2009 Governors-elect Candidates' Bios and Vision Statements

The ballots for the current Governors-elect election have been mailed. Members can vote via telephone at 1 800 218 4026 (US only), online or mail. You will need your mailed ballot for your ACP Number and PIN in order to make a vote.

Below are the bios and vision statements of the candidates that are running in this election. The deadline for submitting ballots is November 26, 2009 at 12 midnight CT. Please be sure to vote!

Joseph P. Myers

DATE/PLACE OF BIRTH: August 9, 1950, Lima, Ohio, USA; EDUCATION: B.S. University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 1972, M.D. The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio 1975; POST DOCTORAL TRAINING: Residency, Internal Medicine, The Riverside Methodist Hospitals, Columbus, Ohio 1975-78, Fellowship, Infectious Disease, The University of Cincinnati Hospitals, Cincinnati, OH 1978-80; CERTIFICATION: Internal Medicine 1978, Infectious Disease 1980; PRESENT POSITION: Chair, Dept. of Medicine, Summa Health System, Akron, OH, Professor of Internal Medicine, Vice Chair of Infectious Disease Section, Master Teacher, Northwestern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Rootstown, OH; ACP ACTIVITIES: Fellowship 1985, Chair, Awards Committee, Ohio Chapter, 1999-Current, Governor’s Advisory Council, 1999-Current, Yearly participant in Ohio Chapter Meeting as attendee, judging of abstracts, mentoring for students and residents presenting at State meetings; HOSPITAL/COMMUNITY SERVICE: Board of Directors, Summa Health System, Akron, OH, NEOUCOM-Director, Infection & Immunity-2 course, NEOUCOM Co-Director, Infection & Immunity-1 course, NEOUCOM Member, Admissions Committee, NEOUCOM Member, Curriculum Committee; OTHER APPOINTMENTS: Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine in Infectious Disease, Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine; AREAS OF PROFESSIONAL INTEREST/EXPERTISE: Internal Medicine Education, Infectious Disease Medicine especially Endocarditis and Staphylococcus aureus infection

Vision Statement
I have a simple and direct yet challenging vision for the Ohio Chapter of the American College of Physicians. We need to enroll all internists in the State of Ohio as members and use the conjoint talents and skills of these remarkable and industrious individuals to assemble the absolute best educational and lobbying medical organization in the State of Ohio. Such an organization will provide the greatest possible benefit to our patients, our practices, our affiliated hospitals, and our medical schools.

Gregory W. Rouan

DATE/PLACE OF BIRTH: September 8, 1954 Youngstown, Ohio; EDUCATION: 1976: B.S., University of Dayton, 1980: M.D., University of Cincinnati; POST DOCTORAL TRAINING: 1980-1983: Internship/Residency, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, 1983-1984: Chief Residency, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, 1986-1987: Kellogg Fellow in Clinical Effectiveness, Faculty Development Program and Fellowship in General Internal Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Brigham & Women’s Hospital; CERTIFICATION: 1983: American Board of Internal Medicine; PRESENT POSITION: Associate Chair for Education and Inpatient Clinical Affairs, Department of Medicine, Richard W. and Sue P. Vilter Professor of Clinical Medicine; ACP ACTIVITIES: 1983-pre- sent: Member, 1986-1989: ACP Teaching and Research Scholar, 1988 Fellow ACP, 1993: Presenter, ACP MKSAP IX Review Course, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1993, 1996, 1998: Reviewer for ACP MKSAP Program, 2000: ACP Master Teacher Award, 1996- present: Member Governor’s Council, 1989-1994: Member, Associates Committee Ohio ACP, 1989: Initiated Associate Clinical Vignette Session at Ohio ACP Meeting, 1992: Initiated Presentation of Unknown Case to Professors at Ohio ACP Meeting, 2008- present: Member, ACP/AAMC/SGIM Collaboration on Utility of Patient-Centered Medical Home; HOSPITAL/COMMUNITY SERVICE: 1991-present: Member Board of Trustees (BOT) UC Medical Center Fund, 2004- present: President UC Medical Center Fund, 1991: Chair, University Hospital (UH) Chief of Staff Selection Committee, 1992-2005: Member UH Medical Staff Bylaws Committee, 1994-1995: President, Cincinnati Society of Internal Medicine, 2000-present: Member, UH Clinical Leadership Council, 2002: Chair of LCME Subcommittee Examining College of Medicine College of Medicine Educational Objectives, 1996-present: Member Alliance Physicians and Surgeons BOT, 2001-2003: President Alliance Physicians and Surgeons, 1996-2003: Alliance Partners BOT, 2001-2004, 2005-2006: Member, Health Alliance of Greater Cincinnati BOT; OTHER APPOINTMENTS: 1995-1996: President Midwest Section, SGIM (Society of General Internal Medicine), 1999-present: Named as first recipient of the Richard W. and Sue P. Vilter Professor, 2003-2004: Vice-Dean, Extramural Affairs, UC College of Medicine, Faculty Physician at Cincinnati VAMC, Volunteer Appointments at several community hospitals in Cincinnati; AREAS OF PROFESSIONAL INTEREST/EXPERTISE: Graduate and Undergraduate Medical Education, Implementation of Practice Redesign Utilizing Models such as the Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH), Men’s Health, Quality Improvement Research

Vision Statement
Internists now more than ever need to speak with one voice regarding the delivery of healthcare due to fragmentation and inefficiencies of care, geographic misdistribution and shortage of primary care physicians, and a dysfunctional payment system that is based upon brief “sick” visits. We and our professional societies must unify around a new model of care such as the Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) that is directed by a primary care physician in collaboration with other health professionals. Such allows for coordinated, patient-centered preventive and chronic care. Supporting such a model as a chapter and a national organization will enhance quality, decrease cost, and improve access. Many of us are members of and active in other organizations and thereby can further help unify physician voices. Our patients, the environment in which we practice, and the education of the next generation of physicians mandate us to do so.