Member Accomplishments

If you have any current news to share about yourself or a colleague that we can celebrate, please e-mail it to Natalie Kaczur.

To read the accomplishments of members in your region, please select your region below:

Northern California Region
Southern California Region I
Southern California Region II
Southern California Region III

Recruit a Colleague

The California Chapter would like to thank the following members for recruiting their colleagues as part of ACP's Recruit-a-Colleague program:

Maja K. Artandi, MD, California Northern
Molly Cooke, MD, FACP, California Northern
Kelley M. Skeff, MD, MACP, California Northern
Richard E. Nickowitz, MD, California Southern Region I
Joel David Mittleman, MD, FACP, California Southern Region I
Alpesh N. Amin, MD, MBA, FACP, California Southern Region II

Key Contact Awards

The Chapter is proud to announce that California members Glenn D. Littenberg, MD, FACP and Susan E. Sprau, MD, FACP were selected as two of the Top Ten Key Contacts in the country at Internal Medicine 2008!

Throughout the year, Key Contacts express their views to their members of Congress about Medicare reimbursement cuts, health information technology, reforming the medical liability system, preserving acess to primary care, reducing the number of the uninsured, and other key issues of concern to internists and their patients. The Top Ten Key Contacts are recognized for their particularly noteworthy contributions in advocating for ACP's federal legislative agenda.

Congratulations to Drs. Littenberg and Sprau and many thanks for their tireless efforts!

Northern Region

The Chapter recognizes and congratulates these California Northern Region physicians who were elected to Fellowship in the College on July 1, 2008:

Peter A. Boehringer, MD, FACP, Fresno
Edward A. Chow, MD, FACP, San Francisco
David I. Daikh, MD, PhD, FACP, San Francisco
Barbara A. Wismer, MD, MPH, FACP, San Francisco

Fellowship is an honor achieved by those recognized by their peers for personal integrity, superior competence in internal medicine, professional accomplishment, and demonstrated scholarship.

Southern Region I

Southern Region I is very pleased to announce that Glenn D. Braunstein, MD, FACP was recently named as a new Master. Dr. Braunstein received his Mastership at Internal Medicine 2008 in Washington, DC.

Masters comprise a small group of highly distinguished physicians, selected from among Fellows, who have achieved recognition in medicine by exhibiting preeminence in practice or medical research, holding positions of high honor, or making significant contributions to medical science or the art of medicine.

The Chapter recognizes and congratulates these Southern California Region I physicians who were elected to Fellowship in the College on July 1, 2008:

Daryl W. Burgess, DO, FACP, Lompoc
Vito M. Campese, MD, FACP, Los Angeles
Victor G. Ettinger, MD, MBA, FACP, Bakersfield
Alex Foxman, MD, MS, FACP, Beverly Hills

Southern Region II

Robert S. Karm, MD, FACP, Huntington Beach

The Chapter recognizes and congratulates the following Southern California Region II physicians who were elected to Fellowship in the College on July 1, 2008:

Roger C. Garrison, DO, FACP, Murrieta
Cynthia G. Leichman, MD, FACP, Palm Springs
Lynnetta E. Skoretz, MD, FACP, Colton
Robert Waterbor, MD, PhD, FACP, Rancho Mirage

Southern Region III

Southern Region III is very pleased to announce that Kenneth Kaushansky, MD, FACP was recently named as a new Master. Dr. Kaushansky received his Mastership at Internal Medicine 2008 in Washington, DC.

Masters comprise a small group of highly distinguished physicians, selected from among Fellows, who have achieved recognition in medicine by exhibiting preeminence in practice or medical research, holding positions of high honor, or making significant contributions to medical science or the art of medicine.

The Chapter recognizes and congratulates the following Southern California Region III physicians who were elected to Fellowship in the College on July 1, 2008:

Deanna K. Price, MD, FACP, San Diego
Steven R. Ruderman, MD, FACP, La Jolla

Page updated: 07-21-08