International Candidates elected to Fellowship in ACP July 1, 2008

ACP is pleased to announce the following newly elected International Fellows, who were recommended by the Credentials Subcommittee and approved for election by the Board of Regents. They are listed by current location and may have been credentialed through a different Chapter.

Canada

Manitoba

  • Daniel E. Roberts - Winnipeg

Nova Scotia

  • R. Allan Purdy - Halifax

Ontario

  • Atul Joshi - Stratford
  • Paul O'Byrne - Hamilton

Quebec

  • David H. Eidelman - Montreal


Other Countries

Aruba

  • Oswald R. Wever - Oranjestad, Dutch West Indies

Australia

  • Ali Naderi - Brisbane, Queensland

Bangladesh

  • Md. Roushon Ali - Dhaka
  • Md. M. Hossain - Dhaka

Brazil

  • Henrique Grunspun - Sao Paulo

China

  • Sydney C. Tang - Hong Kong

England

  • Professor Ian T. Gilmore - London

Gambia

  • Tumani Corrah - Banjul

Hong Kong

  • Chi-leung D. Lam - Hong Kong

India

  • Om P. Agarwal - Bareilly
  • K. Neelakantan Viswanathan - Pondicherry

Italy

  • Christian J. Wiedermann - Bolzano

Japan

  • Kazuki M. Hayashi - Inazawa Aichi
  • Masahiro Matsushita - Shizuoka
  • Jun Murakami - Toyama
  • Fumihiko Omori - Miyazaki

  • Takashi Takahashi - Tokyo

Malaysia

  • Anwar S. Mat Arshad - Kedah

Mexico

  • Efren R. Fong - Ensenada

Nigeria

  • Balarabe Sani Garko - Kaduna

Peru

  • Juan Pablo Majluf - Lima

Poland

  • Piotr Gajewski - Krakow

  • Jacek Musial - Krakow

Saudi Arabia

  • Suzan M. Attar - Jeddah
  • Yasir M. Khayyat - Makkah

  • Ahmed Ahmed Saad - Jeddah

United Arab Emirates

  • Riad Z. Abdelkarim - Al Ain, Abu Dhabi

  • Juma M. Alkaabi - Alain

Venezuela

  • Manuel J. Cortesia - San Bernardino, Caracas


Fellowship applications due
March 31, 2009

All candidates for Fellowship who want to be considered at the May 2009 Credentials Subcommittee meeting must submit Fellowship applications to ACP’s Member Records Section by March 31, 2009. Supporting letters from 2 current ACP Masters or Fellows and current curricula vitae must accompany the applications, which staff will then forward to the appropriate ACP Governors.

For a Fellowship inquiry kit, contact Customer Service at +215-351-2600 (9 a.m. to 5 p.m., ET). The contents of the Fellowship inquiry kits also may be downloaded from the ACP Web site. Fellowship candidates are required to include payment for the Fellowship initiation fee (currently $150) with their proposal form, and membership dues must be in good standing. Candidates for Direct Fellowship are required to include payment for the first year’s dues as well.

Advancement to Fellowship

The current ACP guidelines acknowledge a range of professional activities that indicate continuing scholarship and professional achievement. You no longer have to publish to qualify for advancement. Information: Mariana Hotea, Credentials Administrator, +215-351-2709, or go to the Membership section of ACP Online.

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