ACP Response to Invitational Conference on USMLE Scoring (InCUS)
Reports To:
The Board of Regents
Charge
Develop plans and strategies to create and/or disseminate scientific, clinical, and professional education and training addressing the learning needs of physicians, residents, students, and other health care professionals; develop or support educational policy to improve the quality, safety, and value of health care; and support the professional fulfillment of medical learners.
Composition (14)
Chair, who is a Regent; Vice-Chair, who is a Governor; 10 members-at-large, to include: at least one Regent, at least one Governor, one medical student, one Resident/Fellow Member, and one Early Career Physician. Strive for representatives from each of the following:
- International Physicians
- General internists: (2 from different areas: hospitalist, ambulatory medicine, or traditional)
- Subspecialists
- Practicing physicians (representing a variety of geographic locations and practice types)
- Academics (3 from different areas: undergraduate medical education, graduate medical education, and dean or department chair)
- Educational content expertise (e.g. instructional design, interprofessional education, clinical skills, quality and patient safety)
Two Permanent Guests (non-voting): A representative from the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine (AAIM); one non-physician community representative from the Patient and Interprofessional Partnership Committee.
The President and Chair of the Board of Regents are ex officio, voting members.
Terms - Chair, Vice Chair, and members serve one-year terms renewable up to three times for a total of four years, unless extended by the Chair, Board of Regents. The early career physician, medical student and resident/fellow member positions are appointed according to the BOR-approved policy for council appointments.
2023-24 Members
Rebecca A. Andrews, MD, MS, FACP, Chair (Regent)
Professor of Medicine Associate Program Director
Internal Medicine Residency Director of Ambulatory Education, Internal Medicine Residency
Connecticut Health Center
Farmington, CT
Specialty: Internal Medicine
reandrews@uchc.edu
Sarah E. Hartley, MD, FACP, Vice Chair (Governor)
Clinical Associate Professor
University of Michigan
Superior Township, MI
Specialty: Hospital Medicine
hartsara@med.umich.edu
Leslie F. Algase, MD, FACP (Regent)
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Honeoye Falls, NY
Specialty: Internal Medicine
lesliealgase@gmail.com
Moises Auron, MD, FAAP, FACP, SFHM (Governor)
Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, CCLCM of CWRU
Medical Director of Blood Management | Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Officer, Department of Hospital Medicine
Cleveland Clinic
Beachwood, OH
Specialty: Internal Medicine
auronm@ccf.org
Sima S. Desai, MD, MACP
Professor of Medicine
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, OR
Specialty: Internal Medicine
desais@ohsu.edu
Christopher L. Knight, MD, FACP (Governor)
Professor, Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine
University of Washington School of Medicine
Seattle, WA
Specialty: Internal Medicine
cknight@uw.edu
Jennifer R. Olges, MD, MPH, FACP (Governor)
Associate Professor
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY
Specialty: Internal Medicine
jennifer.olges@louisville.edu
Adrian P. Sequeira, MD, FACP
Professor of Clinical Medicine
LSUHSC
Shreveport, LA
Specialties: Nephrology, Internal Medicine
aseque@lsuhsc.edu
Richard M. Wardrop III, MD, PhD, FAAP, FACP
Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency
Vice Chair, Academic Department of Medicine
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH
Specialties: Hospital Medicine, Pediatrics
rwardrop@gmail.com
Eileen D. Barrett, MD, MPH, MACP, SFHM (Chair, Board of Regents)
(Ex-officio member)
Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Albuquerque, NM
Specialty: Internal Medicine
barrett.eileen@gmail.com
Omar T. Atiq, MD, FACP (President)
(Ex-officio member)
Professor of Medicine and Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, AR
Specialty: Oncology/Hematology
otatiq@gmail.com
Nissma Bencheikh (CSM)
Medical Student
The University of California, San Diego School of Medicine
San Diego, CA
nbencheikh@health.ucsd.edu
Saber Khan, MD (CRFM)
Internal Medicine Resident
Creighton University
Omaha, NE
sabermkhan@hotmail.com
Celeste Newby, MD, PhD, FACP (CECP)
Assistant Professor
John W. Deming Department of Medicine
Section of General Internal Medicine & Geriatrics
Tulane School of Medicine
New Orleans, LA
celeste.newby@gmail.com
Staff Liaison: Davoren A. Chick, MD, FACP dchick@acponline.org