Member Accomplishments

New Masters Awarded

Congratulations to Sanjiv Chopra (Boston) and George C. Tsokos (Boston) who have been awarded Masters of the College. They will be inducted at the Convocation ceremony during the ACP Internal Medicine Meeting in April 2010. 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.

National Awardee

This year's Samuel Eichold II Memorial Award for Contributions in Diabetes will be presented to Martin J. Abrahamson (Boston). He will be presented with this award at the Convocation ceremony during the ACP Internal Medicine Meeting in April 2010. The award is bestowed upon an ACP member or an organization that has made important health care delivery innovations for diabetic patients resulting in improved clinical or economic outcomes; or a member of the ACP who has conducted research that significantly improves quality of care or clinical management of diabetes. The Eichold Award is designed to honor Dr. Eichold of Alabama, whose lifelong passion was diabetes. The award is supported by a grant from the Eichold family.

Associate and Medical Student Presenters at Internal Medicine 2010

We are honored to have 12 Associates and 3 Students represent our Chapter at Internal Medicine 2010 in Toronto.

  • Raghavendra P Makam, MBBS from the Berkshire Medical Center Program was selected as a 2010 Associates Basic Research - Poster Finalist for a poster titled: Factitious hyponatremia in hemolyzed specimens: An observation.
  • Anuja Garg, MBBS from the Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center Program was selected as a 2010 Associates Clinical Research - Poster Finalist for a poster titled: Left Ventricular Mass Associated With Low HDL Cholesterol and Other factors in an Inner City Hospital.
  • Ali M Hama Amin, MD from the St. Vincent Hospital Program was selected as a 2010 Associates Clinical Vignette - Poster Finalist for a poster titled: Complete Resolution of Giant Cell Myocarditis (GCM) Following Early Diagnosis and Timely Aggressive Immunosuppressive Therapy.
  • Hyun Joon Shin, MD from the MetroWest Medical Center Program was selected as a 2010 Associates Clinical Vignette - Poster Finalist for a poster titled: Failure of Tigecycline and Colistin in Treatment of Bacteremia Caused By Carbapenemase-Producing Klebsiella Pneumoniae in a Community Hospital.
  • Ashish A Vyas, MD from the St. Vincent Hospital Program was selected as a 2010 Associates Clinical Vignette - Poster Finalist for a poster titled: An Unusual Presentation of Pulmonary Embolism.
  • Mohammad M Ansari, MD from the Albert Einstein COM at Beth Israel Medical Center Progra was selected as a 2010 Associates Clinical Vignette - Poster Finalist for a poster titled: Syncope: A Case Series and literature review of Gelastic (Laughter- Induced) syncope.
  • Patarapha Wongsaroj, MD from the St. Vincent Hospital Program was selected as a 2010 Associates Clinical Vignette - Poster Finalist for a poster titled: Mixed Cryoglobulinemia Associated With Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis and Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma.
  • Jaya D Bathina, MBBS from the St. Vincent Hospital Program was selected as a 2010 Associates Clinical Vignette - Poster Finalist for a poster titled: Sealing a distal coronary artery perforation with semi-coagulated autologous blood.
  • Lovely Chhabra, MBBS from the St. Vincent Hospital Program was selected as a 2010 Associates Clinical Vignette - Poster Finalist for a poster titled: Retrograde Embolism from Descending Thoracic Aorta causing Stroke - Recognizing an Underappreciated Clinical Condition.
  • Risheen S Reejhsinghani, MD from the Caritas St. Elizabeth's Medical Center Program was selected as a 2010 Associates Clinical Vignette - Poster Finalist for a poster titled: Preeclampsia Masking Class IV Lupus Nephritis In A Pregnant Woman.
  • Mohammad M Ansari, MD from the Albert Einstein COM at Beth Israel Medical Center Program was selected as a 2010 Associates Quality Improvement/Patient Safety - Poster Finalist for a poster titled: Retrospective Analysis of Contrast Induced Nephropathy at a Tertiary Care Center.
  • Neha Alang, MD from the St. Vincent Hospital Program was selected as a 2010 Associates Quality Improvement/Patient Safety - Poster Finalist for a poster titled: Communication via emails between patient and doctor regarding glycosylated hemoglobin associated with better glycemic control: A Retrospective Study.
  • Adam Levy from Boston University was selected as a 2010 Student Basic Research - Poster Finalist for a poster titled: Patient-Derived Dopaminergic Neurons to Treat Parkinson’s disease.
  • Yi Li from Harvard Medical School was selected as a 2010 Student Clinical Research - Podium Presentation for an abstract titled: Ultrasound and MRI in fetuses with ventriculomegaly: Can cortical development be used to predict postnatal outcome?.
  • Jennifer Dan from Boston University was selected as a 2010 Student Clinical Vignette - Poster Finalist for a poster titled: Resolution Of Multiple-organ Dysfunction Following Resection Of A Lymph Node Associated With Secondary Amyloidosis.

New Fellows

The Chapter recognizes and congratulates these Massachusetts Chapter physicians who were elected to Fellowship in the College between October and December, 2009:

  • Richard C. Chou, MD, FACP
  • Wildon R. Farwell, MD, FACP
  • Kathleen M. Finn, MD, FACP
  • Shakti S. Sabharwal, MD, FACP


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

Robert S. Janett, MD, FACP
Daniel C. Randall, MD, FACP


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