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Congratulations to our Members

Two Chapter Fellows Receive National Awards

Congratulations to Prerna Mona Khanna, MD, FACP who received the Oscar E. Edwards Memorial Award for Volunteerism and Community Service and to David W. Baker, MD, FACP who received the Alvan R. Feinstein Award for Patient Care in the Field of Clinical Epidemiology. Both awards as well as other national awards were presented during Convocation at Internal Medicine 2013 in San Francisco.


Kudos to our New Masters!

Congratulations to Robert A. Balk, Dale N. Gerding and Stephen M. Korbet, who were awarded Mastership of the College at the Convocation ceremony during ACP Internal Medicine 2013 in San Francisco. To be considered for Mastership, the candidate must have made a notable contribution to medicine. This includes but is not limited to teaching, outstanding work in clinical medicine (research or practice), contributions to preventive medicine, improvements in the delivery of health care, or contributions to medical literature.


Congratulations to Our New Fellows

View the full list of new Fellows who were elected in the past 6 months


2013 Internal Medicine Abstract Presenters

We were honored to have 44 chapter members represent our chapter for the Associate and Medical Student Abstract Competition held during Internal Medicine 2013 in San Francisco.

  • Adam B Ward, DO, Associate Oral Presentation, Clinical Research
  • Ankit Mangla, MD, Associate Oral Presentation, Clinical Vignette; Associate Poster, Clinical Research
  • Samian Sulaiman, MD, Associate Oral Presentation, Clinical Vignette
  • Meghan A O'Halloran, MD, Associate Poster, Clinical Research
  • Abhijai Singh, MD, Associate Poster, Clinical Vignette
  • Adnan Khan, MD, Associate Poster, Clinical Vignette
  • Alana M Nevares, MD, Associate Poster, Clinical Vignette
  • Arun Singavi, MD, Associate Poster, Clinical Vignette
  • Atena Lodhi, MD, Associate Poster, Clinical Vignette
  • Dima Dandachi, MD, Associate Poster, Clinical Vignette
  • Huynh Cao, MD, Associate Poster, Clinical Vignette
  • Izabela Postacchini, MD, Associate Poster, Clinical Vignette
  • Kovid Trivedi, MBBS, Associate Poster, Clinical Vignette
  • Marco A Paez, MD, Associate Poster, Clinical Vignette
  • Pakhadi H Buddhadev, MBBS, Associate Poster, Clinical Vignette
  • Radha Devi Radhakrishna Pillai, MD, Associate Poster, Clinical Vignette
  • Radhika Kothakota, Associate Poster, Clinical Vignette
  • Rena A Shah, MD, Associate Poster, Clinical Vignette
  • Salih Samo, MD, Associate Poster, Clinical Vignette
  • Sangeeta Juloori, MBBS, Associate Poster, Clinical Vignette
  • Sathish Kumar Krishnan, MD, Associate Poster, Clinical Vignette
  • Vaishnavy Bhaskaruni, MBBS, Associate Poster, Clinical Vignette
  • Vishnu Vandana Palle, MD, Associate Poster, Clinical Vignette
  • Shashvat Sukhal, MD, Associate Poster, QI/PS - HVCCC
  • Emily Guhl, Medical Student Poster, Clinical Vignette
  • Hongphuc Vo, Medical Student Poster, Clinical Vignette
  • Sarah A Stone, Medical Student Poster, Clinical Vignette
  • Amardeep Shrestha, MBBS, Associate Oral Presentation, QI/PS - HVCCC
  • Affan Irfan, MBBS, Associate Poster, Clinical Research
  • Idelle Fraser, MD, Associate Poster, Clinical Vignette
  • Indrajeet Mahata, MBBS, Associate Poster, Clinical Vignette
  • Jae Hyung Cho, MD, Associate Poster, Clinical Vignette
  • Kalyani Chandra, MBBS, Associate Poster, Clinical Vignette
  • Lokesh R Shahani, MBBS, Associate Poster, Clinical Vignette
  • Maryam Gul, MBBS, Associate Poster, Clinical Vignette
  • Muhammad Toor, MBBS, Associate Poster, Clinical Vignette
  • Naseem A Ghazanfari, MD, Associate Poster, Clinical Vignette
  • Roel Conrad E Jamis, MD, Associate Poster, Clinical Vignette
  • Shobha Shahani, MBBS, Associate Poster, Clinical Vignette
  • Snigdha Kola, MBBS, Associate Poster, Clinical Vignette
  • Suneel Kumar, MBBS, Associate Poster, Clinical Vignette
  • Ajay Joseph, MD, Associate Poster, QI/PS - HVCCC
  • Trinadha R Pilla, MD, Associate Poster, QI/PS - HVCCC
  • Kristina M Prus, Medical Student Poster, Clinical Vignette

Special congratulations to Joshua T Williams who was a winner in the Medical Student Clinical Vignette Poster category, and Bonnie Wang, MD who was a winner in the Associate Clinical Vignette Poster category


Chapter Member Elected to National Council

Kudos to Gaurav Jain from the SIU School of Medicine who was recently elected to serve ACP's National Council of Associates as the Midwestern Region Representative. His two-year term started in April 2012. We wish him well in this new leadership role!



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

  • Marie T Brown, MD FACP
  • Edward C Sankary, MD
  • Elizabeth Schulwolf, MD

If you have any current news to share about yourself or a colleague that we can celebrate, please send it along to the Governors, Marie Brown, MD, FACP and Janet Jokela, MD, FACP.


Page updated: 7/12/13

Contact Information

Marie Brown, MD, FACP
Governor, Illinois Northern Region

Janet A Jokela, MD, FACP
Governor, Illinois Downstate Region

Donna Seawards
Executive Director
Ph: 224-356-6101