has also been a longstanding member of the Maryland Chapter’s Health and Public Policy Committee, Awards Committee, Membership Committee, and Senior Physician’s Committee. He has represented Maryland practicing physicians on multiple ACP Leadership Days. Dr. Afrookteh is a preeminent general internal medicine physician who has won local recognition as well as the Maryland Chapter’s coveted Samuel Asper Award in 2010 as a practicing physician. He serves as a consummate physician and role model with his master clinician knowledge and skills, natural leadership abilities, and humble and compassionate manner.

Michael A. Ainsworth
Michael Ainsworth, MD, MACP, received his bachelor of science degree from Texas A&M University and his MD degree from the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB). He completed his internal medicine residency at UTMB and a faculty development fellowship at Michigan State University. Dr. Ainsworth is currently Professor Emeritus in the Department of Internal Medicine at the UTMB John Sealy School of Medicine and holds Mastership in the American College of Physicians. Dr. Ainsworth is a general internal medicine physician and career educator, with a lifelong passion for teaching medical students the art and science of medicine. He has served in a number of clinical, teaching, and administrative roles supporting education, including Internal Medicine Clerkship Director, Assistant and Associate Dean for Educational Affairs, and Vice Dean for Academic Affairs. He has been a leader in developing new educational initiatives in the School of Medicine, including the school’s original problem-based curriculum. He is a recipient of the Distinguished Service Award from the National Board of Medical Examiners and has served as President of the University of Texas Academy of Health Science Education. Dr. Ainsworth’s educational research interests have focused on clinical skills development and assessment, especially through use of standardized patients, and professionalism training and assessment. He developed the Early Concern Note system in the UTMB John Sealy School of Medicine, one of the earlier efforts nationally to implement an early warning, tracking, and assistance program for learners who experience professional behavior difficulties.

Bradley L. Allen
Bradley Lamar Allen currently serves as Executive Associate Dean for Educational Affairs and Professor of Clinical Medicine and Infectious Diseases at Indiana University School of Medicine (IUSM), where he oversees the educational program for the nation’s largest allopathic medical student body. He has held many other administrative responsibilities at IUSM, including being Vice Chair for Education for the Internal Medicine Department and serving as Chief of Medicine at the Roudebush VAMC. Dr. Allen is a specialist in infectious diseases and has published numerous papers and research articles in his specialty as well as on medical education innovation. He has spearheaded efforts to bring in multiple grants to fund educational innovations within the nine-campus IUSM system. These programs have served to promote development of primary care skills, an increased awareness of the impact of health equity disparities, and the ability to develop and lead advocacy to address these community needs. Dr. Allen is a longstanding member of ACP and past Governor of the Indiana Chapter, serving from 2016 to 2000. During that time, he was instrumental in advocacy and heading the Chapter’s Leadership Day activities in Washington each year, and later served on the Board of Directors of ACP Services. Very few physicians at his institution have been as influential as Dr. Allen in leading the charge for internal medicine and mentoring the next generation of physicians. He has tireless energy and devotion for his students and residents.

Julia D. Andrieni
Julia D. Andrieni is the Senior Vice President of Population Health and Primary Care at Houston Methodist. She leads strategic initiatives to improve quality of care and reduce avoidable readmissions and admissions in new value-based care models. As founder, President, and CEO of Houston Methodist Coordinated Care ACO, she developed a network of 300 primary care physicians serving more than 100,000 Medicare patients. She led her team to the 90th percentile in CMS quality performance and $100 million in shared savings over the past 7 years. She developed a private physician alignment model from 20 to 500 specialists to support primary care and is President and CEO of Houston Methodist Physicians’ Alliance for Quality. Dr. Andrieni is Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College, a board­ certified internal medicine physician, and an AOA member. As Vice Chair of Mentoring, Development, and Inclusion in the Department of Medicine, she teaches medical students, residents, and faculty. At the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, she served as Vice Chair of Clinical Services and General Internal Medicine Division Chief and was selected for Drexel University’s Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine fellowship. A former President of the ACP Texas Chapter, she received outstanding leadership recognition, the ACP Advance John Palmiero Quality Improvement Team Award, and serves as an ACP coach. Modern Healthcare recognized her as one of the top 10 Women to Watch, and Pearl Health recognizes her in the Top 50 Value-Based Care Thinkers.

KoKo Aung
Dr. Aung is the Vice President of Faculty Success at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso and Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs as well as Tenured Professor of Internal Medicine at its Paul L. Foster School of Medicine. He previously held faculty positions at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and Baylor College of Medicine. His notable publications include systematic reviews on evidence-based communication in Annals of Internal Medicine, vasopressin for cardiac arrest in the Archives of Internal Medicine, and thiazide diuretics and the risk for hip fracture in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. A Member of the American College of Physicians (ACP) since 1998 and a Fellow since 2003, Dr. Aung has participated in multiple ACP Leadership Day events in Washington, DC. He has served as the President of TXACP services, on the TXACP Board of Directors, and is currently serving on the TXACP Foundation Board. His extensive committee work in the TXACP includes chairing the TXACP Resolutions Committee. He was honored by the Society of General Internal Medicine for his leadership as Chair of the UpToDate Review Leadership Committee. He is a member of the Cochrane Collaboration, is a sentinel reader for McMaster’s Online Rating of Evidence and serves on the National Board of Medical Examiners’ Interdisciplinary Review Committee for Evidence-based Medicine. He has also been part of the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) Step 3 Clinical Case Simulation Committee and the USMLE Test Material Development Committee for Scientific Abstracts.

Jitendra Barmecha
Dr. Barmecha is the Senior Vice President and Chief Information and Digital Strategy Officer at SBH Health System. He has led the IT and analytics infrastructure for population health management for SBHHS as one of the leading Provider Performing System (PPS)–Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment Programs (DSRIP) in New York. He has contributed to the AMA’s “Telehealth Implementation Playbook” and ACP’s “Telemedicine for the Physician.” He was the ACP liaison to the AMA for the Validated Device Listing (VDL) to support accurate BP measurements. As a chairperson of the board of directors, he provides clinical leadership to the Bronx Regional Health Information Exchange (RHIO). Dr. Barmecha was the inaugural Chair of the Digital and Telehealth Advisory Board at the American College of Physicians. He is the founding executive board member of NODE.Health (The Network of Digital Evidence) and serves on the health care advisory boards for Peterson Health Technology Institute (PHTI), HCTeC, Verizon 5G, and Salesforce. Dr. Barmecha is the Immediate Past President of the NY Chapter and Fellow of the American College of Physicians. Dr. Barmecha is actively involved in ACP activities, assisting with the NY Chapter’s Medical Student/Resident Forum as a poster judge as well as judging ACP’s Doctor’s Dilemma® at ACP’s annual Internal Medicine Meeting. He has been a District President and Councilor of the Bronx District, then Governor of the Manhattan Bronx Region. In addition, Dr. Barmecha has conducted multiple ABIM MOC sessions on hospital and internal medicine for the NY Chapter. 

Jennifer A. Bierman
Dr. Bierman graduated magna cum laude with a BA from the St. Olaf College and earned her MD from the University of Minnesota Medical School. She completed residency at the University of Chicago Hospitals and joined the faculty at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. She is Professor of Medicine in the Departments of Medicine and Medical Education and a Fellow of the American College of Physicians. As the Clerkship Director of the Primary Care Clerkship at Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, she designed and co-led the Education-Centered Medical Home model, an award winning, nationally recognized 4-year longitudinal clerkship for medical students. Her scholarly work focuses on the areas of medical student training, electronic health record documentation, and medical education. In addition to her academic and clinical roles, Dr. Bierman has been involved in professional societies and extramural organizations. She has served on numerous committees and boards, including CDIM, ACP, Aquifer, and PriMed. At ACP, she has served on IL-N Speakers Panel, Women in Medicine and is the Co-Chair for the Health and Public Policy Committee. She is also an active participant in Leadership Day in Washington, DC. Dr. Bierman has received the prestigious John X. Thomas Jr. Best Teacher of Feinberg Award for her innovative curriculum development and the 2020 Master Clinician Award from the Department of Medicine at Northwestern University. Dr. Bierman’s goal is to mentor trainees in providing evidence-based, compassionate care to patients. She lives in Chicago with her husband, two dogs, and their three adult children. 

Suzanne F. Bradley
Dr. Bradley earned her MD from the State University of New York at the Buffalo School of Medicine. She completed her internal medicine residency at Ohio State University and her fellowships in infectious diseases and geriatric medicine at the University of Michigan. She has served continuously as a faculty member at the University of Michigan in the Divisions of Infectious Diseases and Geriatric Medicine and as a hospital epidemiologist for the Veterans Hospital in Ann Arbor. Dr. Bradley’s research has focused on the epidemiology and prevention of infection in older adults and nursing home residents. She has published more than 180 journal articles and book chapters. She is a recognized expert in the prevention of antibiotic resistance in the hospital setting, such as long-term care. Dr. Bradley has provided advice to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Veterans Health Administration, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. She has been a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, Infectious Diseases Society of America, and Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. Dr. Bradley served as Editor in Chief of Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology from 2007 to 2021. She has been an active member of the Michigan ACP as an abstract judge and speaker. She has mentored residents in submissions to the Chapter. She was awarded the Laureate Award and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Michigan Chapter. 

Heather C. Brislen
Dr. Heather Brislen is a primary care and geriatrics physician in solo primary care practice in Albuquerque. Boarded in internal medicine and clinical informatics, Dr. Brislen is also an educator, serving as Medical Director of a telementoring program through Project ECHO on the care of older adults in New Mexico and as a resident preceptor at the Albuquerque VA. In addition to these roles, she is the immediate past Governor of the New Mexico ACP Chapter. As Governor, her Chapter expanded engagement opportunities for early career physicians, residents, and student leaders; revitalized its approach to health and public policy; and more. Dr. Brislen’s advocacy work at the national and state levels has made exceptional contributions to advance ACP’s public policy agenda. She led a successful effort for the New Mexico Medical Board to revise its allopathic medical licensing application to reduce stigmatizing language about mental health and reduce barriers to physicians seeking mental health treatment. At ACP, she spearheaded a resolution to include access to abortion as part of comprehensive health care for women. She is a past receipient of the Richard Neubauer Advocate for Internal Medicine Award and AMA Foundation’s Leadership in Medicine Award. In line with these advocacy successes, she is a constant presence at the New Mexico state legislature as an advocate for reproductive rights and improving our practice environment. She is a longstanding board member of the Greater Albuquerque Medical Association and the New Mexico Medical Society as well as a current board member of Adelante, a large nonprofit organization that supports people with mental and physical disabilities, seniors, and disadvantaged populations across New Mexico.

Eduardo Bruera
Dr. Eduardo Bruera is a distinguished leader in internal medicine, serving as Chair of the Department of Palliative, Rehabilitation, and Integrative Medicine at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. With a prolific career spanning more than 3 decades, Dr. Bruera has published more than 1,200 peer-reviewed articles, books, book chapters, and abstracts. His research has significantly advanced the field of palliative care, supported by numerous grants from esteemed institutions like the NIH. Recognized globally, Dr. Bruera has received multiple awards for his contributions, including the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Lifetime Achievement Award. His work has had a profound impact on patient care and medical education worldwide. 

Jada C. Bussey-Jones
Dr. Jada Bussey-Jones has outstanding achievements in medicine, education, and leadership. As the Carter Smith, Sr., Endowed Chair in Medicine, Chief of Grady General Medicine, and Emory Associate Dean for Faculty Development at Grady, she has made significant contributions, particularly in diversity, equity, and inclusion. Dr. Bussey-Jones’ dedication and impact are evident in her accomplishments. She coreceived the AAMC Exemplary Leadership Award in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion as the inaugural Vice Chair of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for Emory’s Department of Medicine. In 2021, she was named Exemplary Teacher of the Year at Emory University. As Co-Chair of the Emory School of Medicine Education Redesign Program, she developed and led innovative courses for medical students. Her leadership extends nationally, as she recently assumed the presidency of the Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM). She has spearheaded initiatives like the Emory School of Medicine Underrepresented Minority Faculty Development Program and the Emory at Grady Health Advocacy Training Course, frequently leading sessions at national meetings to foster inclusive academic environments. Dr. Bussey-Jones has consistently contributed to ACP through educational program development and participation in college committees. Her work aligns with ACP’s mission by advancing health equity, promoting diversity, and mentoring future medical professionals.  

Edward Chin, Jr.
Dr. Edward Chin, Jr. is a professor in the Endocrinology Division in the Medicine Department at the Medical College of Georgia and is Chief of Endocrinology at the Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center. A graduate of the Medical College of Georgia, he completed internal medicine residency at the University of Rochester in New York. After working as an ER physician and as the sole practitioner in an internal medicine private practice, he accepted and completed an endocrinology fellowship at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. He focused on renal insulin-like growth factors and growth hormone basic research in Carolyn Bondy’s lab.  After fellowship, he continued at the NIH working in IGFs, collaborating with researchers in polycystic ovary disease and localizing renal distribution of CHIP28, now known as aquaporin 1 in rodent and human kidney. With an interest in teaching and education and to be closer to family, he returned to Georgia. Dr. Chin is a loyal supporter of the Georgia ACP Chapter, serving as the Chapter’s Vice President from 2015 to 2024 and a member of its executive cabinet. An honored educator, he has received the MCG Exemplary Teaching Award, the Georgia ACP’s 2016 J. Willis Hurst Outstanding Bedside Teacher Award, and the Georgia ACP’s 2021 Laureate Award. The Laureate is the Chapter’s oldest and highest award, which honors FACPs or MACPs of the College who have demonstrated abiding commitment to excellence in medical care, education, or research and in service to their community, the chapter, and the College.

William C. Cushman
Dr. William Cushman is Medical Director, Department of Preventive Medicine, and Professor of Preventive Medicine, Medicine, and Physiology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) in Memphis, Tennessee. Dr. Cushman graduated magna cum laude from the University of Mississippi School of Medicine in Jackson, MS, in 1974, completing residency there in 1977. He served on the University of Mississippi faculty and as staff at the Jackson VA until 1988, then moved to UTHSC and the VA in Memphis, Tennessee, rising to the rank of professor. He retired from the VA in 2020 and began his current position at UTHSC. He was a major contributor and author of the JNC 7 and 8 guidelines on the prevention, detection, evaluation, and treatment of hypertension. He served as a leader for the 2021 Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Blood Pressure in Chronic Kidney Disease. He has been an investigator in many clinical trials relating to hypertension, lipid therapy, and diabetes, including three VA Cooperative Studies: Prevention and Treatment of Hypertension Study (PATHS), the Antihypertensive and Lipid Lowering Treatment to Prevent Heart Attack Trial (ALLHAT), and the Diuretic Comparison Project (DCP). He was also a network PI for the Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes (ACCORD) trial and a network PI in the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT). He has authored more than 360 journal articles, received more than $60 million in research funding, and received several lifetime achievement awards.

Carlos C. del Rio
Dr. Carlos del Rio is Professor of Medicine at Emory University School of Medicine, Professor of Global Health at Rollins School of Public Health, and H. Cliff Sauls Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Medicine at Emory University School of Medicine. Dr. del Rio has dedicated his research efforts to “access to care, linkage to care, and barriers to care among persons with and at risk of HIV.” His CV outlines his many NIH committee memberships dedicated to HIV/ AIDS. He has been a CDC consultant on HIV, pandemic influenza response, MSM preexposure prophylaxis implementation guidelines, and STD treatment guidelines. He is Codirector of the Emory Center for AIDS Research and was inducted into the National Academy of Medicine in 2013 (formerly the Institute of Medicine), now serving as its international secretary. He has received many awards. In 2022, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and in 2023 he was named as one of the COVID-19 “50 most trusted experts” and recognized by the HHS Secretary as a “trusted messenger.” He has authored 366 research publications, 162 review articles and editorials, 39 book chapters, and seven books. He is Associate Editor for Vaccines and reviews manuscripts for multiple journals, including the Annals of Internal Medicine, JAMA, and the New England Journal of Medicine. Dr. del Rio’s significant clinical work in HIV/AIDS has had local, regional, and national impact. Most recently, his expertise with COVID-19 has been of great importance to practicing clinicians.

Lee S. Engel
Dr. Lee Engel is Professor of Medicine (with tenure) and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs/Designated Institutional Official for the Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans. He obtained his MD, MS, and PhD degrees from LSU School of Medicine and is board certified in both internal medicine and infectious diseases. He previously served as a long-standing Associate Program Director, then Program Director for LSU’s internal medicine residency program, while dedicating his career to providing clinical care and teaching in both infectious disease inpatient and outpatient areas as well as in hospital medicine. Dr. Engel has served ACP as Governor for the Louisiana Chapter and as a member and Vice Chair of the national ACP Health and Public Policy Committee, in addition to chairing and co-chairing state annual meeting committees; organizing annual resident/student meetings; leading state delegations to Leadership Day; and mentoring hundreds of medical students, residents, and junior faculty along the way. He has been recognized with awards for teaching, mentoring, research, and dedicated service to his community at all career stages, including the ACP Laureate Award. He has published more than 30 peer-reviewed articles, including work with the HPPC, and has more than 300 published and presented abstracts. Dr. Engel is a tireless, selfless servant leader for ACP, his institution, his trainees and faculty, his community, and the field of medicine. He has been the energetic face of the Louisiana ACP Chapter for years, recognized for his inclusive, uplifting style. 

Fabrizia Faustinella
Dr. Faustinella is a board-certified internal medicine physician who has worked in the Texas Medical Center for 35 years, both as a resident and as a faculty member at Baylor College of Medicine and the University of Texas at Houston John P. and Kathrine G. McGovern Medical School. Dr. Faustinella’s career has focused on patient care, research, medical education, and advocacy, bringing science and humanism together to benefit patients and improve the health of our community. Dr. Faustinella has served the American College of Physicians extensively. She co-chaired the Health and Public Policy Committee of the Texas ACP Chapter and served as a member of the Board of Directors. Her involvement with the Texas ACP Chapter has been recognized with the two most prestigious awards: the Snyder/Chumlee Advocate of the Year Award and the Laureate Award. Dr. Faustinella is known locally, regionally, and nationally for the development of enduring educational materials and her work in narrative medicine and media productions, which have received national and international accolades. 

Mirela C. Feurdean
Dr. Feurdean is a seasoned clinician educator and primary care physician. Her work over the past 2 decades has spanned community outreach and patient care delivery for the underserved, graduate medical education in both inpatient and outpatient areas, clinical research, and medical education. She served as Program Director for the Rutgers New Jersey Medical School internal medicine residency program for many years and is the cofounder and director of the combined internal medicine–preventive medicine residency track focused on maternal health. Her work has received federal grant support and was featured at national meetings and in specialty journals. In 2022, she received the Department of Medicine Award for Innovations in Medical Education.

William E. Fox
William E. Fox is Chair of the Board of Regents of the American College of Physicians. A resident of Charlottesville, VA, Dr. Fox is a partner in Fox & Brantley Internal Medicine in Charlottesville. Before entering private practice, he spent five years with the National Health Service Corps at Central Virginia Community Health Center in Buckingham, VA, while simultaneously working as Clinical Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine at University of Virginia. Dr. Fox earned his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Medicine, where he received the Anna Marie Chirico Prize for distinguished work in primary care. He completed his postgraduate training in internal medicine at the University of Virginia. Previously, Dr. Fox served on ACP’s Board of Regents, as Chair of ACP’s Board of Governors, and as Governor of ACP’s Virginia Chapter. He has also been a member of numerous ACP committees, including chairing the ACP’s Medical Practice and Quality Committee. Dr. Fox has received numerous honors and recognitions. He was the recipient of the Richard Neubauer Advocate for Internal Medicine Award in 2014, the American College of Physicians Virginia Young Internist of the Year award in 2010, and the Paul Florentino Volunteerism Award in 2013.

Rosalía García Peña
Dr. Rosalía García Peña is an internal medicine physician and Fellow of ACP. She lives in Toluca, Mexico, and now participates in the organization of several academic events in the Mexican College of Internal Medicine. Her leadership skills were very well demonstrated as she was one of the principal organizers of the first Women in Medicine meeting organized in Mexico with the participation of the ACP Mexico Chapter and CMIM. She has also participated in several committees and chairs for the ACP Mexico Chapter, including the DEI Committee. Her leadership and communication skills were well proven during the last recruitment and retention competition for ACP where Mexico ́s Chapter won first place due to all the hard work and effort put in by Dr. Rosalía—who was Chair Leader at the time—and her team. She also served ACP in her capacity as of part of the Women in Medicine Committee and the Advancement to Fellowship and Awards Committee, where her input has proved invaluable. She also has participated in ACP Mexico with different topics related to internal medicine. She has also participated as an author and editor of different books. Her dedication to professional organizations is evident from her active involvement in numerous societies and committees.  

Raminder S. Gill
Raminder Gill is Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine at the UC Davis School of Medicine in Sacramento, California. He is a native of Colusa, California, in rural northern California. He went on to UC Davis where he graduated with a BS in biochemistry in 1993. He attended the Ohio State University College of Medicine, graduating in 1997. He returned to California for residency in internal medicine at UC Davis. He has continued to work at UC Davis in hospital medicine since he completed his residency. At this academic health center, his job duties include supervising residents and medical students during general internal medicine ward rotations as well as independently managing patients admitting to general medicine who are not being seen by resident teams. Having been involved with the Northern California Chapter of ACP, beginning with the Chapter Meeting and then the Governor’s Council, he went on to serve a term as Chapter Governor. He is currently in his second term on the ACP Services PAC Board of Directors.

Charles G. Goldberg
Dr. Goldberg received his bachelor of arts in psychology from Amherst College in 1986 and his master of physiology from Georgetown University in 1987. He received his doctor of medicine from the University of Vermont in 1991. He started his training as a urologist, completing 2 years of general surgery and 3 months of urology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.  Recognizing that the light at the end of the tunnel was not coming from a cystoscope, he pivoted to internal medicine, completing his internal medicine residency at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in 1997. He began at the University of California San Diego in 1998 where he rose rapidly through the academic ranks and has been at the professor rank since 2008. Dr. Goldberg is a stellar clinician and educator. His impact has been felt locally, regionally, and nationally. He has a dozen peer-reviewed publications, is a frequent invited speaker and panelist, and is an award winning and revered teacher. In recognition of his talents, in 2020 he was appointed UCSD Associate Dean of Graduate Medical Education and the Designated Institutional Officer. 

Henrique Grunspun
Dr. Henrique Grunspun is a private and emergency physician at the Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein and founder and President of the Bioethics Center at the same hospital. He was trained in both internal medicine and emergency medicine. Previously, he actively taught Emergency Medicine at the Hospital das Clínicas of the University of São Paulo (USP), the largest hospital in Latin America. Dr. Grunspun was also ICU Supervisor at the Emergency Service of Hospital das Clínicas at USP. He is former Governor of the Brazil Chapter, in which he was responsible for many improvements in the Chapter, such as turning the Chapter into a legal entity and increasing the Chapter’s impact and education activities in a continental size country (Brazil). He was responsible for bringing many products of ACP National to Brazil, such as the Faculty Development Program that was awarded the John Tooker Evergreen Award in 2024. Dr. Henrique Gruspun has participated in many ACP meetings and has contributed to College-related activities in Brazil for many years. He has also published articles and books on bioethics and the impact of climate change on health. His colleagues recognize him as an extremely dedicated physician and an expert on climate change and health, bioethics, and narrative medicine.

Rajesh Gulati
Rajesh (Robby) Gulati, MD, MACP, is a superb clinician, educator, and medical administrator. He is Professor of Medicine and Senior Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education and Sub Internship Clerkship Director at the University of California, Riverside School of Medicine. Before that, he was founding Program Director of the internal medicine residency at the Riverside Community Hospital. During his tenure, the program received a 10-year accreditation with commendation from the ACGME, and 100% of the graduating residents passed the ABIM certification examination. He leads by example and always gives credit to his colleagues and team members for successes achieved. Dr. Gulati is a passionate teacher and mentor of medical students and residents who have honored him with the Best Teacher Award repeatedly. He is a great diagnostician and treats his patients with respect and empathy. He has maintained the ABIM certification. He is a role model. Dr. Gulati has published numerous abstracts, articles, and book chapters coauthored with his trainees. He is a coeditor of the sixth edition of Kochar’s Clinical Medicine for Students. Dr. Gulati has been very active in the local chapter of the American College of Physicians (ACP), having presented posters coauthored with his residents. He regularly judges and critiques the posters at the local ACP meetings and selects posters for presentation at the national meetings of ACP. He has been honored by the local chapter of ACP with the Best Teacher and Laureate awards. 

David R. Haburchak
David Haburchak, a native of Cleveland, Ohio, earned his bachelor’s and medical degrees from Johns Hopkins University. He completed his internal medicine and infectious disease training at Letterman and Brooke Army Medical Centers, respectively. He served in many leadership and educational roles during a 24-year career in the U.S. Army Medical Corps, including Chairman of Medicine and Residency Program Director at both Fitzsimons and Eisenhower Army Medical Centers. He was privileged to continue as Professor and Residency Program Director at the Medical College of Georgia for 25 years, followed by 5 years as a key faculty member of the Wellstar Kennestone Internal Medicine Residency Program in Marietta, Georgia. He has participated in numerous short-term medical and educational missions overseas and has served in free medical clinics and on local public health and religious commissions. He has received awards for bedside and clinical teaching and has presented and published on subjects of infectious diseases, medical ethics, and medical education. He continues to provide volunteer medical care to refugees and is a member of the Medical Reserve Corps. He resides with his family in Marietta, Georgia.

Melissa (Moe) Hagman
Dr. Melissa “Moe” Hagman is Professor of Clinical Medicine at the University of Washington, Program Director for the University of Washington Boise Internal Medicine Residency, and a hospitalist and palliative care physician at the Boise VA Medical Center. Previously, she was Associate Program Director at the University of Washington Seattle Internal Medicine Residency. She is active in the Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine, including giving workshops and serving on committees. Her ACP activities are numerous, including dozens of presentations at state and national meetings, mentorship of associate poster presentations, moderator for the national Doctor’s Dilemma® competition, and Idaho Chapter Governor from 2016 to 2020. She has numerous teaching awards and has received the ACP Laureate Award from the Idaho Chapter.

Rebecca B. Hemphill
Dr. Hemphill is a former Governor of the Maine ACP Chapter, a Laureate of the Maine ACP Chapter, Chief Medical Information Officer of MaineHealth, Clinical Associate Professor of Tufts University School of Medicine, and a practicing internal medicine physician at MaineHealth Internal Medicine in Falmouth, Maine. Dr. Hemphill is an excellent clinician, leader, and informaticist. She is a medical educator and helped guide the Maine Chapter through the COVID-19 pandemic.  

Stuart I. Henochowicz
Dr. Stuart Henochowicz is Clinical Professor of Medicine, Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Georgetown University, and Assistant Professor of Medical Education, University of Virginia School of Medicine. During the span of his career, Dr. Henochowicz has served in diverse posts, including Medical Officer for the AIDS program at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Deputy Medical Director at NASA Headquarters Health Unit, principal investigator for several pharmaceutical sponsored studies, and in private practice in Burke, Virginia, since 1991. He has also authored several publications and poster presentations highlighting his expertise in the field of allergy and immunology. Recognized as an outstanding physician, Dr. Henochowicz has been named “Top Doctor” on multiple occasions and received ACP awards at the chapter and national levels. He belongs to several professional societies, including the Medical Society of Virginia and the American Osler Society and has the title of Fellow for the American College of Physicians and the American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology. Dr. Henochowicz has been a devout member of ACP for more than 20 years, most recently serving as Governor of the ACP Virginia Chapter, where he sustained the Chapter through the COVID-19 pandemic. Every year, first as Chair of the HHPC and then as Governor, he led large Virginia delegations to DC and Richmond to inform and educate legislators about ACP priorities.

LeRoi S. Hicks
LeRoi S. Hicks is currently Campus Executive Director and Chief Medical Officer of the Wilmington Hospital, ChristianaCare Health System, Wilmington, Delaware. He is originally from Indianapolis, Indiana, and graduated from medical school at the Indiana University School of Medicine in 1995. He completed his internal medicine residency in a primary care track at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1998, served as chief resident the following year, then completed a 2-year fellowship in general medicine and faculty development at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston in 2001. He received his MPH (clinical effectiveness) in 2001 from the Harvard School of Public Health. Dr. Hicks is currently Professor of Medicine at the Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, since 2019. Dr. Hicks has extensive research experience in a variety of disciplines from 1999 to 2001 as a research fellow at Harvard Medical School, and through 2014 as an investigator for The Commonwealth Fund, AHRQ, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the HMS National Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities, the National Institute of Mental Health, the NHLBI, and others. He has published his work in numerous research papers. Dr. Hicks was elected FACP in 2014 and received the Delaware Chapter’s Laureate Award in 2022. He has been an active participant in the Chapter’s Annual QI Symposium for the past 4 years as a judge and mentor. He is also active in the SGIM since 2002 and served as President for SGIM in 2022. 

Pamela J. Hiebert
Dr. Pamela Hiebert is a primary care internal medicine physician in Bozeman, Montana. She has been very active within the Montana ACP Chapter, having served on the Governor’s Council since 2010 and was Governor of the Chapter from 2016 to 2020. She has been a major leader within the Chapter and is a well-respected practitioner of internal medicine within the region. She has served on multiple hospital committees. Dr. Hiebert is a teacher, having served a prominent role in the education of University of Washington School of Medicine WWAMI students who do their first 18 months of medical school at Montana State University in Bozeman. In addition to precepting, she voluntarily holds several activities that enrich their experience. Dr. Hiebert’s record of volunteerism within her community includes founding the Gallatin Community Clinic, which serves those with social barriers to health care; she is also on the board of the local adult protective services program and has served on her local hospital foundation board.

Stacy M. Higgins
Dr. Higgins’ distinguished career at Emory School of Medicine (EUSOM) and Grady Hospital offer evidence of deep contributions to medical practice, education, and leadership. Dr. Higgins earned her MD from Cornell in 1995 and completed residency in internal medicine at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia. She joined the Emory faculty in 1999 and has since ascended to the rank of professor. Her clinical service at Grady Health System includes the establishment of the women’s clinic, which provides comprehensive health services to underserved female patients. Dr. Higgins has significantly impacted medical education. In the J. Willis Hurst Internal Medicine Residency Program, she developed mentoring programs, redesigned the curriculum, and increased the retention of trainees in primary care. Her efforts in education led to her latest role (since 2023) as the EUSOM Associate Dean for Student Affairs, Clinical Services. Her leadership extends to national organizations, having served on and led numerous committees, including those within ACP. She has been recognized with multiple awards, such as ACP’s W. Lester Henry Award for Diversity and Access to Care and has contributed to faculty and workforce development with more than $2.7 million in funding and numerous peer-reviewed publications.

Daniel I. Kim
Dr. Daniel Kim is currently Clinical Professor in the Health Sciences at the University of California at Riverside (UCR) School of Medicine and Professor of Medicine at the Loma Linda University (LLU) School of Medicine. His longstanding passion and leadership in medical education are reflected in his current role as the designated institutional officer (DIO) for all graduate medical education (GME) programs at his home institution of Riverside University Health Systems (RUHS), overseeing a significant expansion of new residency and fellowship programs. He has served as the program director of two internal medicine residencies, first at the LLU Department of Medicine and second as the founding IM Program Director for the UCR School of Medicine. Other notable leadership positions include service as President and Chief of the Medical Staff at RUHS and President of the Board of Directors for the UCR Alumni Association. Dr. Kim has been a stalwart supporter and active contributor to ACP for decades, with contributions at the regional and national levels. Most recently he served with distinction as Governor for Southern California Region 2. He has also made notable national contributions to the Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM), the Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine (APDIM), and the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine (AAIM). He has 20 peer-reviewed journal publications and 13 textbook chapters.  

Bruce J. Kimura
Dr. Bruce Kimura attended medical school at University of California, San Diego, UCSF for internal medicine residency and then returned to UCSD for his cardiology fellowship. He joined the medical staff at Scripps Mercy Hospital in San Diego as a cardiologist in 1995. He is an outstanding physician–scientist–educator. He has more than 70 peer-reviewed publications on various topics related to echocardiography and point-of-care ultrasound—42 with first authorship, 16 as senior author, and 59 with internal medicine residents that he has mentored. He derived and validated the Cardiovascular Limited Ultrasound Examination, or CLUE, as the first cardiac ultrasound-assisted physical examination technique for all physicians. Recognized as an exemplary educator and national and international innovator in his field of point-of-care ultrasound, Dr. Kimura has been invited to numerous speaking engagements, has presented countless number of abstracts, and has contributed to various textbooks and guidelines as Scripps Mercy Echo Lab director and voluntary UCSD professor. In addition, as a cardiologist in private practice, the San Diego County Medical Society has voted him Top Doctor for 20 years consecutively—the most for any practicing physician in greater San Diego. He is a very popular and highly rated teacher and mentor for SoCal and ACP POCUS workshops and lectures. A humble, generous, compassionate, and service-oriented physician and person, he credits being an educator to his father, who was a public school teacher.

Juliana (Jewel) M. Kling
Dr. Jewel Kling is Professor of Medicine, Chair of the Division of Women’s Health Internal Medicine, Assistant Director of the Mayo Clinic Women’s Health Center, and Suzanne Hanson Poole Dean of the Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine Arizona Campus. She completed medical school and a master’s in public health at the University of Arizona Tucson and internal medicine residency at Mayo Clinic Arizona, followed by a chief internal medicine year. Her clinical and research interest are in menopause, sexual health, LGBT care, and education as well as efforts to expand the discipline of sex- and gender-specific medicine. Dr. Kling is recognized as an institutional and national expert and leader in menopause. She speaks at national meetings on topics related to menopause and hormone therapy and has published extensively in the field. She is a Menopause Society Certified Practitioner, a fellow and board member of the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health (ISSWSH), and board member of the American Medical Women’s Association Sex and Gender Health Collaborative. She is also part of the transgender and intersex specialty clinic committee at Mayo Clinic Arizona and has been a past co-chair of the LGBTI Mayo Employee Resource Group. 

Cathy J. Lazarus
Dr. Cathy Lazarus is Professor of Medicine (with tenure) and Assistant (immediate past Associate) Dean of Student Affairs and Records at the Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans. Her prior positions of leadership span across multiple institutions, including Assistant Dean for Student Affairs at Washington University, Senior Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Medical Education at Chicago School of Medicine, Assistant Dean of Graduate Medical Education at Tulane, and Associate Chief of Staff at the Southeast Louisiana VA Health System, while attaining Professor of Medicine titles at Tulane, Chicago, and LSU. Dr. Lazarus has dedicated her career to academic leadership, curriculum development, teaching, and mentoring at multiple institutions, winning 14 teaching and mentorship awards. She has also served in leadership roles in numerous professional medical organizations, including AAMC, AMWA, the National Board of Medical Examiners and work with USMLE exams, ELAM, the National Resident Matching Program, and the Gold Humanism Foundation. Her ACP involvement includes service on the Governor’s Councils of both the Louisiana and Illinois Chapters, in addition to committee roles and an Evergreen Award–winning leadership and mentorship program. Her grant-funded research has been in areas including medical ethics, women’s health, and humanism in medicine. Dr. Lazarus is a long-standing ACP member and Laureate Award winner. She has dedicated her career to teaching, mentoring, research, and innovation in medical education bioethics and the humanities.

Luz María Letelier
Luz María Letelier is a general internal medicine physician who has been a member of the ACP Chile Chapter since 2008. Since then, she contributes with the organization of the Chapter’s annual meeting, the Governor Advisory Council, and was the Governor from 2020 to 2024. She is currently Full Professor and Director of the Medical School at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. Her clinical and academic career was developed at a public hospital associated with the School of Medicine and at the University Medical Center, where she was a clinical teacher, director of the internal medicine residency program, and head of the Internal Medicine Department. She was awarded as Best Young Clinical Teacher and years later as Best Senior Professor. More than 20 years ago she introduced and promoted evidence-based medicine when it was not well known in Chile, leading the teaching and research on the field with a significant impact in the spread of this discipline first at Universidad Catolica and later in several medical schools and other health organizations in Chile and several countries in Latin America where Luz has been a recurrent guest to workshops and conferences on the field. She has participated as an author and coauthor of different chapters of the Users’ Guides to the Medical Literature. Most of her publications are systematic reviews, evidence-based medicine-related topics, and research on medical education. As Governor, she worked closely with the Chilean Society of Internal Medicine, where she was recently elected President for 2026–2028.

Diane L. Levine
Dr. Diane Levine is Professor of Medicine at Wayne State University and serves as both the Internal Medicine Clerkship Director and Vice Chair for Education. She has been an active advocate for medical students in internal medicine, has led the IMIG at Wayne State for more than 20 years, and has been an active member of the Michigan Chapter of the American College of Physicians over the duration of her career and was recognized by the Chapter in 2021 with the Lifetime Achievement Award. Dr. Levine’s clinical expertise has led to her being recognized as a “Top Doc” and one of the “Best Doctors in America” several times. She has been recognized with numerous teaching awards and nationally is recognized as a leading voice in medical education as demonstrated by her roles as a member of the Governance Committee for AAIM, a member of the Step 2 CK Interdisciplinary Review Committee for USMLE, and as a member of the Supplemental ERAS Application Content Areas Subcommittee Working Group for the AAMC. She has authored 53 peer-reviewed publications, 17 case reports, six review articles, six editorials, and 150 posters spanning from local to international presentations and has several podium presentations. 

Mario J. Madruga
Mario Madruga is the Program Director of the internal medicine residency program at Orlando Health in Orlando, Florida, a position he has held for 17 years. He also serves as the designated institutional official of Orlando Health, a position he has held for 12 years. He has been an active medical staff member of Orlando Health for 28 years since his graduation from residency there. Prior to his appointment as Program Director, Dr. Madruga served as Assistant Program Director of Orlando Health for 10 years. Dr. Madruga is also Professor of Clinical Sciences at Florida State University College of Medicine and Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Central Florida College of Medicine. Dr. Madruga is the author of two books, a book chapter, 56 peer-reviewed publications, 37 posters, and innumerable lectures and presentations. Dr. Madruga is very active in the ACP Florida Chapter, having served on the Governor’s Advisory Council for 15 years. He served as Scientific Program Chair for the annual meeting and Program Chair for the associates meeting. He has participated in Leadership Day for the Florida Chapter. Dr. Madruga is known as a master teacher and has won the ACP Florida Chapter Outstanding Teacher Award twice. He has received Excellence in Teaching awards five times from Florida State University College of Medicine. Dr. Madruga is a master clinician who is known for his in-depth medical knowledge and outstanding skills in clinical medicine. He has received awards as Top Doctor in Orlando nine times. 

Kenji Maeda
Dr.Kenji Maeda is the CEO of Maeda Clinic of Internal Medicine. Dr.Maeda earned his medical degree from Hirosaki University School of Medicine in 1977 and completed his residency in internal medicine at Tokyo Metropolitan Police Hospital. He is board certified in Japan and a Fellow of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine (JSIM). Throughout his career Dr. Maeda has been active in professional organizations. He encouraged Japanese fellows of the JSIM to participate in ACP, served as Vice Chair of the International Fellowship Committee, and was a counselor in the fellows association. An ACP member since 1996, Dr. Maeda has regularly attended and reported on the ACP annual sessions, promoting their value to his peers. Dr. Maeda has held various leadership roles within the ACP Japan Chapter, including Vice Chair of the Credentials/Membership Committee, Chair of the local Nomination Committee, and secretary. He served as Governor of the Japan Chapter from 2019 to 2023 and remains a member of the Governor’s Council. His dedication to the field has been recognizd with several awards, including the Hospital Award from Tokyo Metropolitan Police Hospital and the Laureate Award from the ACP Japan Chapter. Dr. Maeda has also contributed to clinical guidelines and published extensively in medical journals. His editorial work includes the Common Disease Book and numerous journal articles on diverse topics in internal medicine.

Kimberly D. Manning
A Professor of Medicine at Emory University School of Medicine, Dr. Manning serves as Vice Chair of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for the Emory Department of Medicine. Her innovative teaching methods and mentorship have earned her numerous prestigious awards, including the 2018 ACGME Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Award, the 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award by the Association of Black Women Physicians, and the 2022 AAMC Group on Diversity and Inclusion Exemplary Leadership Award. Dr. Manning’s scholarly work is widely published in esteemed journals such as JAMA, Annals of Internal Medicine, and The Lancet. An avid storyteller, she has co-hosted a narrative medicine podcast called The Human Doctor since 2021. In addition, she has a significant social media presence, with more than 100,000 followers on Twitter, where she shares insights on medical practice and education. Dr. Manning’s efforts have led to the development of successful programs like the RYSE Virtual Visiting Clerkship and the RYSE Fellowship Applicant Experience Program, aimed at increasing diversity among trainees. Her leadership roles extend to national recognitions, including serving as medical school commencement speaker (USC/Keck, 2023; U. Florida, 2023; and Medical College of Georgia/Augusta University, 2024).  

Suja M. Mathew
Suja Mathew is Executive Vice President and Chief Clinical Officer of Atlantic Health System. Dr. Mathew oversees the quality, research, education, and health equity missions of the Atlantic Health organization and works collaboratively to deliver innovative and high-quality care for patients across the state. Dr. Mathew is a sought-after speaker on policy matters involving physicians. She served on the Board of Regents for the American College of Physicians (ACP) and is past Governor for the Illinois Northern Chapter. She is a delegate to the American Medical Association (AMA) and an elected member of the AMA’s Council on Medical Education and Chair of the Nominations Committee. In addition, Dr. Mathew works with the AMA as a senior practice advisor and assists leaders in their efforts to improve professional satisfaction among their clinicians. Before joining Atlantic Health System, Dr. Mathew served in the Cook County Health and Hospitals System in Chicago, most recently as the System Chair of Medicine. Dr. Mathew served as Program Director at Stroger Hospital of Cook County, leading one of the nation’s largest internal medicine training programs, and in progressive educational leadership roles at Rush Medical College. Dr. Mathew earned her medical degree from the University of Chicago and was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha national medical honors society. She completed residency training in internal medicine at the University of Chicago. Dr. Mathew is passionate about health equity and addressing the needs of marginalized communities.  

Caroline K. Milne
Caroline K. Milne is Professor and Vice Chair for Education and Program Director of the Internal Medicine Training Program at the University of Utah. Dr. Milne has served many roles focused on medical education during her career at the department, school, and institution level. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and completed her residency training at the University of Utah where she also served as chief medical resident. She then completed a fellowship in medical education research at the University of Pennsylvania. She completed a master’s in business administration at the University of Utah and the Executive Leadership in Health Care training at Drexel University (ELAM/ELH). Dr. Milne serves on several committees and has more than 29 publications to her name, including two book chapters. Her clinical duties are at the VAMC where she continues to see patients and teach residents in both the outpatient and inpatient settings. Dr. Milne is a strong supporter of the ACP Utah Chapter. She has chaired, co-chaired, and served as faculty for the ACP Utah Chapter meetings.  

Catherine J. Moltzan
Dr. Catherine Moltzan is a hematologist at CancerCare Manitoba and Associate Professor at the University of Manitoba. She served as the Governor of the American College of Physicians Manitoba/Saskatchewan Chapter from 2019 to 2024. Previously, she served in multiple key local and national leadership roles, including as the Chair of CancerCare Manitoba Standards Committee, President of the CancerCare Manitoba Medical Staff Association, Chair of the Adult Hematology Residency Program Committee at the University of Manitoba, and Vice Chair of the pan-Canadian Oncology Drug Review Executive Review Committee for Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health. She is also currently the Chair of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada’s Hematology Subspecialty Committee and Chair of the Peer Executive Review Committee for Oncology at Canada’s Drug Agency. Dr. Moltzan is a highly respected clinician leader and educator who has inspired and continues to inspire countless individuals around her. 

Paul S. Mueller
Paul S. Mueller is a professor and the Dr. Lowell Henry Lebermann Endowed Chair in Internal Medicine at Dell Medical School at the University of Texas, Austin. Previously, he was a consultant in internal medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. During his 29 years with Mayo, he served in many leadership roles, including Chair of the Division of General Internal Medicine, Regional Vice President of the Mayo Clinic Health System in southwest Wisconsin overseeing two hospitals and eight clinics, and Chair of the Mayo Clinic Ethics Council. Ultimately, he held the ranks of Professor of Medicine and Professor of Biomedical Ethics at the Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine. Over the years, Dr. Mueller established himself as an excellent clinician and teacher and a prolific author. He has been recognized by medical students, residents, and physicians in practice as an outstanding teacher. He is a sought-after resource and speaker in the field of biomedical ethics and the care of persons approaching the end of life. His research has focused on ethical dilemmas associated with life-sustaining technologies, especially implantable cardiovascular devices, and the imperatives to use these technologies. He has authored more than 140 peer-reviewed articles and hundreds of book chapters, abstracts, letters, and columns. For more than 15 years, he has been an Associate Editor for the New England Journal of Medicine Journal Watch General Medicine. Dr. Mueller is a fellow of the Hastings Center, one of the world’s leading bioethics research institutes. A professorship in biomedical ethics was named in his honor at the Mayo Clinic. The American College of Physicians (ACP) has been a major part of Dr. Mueller’s professional career. He advocated for his colleagues to be active ACP members. He served on the Governor’s Council of the ACP Minnesota Chapter. In 2014, he received the Laureate Award from the Minnesota Chapter. At the national level, he served two terms on the Ethics, Professionalism and Human Rights Committee, coauthored ACP’s position paper on assisted suicide, contributed to several versions of MKSAP General Medicine, and has spoken at multiple national ACP annual meetings.

Joseph P. Myers
Dr. Myers is Professor of Internal Medicine, Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED); Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine (IM) Residency, Summa Health, Akron, Ohio; and Infectious Disease Physician, Summa Health Medical Group–Infectious Diseases. He is formerly Chair, Department of Internal Medicine, Summa Health. After this position, he was Vice President, Medical Affairs, for Summa Health Barberton and Wadsworth Hospitals before assuming the same role for Summa Health. At Akron General Medical Center, he previously was Chief, Infectious Disease Division, Program Director for the IM and IM/Pediatrics Residency. At Summa, he has been the Program Director for the IM/Pediatrics Residency. He has been Vice Chair, Infectious Disease Section, Internal Medicine, and Co-Course Director for the Infection and Immunity Course at NEOMED, where he was also named Master Teacher at NEOMED in 2004. Dr. Myers remains clinically active and is currently embedded infectious disease faculty for the critical care fellowship at Summa Health. He is a winner of countless teaching awards and honors from NEOMED and affiliated hospitals. He is board certified in internal medicine and infectious diseases. Dr. Myers has also been a strong supporter of the ACP Ohio Chapter, having served as 17-year Chair of the Awards Committee, a recurring Chair of the local Nominating Committee, and Chapter Vice President. He has authored or coauthored more than 70 publications and been involved with more than 54 presentations of posters or abstracts at regional and national sessions.  

Karen J. Nichols
Dr. Nichols has been a leader in organized medicine and medical education with many “firsts,” creating the pathway for women to assume leadership positions. She served as the Chair of the ACGME Board of Directors from 2020 to 2022, following 6 years as a board member. She was Dean of Midwestern University MWU/Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine from 2002 to 2018. She was IM Chair at MWU/Arizona-COM and Assistant Dean for GME. A graduate of Kansas City University-COM, she hold’s a master’s degree in management with a specialty in health care administration. Dr. Nichols has received the highest awards from the American Osteopathic Association (AOA), American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine, and the state societies of Arizona and Illinois. She just received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Osteopathic Foundation. Dr. Nichols holds nine honorary degrees. She has served as President of the AOA, the American College of Osteopathic Internists, and the Arizona Osteopathic Medical Association, the first woman to hold all those positions. Dr. Nichols created the Costin Institute for Osteopathic Medical Educators in 2003, a 1-year fellowship program for MD and DO educators at COMs, which has graduated more than 300 Costin Scholars. She publishes and speaks nationally on physician leadership for MD and DO organizations and medical schools.

Mark S. Noah
Dr. Mark Noah is a Health Sciences Clinical Professor at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and served as Associate Dean of Medical Education at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center for 19 years. His career spans several decades, during which he has held numerous key positions, including Residency Director and Associate Chairman of the Department of Medicine for Teaching at Cedars-Sinai. Dr. Noah has made significant contributions to the American College of Physicians (ACP), serving as the Governor of the ACP Southern California Region 1 Chapter from 2016 to 2020 and President of California ACP Services from 2020 to 2022. He has been an active member of ACP’s Health and Public Policy Committee and has played a pivotal role in organizing the Southern California Regional ACP Scientific Meetings. Dr. Noah’s dedication to advocacy is further demonstrated through his participation in the ACP Annual Leadership Day and the California ACP Annual Leadership Meetings. Dr. Noah has received numerous teaching awards, including the Golden Apple Award for Teaching Excellence and the UCLA Award for Excellence in Education. His research contributions include pneumonia practice guidelines and house staff wellness resources. Dr. Noah has authored multiple publications and presented at national and international conferences. In addition to his professional accomplishments, Dr. Noah is committed to community service, regularly volunteering at medical clinics and participating in health initiatives for underserved populations. His leadership, dedication, and impact on education and patient care make him a highly respected figure in the medical community. 

Michelle A. Nuss
Michelle Nuss was named the Founding Dean of the University of Georgia School of Medicine on March 1, 2024. She has also served as the Augusta University/University of Georgia Medical Partnership’s Campus Dean since 2016 and Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education since 2010. Dr. Nuss led the development of new residency programs and teaching hospitals across the state of Georgia through the University System of Georgia Board of Regents’ (USGBOR) statewide GME expansion project, known as the GME Regents Evaluation and Assessment Team (GREAT) Committee since 2013, and was appointed as Chair of the GREAT Committee in 2016. The committee developed a process to build new residency slots and advocated for state funding for hospital GME start-up funds, resulting in nine new teaching hospitals, 31 new residency programs, and 800 new resident positions across Georgia. Dr. Nuss also chairs Georgia’s statewide Medical Education Advisory Committee that advises the Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce on issues regarding Georgia’s medical education system. She co-chairs the AHEC Statewide Primary Care Taskforce addressing the growing shortages of health care providers in rural areas and serves as VP for the Board of Directors for the Foothills AHEC. Dr. Nuss is the recipient of numerous leadership and teaching awards, including the Mark Silverman Award from the American College of Physicians (ACP) Georgia Chapter and the Laureate Award from the ACP West Virginia Chapter in 2008. In 2023, Dr. Nuss received the coveted Lamartine Hardman Cup from the Medical Association of Georgia recognizing a physician who has solved a problem in public health or contributed to the science of medicine. 

Isaac O. Opole
Isaac O. Opole is President of the American College of Physicians. Dr. Opole studied at the Nairobi School and is a graduate of the School of Medicine, University of Nairobi, Kenya. He completed his graduate doctoral degree at the University of California, Irvine and medical residency at the Kansas University Medical Center. He has practiced hospital medicine at the University of Kansas Health System for the last 19 years and currently serves as the Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and Ruth Bohan Teaching Professor of Medicine at the Kansas University Medical Center. He has held multiple national and regional leadership positions within the ACP, including serving as the President of ACP Services and Chair of the Board of ACP Services PAC, and has been a member of the ACP Board of Regents for the last four years. He was previously Governor of ACP’s Kansas Chapter from 2016 to 2020, and served the ACP in various capacities and committees, including the Governance Committee, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Subcommittee, Restoring the Story Task Force, Ethics, Professionalism, and Human Rights Committee, National Awards and Mastership Task Force, and the Global Engagement Committee. Dr. Opole has been recognized with many awards including the Chapter Laureate Award, the Chapter Excellence Award in both 2017 and 2018, and was awarded the John Tooker Evergreen Award for innovative multi-chapter strategic planning in 2017. Dr. Opole has been a life-long clinician-educator, focusing on building a strong clinical foundation amongst his trainees through curricular and institutional enhancements to improve patient and educational outcomes. Outside the clinical realm, Dr. Opole is also passionate about global health and health disparities and is a champion for advocacy in healthcare.

William S. Palmer
Dr. Palmer is currently a hospitalist but was a primary care specialist for 18 years prior. Currently, he is a New Hampshire State Representative, where he serves on the Health and Human Services and Elderly Affairs Committee. He earned his undergraduate degree in biology at Columbia University in New York and received his MD from the Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons. He completed his residency at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York. Dr. Palmer has been active in leadership throughout his career, serving as medical director of multiple entities and Associate Medical Director for Bayada Hospice. Dr. Palmer was selected Medical Staff President twice during his career at Mount Ascutney. While in these multiple leadership roles, he also served on multiple local and regional committees, improving the care of the communities he served. He also has chaired the local school board and is on the Mount Ascutney Hospital Board and the Saint-Gaudens Memorial Board. Dr. Palmer has been very engaged with the American College of Physicians throughout his career, becoming a Fellow of the College in 2005 and serving on the New Hampshire Council since that time. He served as Treasurer from 2013 to 2017, followed by his term as Governor, where he led an increase in advocacy and achieved the Bronze Chapter Excellence Award. He was an ACP Well-being Champion and has served on the New Hampshire Council Education Committee and chairs the Health and Public Policy Committee. He served nationally on the Patient and Interprofessional Partnership Committee. Dr. Palmer spends his free time playing piano and harpsichord and enjoys mountain biking and bike touring. 

Thomas F. Patterson
Dr. Thomas F. Patterson received his bachelor of arts degree from Baylor University in Waco, Texas, and his medical degree from the University of Texas (UT) Medical School at Houston, Texas. He completed his internship and residency at Vanderbilt University Medical School and at Yale New Haven Hospital and a fellowship in infectious diseases at Yale University School of Medicine, where he also served as Assistant Professor of Medicine. Dr. Patterson currently is Professor of Medicine, Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases and Director, San Antonio Center for Medical Mycology and serves as Vice Chair for Clinical Research in the Department of Medicine at UT Health San Antonio, Texas. His clinical and research interests focus on the diagnosis and treatment of fungal diseases, particularly in immunocompromised hosts. He has been involved in developing new antifungal drugs and in clinical trials of antifungal compounds. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Patterson led the UT Health San Antonio Division of Infectious Diseases efforts to develop safe and effective therapies against COVID-19. He and his team were a leading enrolling site for those NIH supported trials. He was awarded the 2021 UTHSA Presidential Distinguished Research Scholar Award. He is site contact principal investigator for the NIH RECOVER UT Health San Antonio hub. He has published and lectured extensively, with more than 400 peer-reviewed publications, chapters, books, and reviews. He is past President of the Texas Infectious Disease Society and the International Immunocompromised Host Society and an elected member of the Association of American Physicians.

Cynthia L. Peacock
Dr. Cynthia Peacock is a distinguished physician and educator at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) in Houston, Texas. Since joining BCM in 1999, she has held several key positions, including Med-Peds Program Director and Associate Professor in both the Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics. Her leadership was pivotal in achieving the program’s first ACGME accreditation site visit, resulting in full accreditation without citations. Dr. Peacock has dedicated her career to the field of transition medicine, developing expertise in addressing the needs of young adults transitioning from pediatric to adult health care. She established the Baylor Medical College Transition Medicine Clinic, which has gained national recognition for its innovative approach to health care for young adults with developmental disabilities. Her contributions to medical education and patient care have been recognized with several prestigious awards, including the Fulbright and Jaworski Faculty Excellence in Education Leadership Award and the Houston Mayor’s Disability Advocate of the Year Award. She has also been instrumental in securing substantial funding for research initiatives, such as the Texas Medicaid 1115 Healthcare Transformation Waiver Demonstration Project and the National Curriculum Initiative in Developmental Medicine. Dr. Peacock is a Fellow of the College and is the immediate past Texas Southern Governor and a member of the National ACP Awards Committee. 

Daniel H. Pomerantz
Daniel Pomerantz earned his BA in chemistry (magna cum laude) at Columbia University and his MD from Harvard Medical School. He trained in primary care internal medicine in the NYU/Bellevue Primary Care Program, where he was also chief resident. For 25 years, he has served the community of New Rochelle at Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital. For the past 15 years, he has been an APD and serves as Director of the Palliative Care Service and Co-Chair of the Ethics Committee. He also serves on the Montefiore Medical Center’s Bioethics Committee and is an associate professor at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He has been an ACP member since 1995 and was elected to FACP in 2010. He served as a NYACP council member from 2014 to 2017, Governor for the NY-Hudson Valley Region from 2020 to 2024, and President of NYACP from April 2023 to April 2024. In New York, he has served as a member of the Chapter’s Ethics Committee and Well-being Committee and in ad hoc groups, including the Physician Aid in Dying Task Force and three different task forces that developed and updated NYS mandated training in pain management and palliative care. Dr. Pomerantz was a member of the 2023 Executive Committee of the Board of Governors (ECBOG). He served on the Membership Committee for 3 years, including 2 years as Vice Chair, 2 years as Vice Chair of the Well-being and Professional Fulfillment Committee, and on the Fall 2021 BOG Reference Committee, and he currently serves on the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee. 

Richard M. Schwartzstein
Richard M. Schwartzstein is the Ellen and Melvin Gordon Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Medical Education at Harvard Medical School, Executive Director of the Carl J. Shapiro Institute for Education and Research at Harvard Medical School, and Vice President for Education at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. He has also previously served as Director of the Harvard Medical School Academy. He has been a revered teacher, mentor, and educational leader throughout the gamut of medical education. His ability to convey complicated physiologic principles and relate them to clinical medicine is legendary, with beneficiaries not only at Harvard but also nationally and internationally through textbooks he has authored and edited. In the clinical setting, he is an outstanding bedside teacher and passionate advocate of critical thinking as it applies to diagnostic reasoning, particularly through linking physiology and pathophysiology to clinical medicine. As the Executive Director of the Shapiro Institute and through its Fellowship in Medical Education, Dr. Schwartzstein has had a critical role in training numerous faculty who have gone on to educational leadership careers both at Harvard and at other institutions. He has also developed and presented a series of national Millennium Conferences on Medical Education that have fostered faculty development and educational innovation at medical schools around the country. In recognition of his teaching; educational leadership; and impact on students, trainees, and faculty, Dr. Schwartzstein has been the recipient of numerous teaching and educational awards both at Harvard and from national organizations. 

Yong Ki Shin
Yong Ki Shin is currently a physician and co-owner in private practice, Montesano Internal Medicine in the rural community of Montesano, Washington. He has been a part of this practice since 1997. He is Clinical Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, a title he has held since 2018. He served as Assistant Dean for Clinical Medical Education, Western Washington, for the University of Washington School of Medicine from 2012 to 2019. He has served as Grays Harbor County Jail Medical Director and was a medical provider at the Washington State Department of Corrections Stafford Creek Prison. He has been recognized for his excellence as a physician, receiving the ACP Washington Chapter Internist of the Year Award in 2004 and the Washington Rural Health Association Dr. John Anderson Memorial Award for Outstanding Rural Health Practitioner for 2016–2017.

Shmuel Shoham
Shmuel Shoham is Professor of Clinical Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and immediate past Governor of the ACP District of Columbia Chapter. Dr. Shoham is nationally recognized in transplant infectious diseases, and over the past 20 years he has helped to define and expand the role of these specially trained physicians. He has been involved in numerous trials defining new diagnostics and new therapies to prevent and treat transplant-related infections. He is a sought-after expert to serve on national and international guideline committees related to the management of transplant recipients. He has trained a generation of specialists in this evolving area who are devoted to him for his teaching and career advocacy. At Johns Hopkins, he is considered by the house staff and faculty as one of the “go-to” clinical experts and mentors to approach for career advice. He has been a highly effective member of the ACP DC Chapter for 2 decades, winning leadership awards from the DC Chapter. He rose to Governor of the DC Chapter (2020–2024), where he has led innovative initiatives that have made the Chapter more diverse and expanded the reach of its educational initiatives. He was instrumental in successful efforts to reach out to isolated members at all levels of seniority during the COVID-19 epidemic and uncovered some surprising needs, such as food insecurity, for medical students that the Chapter is now addressing. 

Victor Simms
Victor Simms, the 11th of 13 children and a first-generation college graduate, was born and raised in Texas. He attended Texas A&M University and was the first Black student to graduate summa cum laude from their College of Science. While in college, he received many awards, including the President’s Achievement Award. Dr. Simms attended Baylor College of Medicine; he was the only Black student to matriculate into that 1992 class of 177 students. He was awarded Outstanding Graduating Student in 1996. He completed an internal medicine residency and a fellowship in primary care research at the same institution. He obtained a master of public health from the University of Texas School of Public Health. Dr. Simms joined the Kelsey-Seybold Clinic in 2001. He has progressively advanced as a physician leader. He has held the positions of managing physician, Associate Chief, and Chief of the Department of Internal Medicine, member of the Board of Directors, and Chair of the Clinic Planning Committee. In 2022, he was promoted to Associate Medical Director of Clinical Operations and in 2024, he was promoted to Medical Director of Clinical Operations and is part of the leadership team guiding its health care system of more than 950 providers, 5,000 employees, 65 medical specialties, and 43 multispecialty locations. Dr. Simms has served as President of the Texas ACP Services and on the Texas Medical Association’s Council on Legislation. In 2012, the Chapter honored him as the first recipient of the Young Physician Leader of the Year Award, and last year he received the Chapter’s Laureate Award.

Fatima Cody Stanford
Dr. Fatima Cody Stanford is Associate Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Harvard Medical School (HMS) and is renowned as one of the first fellowship-trained obesity medicine physicians globally. She has made significant contributions to the field, with more than 200 peer-reviewed publications, making her one of the most highly cited obesity medicine physician-scientists. Dr. Stanford earned her BS and MPH from Emory University, her MD from the Medical College of Georgia, her MPA from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and an executive MBA from the Quantic School of Business and Technology. Her training includes an obesity medicine and nutrition Fellowship at MGH/HMS and a residency in internal medicine and pediatrics at the University of South Carolina. Dr. Stanford’s accolades include the Gold Congressional Award, the AMA Foundation Leadership Award, the AMA Inspirational Physician Award, and the ACP Joseph E. Johnson Leadership Award. In addition, she has received the HMS Amos Diversity Award, the Massachusetts Medical Society Award for Women’s Health, and the Reducing Health Disparities Award. Her dedication to medical education has been recognized with the MMS Grant Rodkey Award and the AMA Dr. Edmond and Rima Cabbabe Dedication to the Profession Award. In 2021, she received the Emory Rollins School of Public Health Distinguished Alumni Award. Recently, she was named a Scholar in Diagnostic Excellence by the National Academy of Medicine and appointed to the 2025 U.S. Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee. The National Medical Association’s Meritorious Award has also honored her achievements.

Ky B. Stoltzfus
Dr. Stoltzfus is Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Kansas Medical Center where he has worked since 2009. He is board certified in both internal medicine and palliative care. He has been involved in teaching medical students, residents, and fellows, as well as being a research mentor to many of them. He has developed educational materials for medical school courses related to population health and health care delivery. He is the immediate past Governor of the ACP Kansas Chapter. He has been involved in advocacy at the state and national level for many years. He received the Chapter Laureate Award in 2024. He enjoys being outdoors and volunteers each summer at the Philmont Scout Ranch medical infirmary.

Paul Y. W. Tam
Dr. Tam is the Medical Director of the Scarborough Regional Nephrology and Dialysis Program, which he established in 1996. Prior to the availability of a program in Scarborough, he established a continuous renal replacement program in 1983, the first initiated in Canada, at the SGH. Dr. Tam then established home peritoneal and hemodialysis programs and various community satellite dialysis programs. He established the chronic kidney disease clinic at the hospital and a later center of excellence for PD catheter insertion. Dr. Tam is renowned throughout the renal community in Canada for his insights in nephrology and has had leadership roles in the Ontario Association of Nephrologists, Dialysis Task Forces, CPSO Independent Health Facilities Task Force, and Haemodialysis Task Forces. Dr. Tam has published important research papers, including coauthoring a seminal study on incidence of anti-EPO antibodies in dialysis patients (2004) and taken part in multicenter research projects. Dr. Tam has been a tireless community volunteer, raising more than $3 million for the hospital. Dr. Tam was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Pin in 2022, the Kidney Foundation of Canada, Ontario Branch George de Veber Distinguished Service Award in 2023, and the ACP Ontario Chapter Laureate Award in 2023. Dr. Tam has been a member of the ACP since 1990. He provided exemplary leadership in internal medicine. More than that, Dr. Tam has earned the respect and gratitude of hundreds of kidney patients and families who have been able to receive renal care close to home in Scarborough.

Eric Javier Ulloa Isaza
Dr. Eric Ulloa Isaza, a specialist in internal medicine, is Health Quality Coordinator of the Social Security Hospital System and President of the Pharmacotherapeutic Commission of the Social Security System. He has been working in improving health quality and patient safety at the Social Security hospitals since 2019. Past Governor of the Central America Chapter from 2019 to 2024, he excelled in growing membership and was successful in member engagement, establishing student and resident committees in Panama, Guatemala, and El Salvador. During his tenure, the Chapter received four Gold Excellence Awards, three Evergreen Awards, and a People’s Choice Mary Bieter’s All Star Award. In the public health area, Dr. Ulloa served as Vice Minister of Health, General Secretary of Health, and National Director for the Provision of Health Services at the Ministry of Health of Panama, where he promoted programs like palliative care and medical care coordination between the Ministry of Health and Social Security System. He received the Sigma Lambda Chapter of Honor recognition by the University of Panama in 1979, the Superior Civilian Service Award by the Secretary of State of the United States of America for his work at Gorgas Army Hospital in 1997, and the Laureate Award of the American College of Physician Central America Chapter in 2018. He has a small practice as a general internal medicine specialist at San Fernando Hospital, and he is well appreciated by his patients and colleagues. 

Lawrence D. Ward
Lawrence Ward, MD, MPH, is a general internal medicine physician who completed his MPH at George Washington University, his MD at Jefferson Medical College, and residency in internal medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Ward is currently the Vice President, Physician Services & Clinical Integration at Bayhealth Medical Center in Dover, Delaware. In that role, he leads the Medical Group and Population Health team for the health system, focusing on developing best clinical practices, innovative practice designs, efforts on quality improvement, population health, and pay for performance. Prior to joining Bayhealth, Dr. Ward was Professor of Medicine in both the Department of Medicine as well as the College of Population Health at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. He served as the Executive Vice Chairman in the Department of Medicine at Jefferson as well as the Vice Chairman for Clinical Practice & Quality and Associate Medical Director for the Delaware Valley ACO. Dr. Ward has received multiple teaching awards and been recognized by Philadelphia Magazine as a “Top Doc” for many years. Dr. Ward has worked extensively with the American College of Physicians since medical school, serving on multiple committees and as Governor for the Southeastern Pennsylvania Chapter. 

Richard M. Wardrop III
Dr. Richard Wardrop completed his MD and PhD at Ohio State University and his combined internal medicine–pediatrics residency at the University of North Carolina (UNC) in Chapel Hill. His engagement with the American College of Physicians (ACP) is substantial, having been the Chair of the Council of Early Career Physicians, with consequent membership at both BOG and BOR; he is one of the first Well-being Champions of ACP; and has also been an eloquent member of the Education Committee. He is a member of the ACP Ohio Chapter’s Governor’s Advisory Council as Chair of Wellness as well as of the Resolutions Committee. Dr. Wardrop helped implement a Story Slam this past ACP Ohio annual meeting in 2023, which was a tremendous success. His nationally recognized expertise in medical education has led to his selection as Chair of the Internal Medicine Board of ABIM. He is a leader in supporting the development of professionalism and ethos in practice. A clear marker of this is his recent election to the American Osler Society. Dr. Wardrop was the Program Director at UNC, helping it become the number one med-peds residency program in the United States; he is currently the Program Director of the University Hospitals Regionals Internal Medicine Residency. He is an academically productive person and recently founded and led a world-class podcast at the Cleveland Clinic called the Medicine Grand Rounders. He is a strong advocate for the community of early career physicians, focusing on their professional and personal development, with a strong focus on wellness. 

Eric J. Warm
Eric Warm, MD, is the Richard W. Vilter Professor of Medicine, Vice Chair for Graduate Medical Education, and Internal Medicine Residency Program Director at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. As a leader in medical education, Dr. Warm has revolutionized residency training with innovations such as the ambulatory long block and entrustment-based assessment systems. Dr. Warm is also a cofounder of the RADICAL Lab (Research in Assessment Designed to Improve Care and Learning), which focuses on novel methods to improve educational and clinical performance, including the emerging field of learning analytics. His nearly 100 publications and numerous presentations reflect his dedication to advancing medical education. Dr. Warm’s contributions have earned him multiple prestigious teaching awards, including the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada International Residency Educator of the Year Award, Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Award, and Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine Distinguished Medical Educator Award. He has also been recognized as a “Top Doctor” many times over in Cincinnati for his commitment to patient-centered care. Dr. Warm has served as the ACP Ohio Chapter Program Chair, Vice President, and member of ACP’s Governor’s Advisory Council. His mentorship has left a lasting impact on countless medical students and residents. Dr. Warm currently serves as Editor in Chief of the International Clinician Educators Blog and can be found on X @CincyIM.

Russell A. Wilke
Dr. Russ Wilke received both his MD and PhD degrees from the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. After completing a residency in internal medicine at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, he went on to pursue 2 additional years of postdoctoral research training at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. He then joined the Marshfield Clinic in central Wisconsin as a new faculty member practicing primary care general internal medicine while also building a clinical research program in the field of pharmacogenetics. In Marshfield, he trained numerous medical students and residents at St. Joseph’s Hospital, and some of his trainees went on to pursue clinical fellowship at prestigious institutions (e.g., working with the Framingham cohort at Boston University). In 2013, Dr. Wilke joined the internal medicine practice group at Sanford Health. Working together with colleagues and leaders in the South Dakota and North Dakota Chapters of the American College of Physicians, he helped move genetic testing into routine practice in the context of primary care. As a Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine, Dr. Wilke regularly mentors medical students and resident physicians in clinical research, and many of his trainees have leveraged these interactions to successfully compete for additional training opportunities at academic medical centers around the United States. Dr. Wilke served as Chair of Internal Medicine at Sanford School of Medicine for 5 years. He is currently Vice Chair of the department. 

Barry J. Wu
Dr. Barry J. Wu is Professor of Medicine at Yale School of Medicine, where he is Director of the Medical Clinical Experience course, the Introduction to the Profession (iPro) course, and the Capstone course. For 22 years, he was Associate Program Director for the Internal Medicine Residency at Hospital of Saint Raphael and Clerkship Director for the medical student rotation there. He has been a leader in the Connecticut ACP Chapter for nearly 30 years on the Governor’s Council, and his work with medical student activities in the Chapter led to an Evergreen Award. He has received two significant Connecticut Chapter honors: the Laureate Award and the George Thornton Teaching Award. He is the recipient of multiple teaching awards, including the Herbert S. Waxman Award for Outstanding Medical Educator.

Holly B. Yang
Dr. Holly Yang graduated from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and completed residency at the University of Minnesota, where she was a chief resident. She is board certified in internal medicine and hospice and palliative medicine, with fellowship training at San Diego Hospice and the Institute for Palliative Medicine. She also has a master of science in health professions education (MS-HPEd) from the Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions. She has worked clinically in hospice, community-based palliative care, and inpatient palliative care. She is Co-Director of the UCSD/Scripps Health Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship Program. She has served on the Board of Directors for the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM) (2013–2019), as well as Secretary (2019–2021) and as President (2023–2024). She has held many roles at AAHPM mostly focused on education and workforce, including the Entrustable Professional Activities and Curricular Milestones Workgroup and as past Co-Chair of the Assessments Workgroup. She is a past recipient of the AAHPM Inspiring Hospice and Palliative Medicine Leaders Under 40 and the AAHPM Gerald H. Holman Distinguished Service Award. She served on the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Hospice and Palliative Medicine Milestones Working Group and the Hospice Medical Director Certification (HMDC) Board of Directors. Holly is a past President of the San Diego County Medical Society (2020–2021) and currently contributes as Chair of the California Medical Association (CMA) Governance Technical Advisory Committee, as CMA Delegate to the American Medical Association House of Delegates, and as member of the CMA Board of Trustees.

G. Alan Yeasted
Dr. Yeasted has dedicated his professional life to the service of his patients, his community, his local hospital, and the American College of Physicians (ACP). He does so with absolute adherence to the highest ethical values adopted by ACP. He is a superp physician who is able to keep his practice and his community hospital independent despite numerous offers and pressures to merge with mega health systems. Under his leadership, St. Clair Hospital did not just survive but grew to be a significant provider in the western Pennsylvania region and is now entering the academic world by starting an internal medicine residency program with emphasis on primary care. He is a dedicated teacher to medical students and young physicians in training. He was instrumental to the initiation of an internal medicine residency program and in supporting the new Duquesne College of Osteopathic Medicine. He has been an exemplary Governor and ex-Governor, mentoring, nominating, and coaching future governors. Dr. Yeasted helps grow the reach, mission, and membership of ACP at all sections of practice settings, especially among community physicians unaffiliated with major academic institutions.