International Candidates elected to Fellowship in ACP July 1, 2009
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.
Australia
Tunde Maiyaki Ibrahim, MBBS, FWACP - Shepparton, Victoria
Bangladesh
- Muhammad Hasibur Rahman, MBBS - Mymensingh, Dhaka
- Samiran Kumar Saha, MBBS - Dhaka
Sk. Md. Abu Zafar, MBBS - Dhaka
Belize
Jorge L. Hidalgo, Sr., MD - Belize City
Canada
Tzu K. Lee, MBBS - Edmonton, Alberta
- Simon Neil Finkle, MD - Halifax, Nova Scotia
- Farid Boutros, MBBCh - Scarborough, Ontario
Chile
Hector Ugalde Prieto, MD - Santiago
Ethiopia
Abraham Haileamlak Mitike, MD - Jimma
Germany
Gunter Ollenschlager, MD - Cologne
India
- Ashok Kumar Agarwal, MBBS - New Delhi
Col. Velu Nair, MBBS - Delhi
Indonesia
Czeresna H. Soejono, MD, PhD, FICP - Jakarta-Selatan
Israel
Mordchai Ravid, MD - Tel Aviv
Italy
Giuseppe Licata, MD - Rome
Japan
- Mitsumasa Kishimoto, MD - Chiba
- Kiyoyuki Ogata, MD - Tokyo
Satoshi Ogata, MD - Hiroshima
Nigeria
Ernest Ekong, MD - Lagos
Qatar
Mai A. Mahmoud, MBBS - Doha
Saudi Arabia
- Ali Ahmed Al-Qarni, MBBS - Al-Hasa
- Muhammad K. Anis, MBBS - Al Ahsa Eastern
- Lina Faysal El Kibbe, MD - Riyadh
- Hani T. Mustafa, MBBCh - Al Ahsa
Wafic S. Wafa, MD - Riyadh
Singapore
Eng Kiong Teo, MBBS - Singapore
Turkey
Prof. Serhat Unal, MD - Ankara
United Arab Emirates
Shaheenah S. Dawood, MBBCh - Dubai
United Kingdom
Hussain Al-Sardar, MBChB - Southend on Sea
Venezuela
- Esther Maria Chirinos, MD - Punto Fijo Falcón
- Vladimir Fuenmayor, MD - Eastado Miranda
- Paul H. Haiek, MD - Caracas
- Gary A. Sterba, MD - Caracas
- Carlos Tarazona, MD - Caracas
Antonio G. Tristano, MD - Caracas
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. Candidates are elected to Fellowship on a bi-monthly basis.
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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