2010 Chapter Awardees
The ACP Maryland Chapter is pleased to announce its 2010 Chapter Awards awardees. The awards will be presented at our Chapter meeting on February 5. We have added two new awards this year.
Theodore E. Woodward Award for Medical Education and Research
Jay S. Goodman, MD, FACP
Dr. Jay Goodman was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland. He completed his medical education at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, where he also trained as an intern. From 1964 until 1966 he was located at the Vanderbilt University Hospital in Nashville, where he finished his residency and fellowship in infectious diseases. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine and a Fellow of the American College of Physicians. He has written many articles on infectious disease and presented at programs, grand rounds, and seminars throughout the country. He is a Professor of Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine since 1978. Dr. Goodman’s three decades as Chairman of the Department of Medicine distinguish him for this year’s Woodward Award for Medical Education and Research.
Under his leadership, the Department of Medicine at Mercy flourished and became the model for community based clinical training for two generations of medical students and house staff from the University of Maryland. The residency training program at Mercy generated numerous gifted clinicians who served the the community of Baltimore and noted academic medical institutions.
Dr. Goodman has always been very approachable and personable with a keen wit and sense of humor. He combines these fine qualities with a scholarly approach, an academic interest, and exceptional physical examination skills. His standards for the care of his patients are exemplary.
In 2001 Jay retired as Chairman of the Department of Medicine. Although he relinquished the chairman's position and office, he has continued teaching to this day. Since his retirement, Dr. Goodman has been an advisor to senior management and hospital administrators. He continues to attend on the medical service, touching the lives of patients, their families, medical students and residents.
Jay’s relaxed demeanor, delightful wit and kind words were a constant reassurance to students and young physicians alike. This approach and keen intellect and passionate commitment to medical education are reminiscent of the style of the late Dr. Woodward. Dr. Goodman is certainly a most worthy recipient of this award.
Samuel P. Asper Award for Excellence in Internal Medicine
Ali J. Afrookteh, MD, FACP
Dr. Ali Afrookteh has been in a very busy internal medicine group practice in Frederick, Maryland for over twenty years. He grew up in Baltimore and attended the University of Maryland Medical School, from which he graduated in 1983 summa cum laude. He did his internship in 1983-84, residency 1984-86, and chief residency 1986-87 at the University of Virginia Hospital. He earned honors in medical school including AOA his junior year, the Faculty Gold Medal, the Leonard Hummel Award for Excellence in Internal Medicine, and the Jacob Finesinger Prize for Excellence in Psychiatry. He became board certified in internal medicine in 1986 and sports medicine in 1995. He is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians.
During his years of medical practice in Frederick, Ali has given generously of his time to Frederick Memorial Hospital, and served as its Chief from 1993 to 1995. He has also been Chairman of the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee, Chairman of the Noninvasive Cardiac Lab, and a member of the Credentials Committee, and Bylaws Revision Committee. Ali has served as a member of our Governor's Council from 2002 to the present, and has been the co-Chair of our Program Committee for almost eight years. In 2006 and 2008 he was voted Best Internist in Frederick by a survey of his peers conducted by a local magazine. In addition, he is an instructor of Advanced Life Support a member of the American College of Sports Medicine, and American Society of Echocardiography.
Ali is a man of many talents in sports and music. He will play the saxophone with his quartet at the chapter meeting. His love of the practice of internal medicine makes him the epitome of what the Samuel P. Asper Award represents in our Chapter. In a climate that changes in internal medicine rapidly, Ali found a way to combine new practice methods without sacrificing his ideals. We believe he is truly remarkable and a perfect candidate for the 2010 Samuel P. Asper Award.
Mary Betty Stevens Award for Clinical Research
Thomas C. Quinn, MD, FACP
Dr. Thomas Quinn, Director of the Johns Hopkins University Center for Global Health, Professor of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, International Health, Epidemiology, and Pathology, is this year’s recipient of the Stevens Award for Clinical Research. Dr. Quinn graduated from Northwestern University School of Medicine in 1974. He then went on to complete his internship and residency at the Albany Medical Center. He was a research associate at the NIH and a Senior Fellow in Medicine (Infectious Diseases) at the University of Washington, in Seattle. He is board certified in internal medicine and infectious diseases and a fellow of the American College of Physicians. He is also a commissioned officer in the US Public Health Service where he is the Associate Director for International Research at NIAID.
His initial work concerned STDs where he played a major role in defining frequency and diagnostic tests for C. trachomatis in the days when this was not a commonly recognized pathogen. His more recent work since the beginning of the HIV era has been devoted to AIDS with special attention to some critically important studies in sub Saharan Africa. His contributions to medicine have been extraordinary and impossible to summarize with brevity, but it is clear that he has moved the field of HIV locally, nationally and internationally. His work is the most cited paper on the importance of HIV concentrations for risk of HIV transmission which now translates to one of the largest projects ever undertaken by the NIH: The plan for “Test and Treat” with antiretroviral drugs to suppress the virus and ultimately eradicate HIV from the globe. He has written countless articles on a variety of subjects and has over 18 publications in the New England Journal of Medicine, an unusual feat even in academic medicine.
Dr. Quinn certainly embodies all that Dr. Mary Betty Stevens stood for in her years of service in the area of clinical research. We congratulate Dr. Quinn and are happy to welcome him as this year’s recipient of the Mary Betty Stevens Award.
Outstanding Hospitalist Award
Fred T. Chan, MD
Dr. Chan began his career as a Hospitalist in 1998 after he completed his residency training at the Osler Medical Service at Johns Hopkins. The hospitalist program at GBMC, began by Dr. Thomas Lansdale in 1997, was the first in the Baltimore metropolitan area. Fred quickly established himself as a superb clinician, talented resident and patient educator, and a thoughtful, generous colleague. He has been directing the program since his arrival 10 years ago.
The GBMC hospitalist program has served as a template for other hospital departments of medicine, largely due to Fred’s vision and guidance. The program has grown in scope and volume since its inception and the hospitalist physicians at GBMC now care for approximately 70% of all medical admissions. Fred has met the increasingly complex challenges of a clinical service with excellence He has recruited excellent internists to meet growing patient volumes and kept physician turnover to a minimum; found successful ways to interweave the hospitalist service with the internal medicine residency program; optimized communication with the community referring physicians; and maintained a financially viable program budget. In all these arenas, his successful accomplishments have secured his reputation as a senior hospital clinician and administrator.
Dr. Chan is a masterful diagnostician. Family members of colleagues and staff routinely request that he be the attending physician. He is as kind as he is thoughtful. His sense of humor never fails to compliment his caring.
Fred has recently been promoted by the hospital CEO to Director of Medical and Surgical admissions, acknowledging his unique qualifications to improve inpatient medical care across different departments and clinical services. He also maintains a leadership role in his national professional flagship organization, the Society of Hospital Medicine. Dr. Chan has been a member of our MD ACP Council for a number of years, ensuring that the “lines of communication” are open between the two organizations.
Dr. Fred Chan embodies all that is evocative in the Outstanding Hospitalist award.
Outstanding Student Achievement Award
Thom Reznik, 4th Year Student University Maryland
The ACP Maryland Chapter feels it is important to recognize the services of all Chapter members from practicing internists to students. This year, the MD ACP Council has designated a new award – the Outstanding Student Leadership Award.
It is being presented to Thom Reznik, a student who has provided exemplary service to our MD ACP as well as supported the mission and values of ACP at both the national and local level. In writing his letter of support, Dr. Steve Kravet, Director of the Hopkins Community Physicians Group and Thom’s mentor for several years, wrote: “I first met Thom when he came to do a rotation with me in my outpatient practice at Bayview. From a patient care perspective, Thom was outstanding from the outset. He was appropriately inquisitive as a first year, but also quite evidently mature in his communication skills and very organized and committed to learning. He arranged on his own time to extend his commitment to my practice so he could continue to gain experience. When I suggested he learn about ACP, he was eager to do so. He became immediately involved in the Student Subcommittee and has made significant contributions since.”
Thom has been the Co-Chair of our MD ACP Student committee during the last two years. During that time, he has helped organize the mentorship program for the students in the State of Maryland. This program has been very successful, matching well over 100 students over the past several years. The feedback from students and preceptors has been very positive. Logistics of coordinating a mentorship program can be time consuming and requires dedication to follow through, as very busy students and preceptors often fail to do despite best intentions. Thom's attention to this program deserves praise and recognition. In addition, Thom has represented ACP on Legislative Day, a testament to his commitment and ability to articulate the Chapter’s collective agenda.
Students such as Thom provide a secure future as awareness of the primary care crisis is ever present. We are very pleased to give Thom the well-deserved first Outstanding Student Achievement Award.
Governor's Catalyst Award
Claudia Kroker-Bode, MD, PhD, FACP
Stephan Kroker-Bode, MBA, MA
Claudia Aurelia Kroker-Bode MD, PhD, FACP, graduated in 1988 from Westfaelische Wilhelms Universitaet Muenster Medical School in Germany. She had surgical/ObGyn training for a few years in England.
In 1993, Dr. Kroker moved to the USA, where she did her residency in internal medicine and was Chief Resident at Franklin Square Hospital Center in Baltimore. For more than 13 years she has been very successful as a Primary Care Physician and was actively engaged in teaching and major administrative duties. She held a number of Chair positions and was the Vice President for Medical Staff at Upper Chesapeake Health System in 2008.
Dr. Kroker is Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and Associate Program Director for Internal Medicine Residency at Franklin Square Hospital Center since 2009.
Stephan Kroker-Bode, MBA, MA began his career as a communications scientist in Berlin in 1992. As a manager for a large German news media agency, he has played a leading role in several major communications projects involving sophisticated website design and intranet implementation. Stephan came to the United States in 2000 and gained experience with web-based medical applications while sharpening his business skills by earning an MBA degree from Baltimore’s Loyola University. He is currently working as a business consultant for a wind energy startup company.
Since the inception of the Maryland Chapter’s Women in Medicine (WIM) group, Claudia has been at the forefront of activities to address the needs and concerns of women in medicine. She has been instrumental in creating programs and events that have been educational interesting, exciting and innovative. This year, Claudia and Stephan took on a special project for the WIM group and spent countless hours setting up an intricate Web site for WIM. The Web is a most important tool to stimulate growth and development through communication in today’s world. Claudia and Stephan took time out of their very busy schedules to not only set up the Web site but also make it one of the more interesting and educational sites that is available to our women in medicine.
Dr. Mary Newman is very pleased to present the Governor’s Catalyst Award for 2010 to such deserving individuals.
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R. Dobbin Chow, MD, FACP,
Governor, Maryland Chapter
Maryellen Woodward
920 Trinity Street
Baltimore, MD 21202
Chapter Administrator
Office: 410-332-8444
Fax: 410-636-3403
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