2023 Chapter Excellence Award – Gold Winner
We are pleased to announce that our chapter is in receipt of the Gold Level of the 2023 Chapter Excellence Award! The award recognizes truly extraordinary chapters that surpass excellence in chapter management. We are in the company of 54 other outstanding chapters. In order to achieve the Gold Level of the Chapter Excellence Award, chapters must meet nineteen Bronze criteria, seventeen Silver criteria and multiple Gold level activities. Criteria include such activities as having a legislative action plan or agenda, holding a volunteerism/community service activity, holding multiple stand-alone meetings, having revenue sources outside of dues and meeting registration fees, implementing a strategic plan, implementing a formal recruitment and retention plan and measuring outcomes, conducting various activities for Medical Students, Residents and Early Career Physicians.
We would like to extend a special thanks to those chapter members who assisted us in all of these endeavors! For their hard work and dedication, we received this award.
We Request Your Feedback on the Proposed Fall 2023 Board of Governors Resolutions
(August 2023) We would like to request your feedback regarding resolutions that will be considered at the Fall 2023 Board of Governors Meeting. With the exception of Resolution 3-F23 which was accepted as a reaffirmation and will not be debated, please review the balance of the slate and then indicate your support or opposition by completing the resolutions electronic response form by August 30th.
After considering the intent of each resolution and how it fits with the College’s Mission and Goals, please provide your feedback on each resolution and indicate your support or opposition by completing the electronic response form by August 30. Your input will be used as part of testimony on behalf of the chapter.
Thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to provide comments regarding these resolutions. By providing your feedback on the Board of Governors resolutions, you have helped to shape College policy that impacts the practice of internal medicine.
Congratulations New Chapter Fellows
- Oluropo A Ayeni, MD FACP
- Liliana P Guevara Bermudez, MD FACP
- Chinyelu Nwasike, MD FACP
(July 2023) Congratulations to the Chapter's new Fellows. Fellowship in the College is an honor. Being an FACP® is a distinction earned from colleagues who recognize your accomplishments and achievements over and above the practice of medicine. The most important considerations for ACP Fellowship are excellence and contributions made to both medicine and to the broader community in which the internal medicine physician lives and practices.
Call for Spring 2024 BOG Resolutions
(July 2023) Are you concerned about a practice or clinical issue or have an idea you'd like to suggest? If so, you might consider submitting a resolution to your Governor or chapter council.
Initiating a resolution provides ACP members an opportunity to focus attention at the ACP national level on a particular issue or topic that concerns them. Participating in the Board of Governors resolutions process provides the ACP grassroots member a voice and allows you to shape College policy that impacts the practice of internal medicine.
Not sure how to begin drafting a resolution? Researching the College's position on an issue can give you a start. The recently released ACP Board of Governors Resolutions Guide for ACP Members is now available to download and will help, too. The Guide was created to provide members a short overview of the resolutions process essentials and highlights critical ACP online resources you must use.
Once drafted, members must submit resolutions to their Governor and/or chapter council. Chapter council approval to move resolutions forward to ACP national is required. A resolution becomes a resolution of the chapter once the chapter council approves forwarding it to national. If effecting change interests you, the deadline for submitting new resolutions to be heard at the Spring 2024 Board of Governors Meeting is October 16, 2023.
Share your good idea with us. Draft a resolution.
BOR Action on Spring 2023 BOG Resolutions
(June 2023) summary of Board of Regents (BOR) actions on resolutions debated at the Spring 2023 Board of Governors (BOG) meeting is now available. Resolutions initiated by ACP members and endorsed by a chapter council and the BOG become ACP policy when adopted by the BOR.
Georgia Chapter Receives the 2023 John Tooker Evergreen Award
(May 2023) The John Tooker Evergreen Awards Program provides recognition and visibility to chapters that have successfully implemented programs to increase membership, improve communication, encourage member involvement, enhance diversity, foster careers in internal medicine or improve chapter management. The Georgia Chapter received the 2023 John Tooker Evergreen Award for their initiative, Heart Sounds Workshop.
Heart Sounds Workshop
One of the primary lessons learned is to allow students to identify their own interests and needs. When those needs/interest are presented to a Chapter, the Chapters can work with the student IMIGs to best determine how to meet the student needs in a way and time to capitalize on the events for the benefits of the students and the Chapter.
The Georgia Chapter's Medical Student Committee planned to increase visibility of ACP among medical students through two-hour heart sound workshops delivered to Internal Medicine Interest Groups (IMIGs) at various Georgian campuses. In total, the sessions were conducted at five medical school campuses in more remote/rural locations and had 146 attendees. The Chapter targeted medical school campuses in more remote/rural to address the College’s (and one of the Georgia Chapter’s) strategic goals to develop more diversity, equity, and inclusion in learning opportunities and engagement with chapter activities.
Chapter Members Elected to ACP Fellowship
(March 2023) We would like to congratulate our chapter members on election to Fellow of the American College of Physicians. The distinction recognizes achievements in internal medicine.
Nader Aboujamous, MD FACP
Tejumade Adelore, MD FACP
Byung Ban, DO FACP
Akua Kakra Biritwum, MD FACP
Daniel Blair, DO FACP
Sumir M Brahmbhatt, MD FACP
Priscilla E Egyir-Biney, MBChB FACP
Esther W Wallach, MD FACP
Usha Anand, MD FACP
Laura E Davidson, MD FACP
Samuel D McElroy, MD FACP
Rajender Singh, MD FACP
Abhinandan Reddy Pakanati, MD FACP
Nedsely A Vila Almonte, MD FACP
Fellowship is elected upon the recommendation of peers and the review of ACP’s Credentials Subcommittee. They may now use the letters “FACP” after their name in recognition of this honor. Please join me in congratulations!
Chapter Speakers at Internal Medicine Meeting 2023
(March 2023) We would like to draw your attention to our Internal Medicine Meeting 2023 local speakers.
| Carlos | Del Rio | Decatur | Georgia | Meet the Professor | COVID-19 Update 2023: Where Are We Now? | Friday, April 28, 2023 |
| Daniel | Dressler | Atlanta | Georgia | Meet the Professor | High-Value Rational Physical Examination Skills for the Hospitalist | Thursday, April 27, 2023 |
| Kari | Esbensen | Atlanta | Georgia | Panel | Ethics Year in Review | Friday, April 28, 2023 |
| Kari | Esbensen | Atlanta | Georgia | Panel | Visitation Policies, Family Caregiving, and Medical Ethics | Thursday, April 27, 2023 |
| Swati | Gaur | Alpharetta | Georgia | Meet the Professor | Managing Patients in the Postacute Setting: What Does the Hospitalist Need to Know? | Saturday, April 29, 2023 |
| Tracey | Henry | Powder Springs | Georgia | Workshop | Make an Impact and Get Promoted Via Nontraditional Methods | Thursday, April 27, 2023 |
| Jafar | Khan | Atlanta | Georgia | Multiple Small Feedings of the Mind | Multiple Small Feedings of the Mind: Cardiology, Pulmonary Medicine, Neurology | Thursday, April 27, 2023 |
| Jose | Navarrete | Decatur | Georgia | Multiple Small Feedings of the Mind | Multiple Small Feedings of the Mind: Nephrology, Endocrinology, Gastroenterology | Friday, April 28, 2023 |
| Ugochi | Ohuabunwa | Atlanta | Georgia | Clinical Workshop | Challenges in Geriatric Medication Management: An Interactive Case-Based Workshop | Friday, April 28, 2023 |
| Ugochi | Ohuabunwa | Atlanta | Georgia | Clinical Workshop | The Team-Based Approach to the Annual Wellness Visit in Primary Care | Thursday, April 27, 2023 |
| James | O'Keefe | Decatur | Georgia | Multiple Small Feedings of the Mind | Multiple Small Feedings of the Mind: Infectious Diseases, Women’s Health, General Internal Medicine | Saturday, April 29, 2023 |
| Birju | Patel | Duluth | Georgia | Clinical Workshop | Challenges in Geriatric Medication Management: An Interactive Case-Based Workshop | Friday, April 28, 2023 |
| Birju | Patel | Duluth | Georgia | Clinical Workshop | The Team-Based Approach to the Annual Wellness Visit in Primary Care | Thursday, April 27, 2023 |
| Laila | Woc-Colburn | Decatur | Georgia | Meet the Professor | Urine Trouble: What's New in Treating Urinary Tract Infections? | Saturday, April 29, 2023 |
If you’re attending IMM23, please join us at our Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee Joint Chapters Reception—6:00-7:00 p.m., Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina, Marriott Grand Ballroom, Section 8.
Member Feedback is Requested on Spring 2023 Resolutions
(March 2023) Fourteen (14) resolutions will be considered at the Spring 2023 Board of Governors (BOG) Meeting. Please review each resolution and then indicate your support or opposition by completing the electronic response form by the deadline your ACP Chapter Governor has requested or by March 22, whichever comes first.
Your comments will be forwarded to the Chapter Governor to be used as part of their testimony on behalf of the chapter. If you have any questions, please contact Mary Giampietro, BOG Administrator, at chapter@acpmembership.org. Thank you for your input.
(NOTE: Proposed resolutions should be considered confidential information and are intended to be viewed by ACP members only. Under no circumstances should proposed resolutions be shared with the news media or social networking media, nor should they be shared with other individuals and organizations. Proposed resolutions do not represent ACP policy.)
Call for Fall 2023 Resolutions
(February 2023) Are you concerned about a practice or clinical issue or have an idea you'd like to suggest? If so, you might consider submitting a resolution to your Governor or chapter council.
Initiating a resolution provides ACP members an opportunity to focus attention at the ACP national level on a particular issue or topic that concerns them. Participating in the Board of Governors resolutions process provides the ACP grassroots member a voice and allows you to shape College policy that impacts the practice of internal medicine.
Not sure how to begin drafting a resolution? Researching the College's position on an issue can give you a start. The just released ACP Board of Governors Resolutions Guide for ACP Members is now available to download and will help, too. The Guide was created to provide members a short overview of the resolutions process essentials and highlights critical ACP online resources you must use.
Once drafted, members must submit resolutions to their Governor and/or chapter council. Chapter council approval to move resolutions forward to ACP national is required. A resolution becomes a resolution of the chapter once the chapter council approves forwarding it to national. If effecting change interests you, the deadline for submitting new resolutions to be heard at the Fall 2023 Board of Governors Meeting is March 30, 2023.
Share your good idea with us. Draft a resolution.
Board of Regents Action on Fall 2022 BOG Resolutions
(November 2022) A summary of Board of Regents (BOR) actions on resolutions debated at the Fall 2022 Board of Governors (BOG) meeting is now available. Resolutions initiated by ACP members and endorsed by a chapter council and the BOG become ACP policy when adopted by the BOR.
If you have an idea you'd like to suggest to ACP, consider submitting a resolution to your Governor or local ACP chapter. Visit your ACP chapter website for more information on how to contact your Governor or chapter staff about proposing a resolution.
Chapter Members Elected to ACP Fellowship
(November 2022) We would like to congratulate our chapter members on election to Fellow of the American College of Physicians. The distinction recognizes achievements in internal medicine.
- Ashish C Amin, MD
- Catherine P Christie, MD
- Marla S Tschepikow, MD
- Hatoum, MD
- David Graeme Watson, MD
Fellowship is elected upon the recommendation of peers and the review of ACP’s Credentials Subcommittee. They may now use the letters “FACP” after their name in recognition of this honor. Please join me in congratulations!
Congratulations Noble M. Maleque, MD, FACP on being awarded ACP Award for Outstanding Educator of Residents and Fellows
(October 2022) We are excited to share that the [Mastership/Awards] Committee and the Board of Regents have approved Noble M. Maleque, MD, FACP to receive an award recognition during the 2023 Internal Medicine Meeting in San Diego, California.
The award recognizes an ACP member who is a distinguished faculty member who spends a significant amount of time teaching residents and fellows.
Congratulations Jean E. Chin, MD, MACP on being awarded Mastership
(October 2022) We are excited to share that the [Mastership/Awards] Committee and the Board of Regents have approved Jean E. Chin, MD, MACP to receive Mastership during the 2023 Internal Medicine Meeting in San Diego, California.
ACP Bylaws state that MACPs shall be Fellows who have been selected because of “integrity, positions of honor, impact in practice or in medical research, or other attainments in science or in the art of medicine.” MACPs must be highly accomplished persons demonstrating impact in practice, leadership, or in medical research. Evidence of their achievements can come from many types of endeavors, such as renown within their field and/or ACP chapter, research, education, health care initiatives, volunteerism, administrative positions, care of patients, and service to their community.
One of the goals of the American College of Physicians is to “recognize excellence and distinguished contributions to internal medicine.” As a way of achieving this goal, the College offers 21 awards and a number of Masterships each year. Annually, awardees and MACPs are honored at the Convocation ceremony held during the Internal Medicine meeting.
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