ACP American College of Physicians - Internal Medicine - Doctors for Adults

David E. Bybee, MD, FACP, FACE

Dr. Bybee is an internist-endocrinologist practicing in Louisville, Kentucky. He is a graduate of the University of Kentucky College of Medicine and completed internal medicine residency training there. His endocrine fellowship training took place at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. Following service in the Navy as a staff endocrinologist and a faculty member of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, he completed a post-doctoral research fellowship in neuroendocrinology at Michael Reece Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois. He then served on the faculty of Northwestern University Medical School until deciding to move back to his home, Louisville, to enter private practice.

Dr. Bybee is the immediate past Governor of the Kentucky Chapter of the American College of Physicians and before that was, for many years, Treasurer. He continues to serve on the Council. He has helped develop annual educational and business programs for the Chapter. His committee work for ACP includes the Nominations Committee, Reference Committee for the Governor’s meetings, the Coding and Payment Subcommittee, ACP representative to the Professional and Technical Advisory Committee of the Joint Commission, and he is a newly appointed member of the Awards Committee. He has also served as the Treasurer and member of the Board of Governors of the Greater Louisville Medical Society. He has a deep interest in quality improvement and has visited industry sites such as the Toyota Plant in Georgetown, Kentucky and has worked on quality improvement committees at Norton and Jewish Hospitals in Louisville. He has received the Kentucky Chapter Laureate Award and is the 2008 recipient of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists “Clinical Endocrinologist of the Year” award.

Linda Hawes Clever, MD, MACP

Linda Hawes Clever, MD, MACP, is President of RENEW, a not-for-profit aimed at helping busy, devoted people including leaders, manage their competing commitments and sustain (or regain) their enthusiasm, effectiveness and purpose. She is founding Chair of the Department of Occupational Health at California Pacific Medical Center, a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, Clinical Professor of Medicine at UCSF and a former editor of the Western Journal of Medicine. Dr. Clever received undergraduate and medical degrees from Stanford University. After interning at Stanford, she had several years of medical residency and fellowships at Stanford and the University of California, San Francisco.

In 1970, Dr. Clever became the first Medical Director of the teaching clinic at St. Mary’s Hospital in San Francisco where she started patient education and nurse practitioner training and research programs. In 1977, she started the Department of Occupational Health at the then-Pacific Medical Center and began her activities in the American College of Physicians in which she served as Governor, Chair of the Board of Governors, and Regent. She has written numerous papers, chapters, articles, and editorials. Her areas of special interest include personal and organizational renewal; the interactions of life, work and health; the occupational health of women and health care workers, and leadership. Dr. Clever served on the Stanford University Board of Trustees for fourteen years and chaired the Boards of KQED and University High School. She is past president of the Western Association of Physicians and now serves on the Boards of the Buck Institute for Research in Aging and the Northern California Presbyterian Homes and Services.

C. Anderson Hedberg, MD, MACP

Dr. Hedberg was President of the ACP from 2005 – 2006. He has been a Fellow of the ACP since 1969. He was Governor of the Northern Illinois Chapter of the American College of Physicians from 1992 – 1996, and was a member of the Board of Regents from 1999 - 2007. He chaired ACP’s Internist Today Steering Committee from 1996 – 2000. He has been Chairman of the Medical Service Committee and served on the Post Graduate and Chapter Education Subcommittee. He is a General Internist who is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. At Rush, he was head of the Section of General Internal Medicine from 1992 – 2000, and Assistant Chairman of Medicine from 1997 – 2000.

Joseph E. Johnson III, MD, MACP

Dr. Johnson received his MD from Vanderbilt University in 1954 and completed his internship and residency in Internal Medicine at Johns Hopkins. He was appointed to the faculty at Johns Hopkins in Infectious Diseases and also served as Assistant Dean for Student Affairs (1963-66). In 1966 he was appointed Chief of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine at the University of Florida. In 1972 he was appointed Professor and Chairman, Department of Medicine at the Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forest University where he remained until 1985. During this period he served as President of the Association of Professors of Medicine, member of the Board of Governors and Executive Council of the American Board of Internal Medicine, Governor (including Chairman of the Board of Governors) and Regent of the American College of Physicians, and Chairman of the Federated Council of Internal Medicine.

He served as Dean of the Medical School of the University of Michigan from 1985-90 and Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases) from 1985-93. In 1993 he became Senior Vice President for Membership of the American College of Physicians, and subsequently served as Senior Vice President and Special Advisor to the Executive Vice President. He served as President of the International Society of Internal Medicine (ISIM) from 2000-02.

Honors have included appointment as Markle Scholar in Academic Medicine and election as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine, Fellow of the Johns Hopkins Society of Scholars, member of Societe Francaise Tuberculose et des Maladies Respiratoire, Association of American Physicians, the American Clinical and Climatological Association, and Mastership in the American College of Physicians.

Rashida Khakoo, MD, MACP

Rashida Khakoo, MD, MACP, is currently Professor of Medicine, Chief, Section of Infectious Diseases, Associate Chair, Department of Medicine and Assistant Vice President Health Sciences Center (Faculty Development) at West Virginia University (WVU). She obtained her medical degree from Makerere University Medical School in Uganda, East Africa, and completed her Internal Medicine residency at George Washington University, Washington DC, and fellowship in Infectious Diseases at University of Florida.

She has received many awards for outstanding teaching including WVU Foundation Award. She received the Laureate Award from WV Chapter of ACP in 1994 and was awarded Mastership from ACP in 2006. During 2007, she received the Martin Luther King Award for “Sharing of Self" and the Governor’s Civil Rights Award. She has had many diverse leadership roles at WVU and beyond. She was instrumental in developing interdisciplinary Teaching Scholars Program for faculty across all schools of health sciences. She served as Governor of the West Virginia Chapter of ACP from 1999-2003. West Virginia Chapter received the Evergreen Award for the program in which she encouraged underrepresented high school students to develop interest in health care careers. She has provided leadership for many collaborative programs across West Virginia for HIV/AIDS education for health care professionals. She also served as Chairman, National Committee of Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) USA from 1997-2006. AKF is a non-denominational international development agency whose mission is "to develop and promote creative solutions to problems that impede social development."

Kesavan Kutty, MD, MACP

Dr. Kutty is Professor of Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) and Chairman of Medicine at St. Joseph Hospital in Milwaukee. An outstanding leader, teacher, and clinician practicing pulmonary medicine, critical care medicine, and sleep disorders, he received seven teaching awards and was elected by peers to the Society of Teaching Scholars of MCW. He co-directs the ACP¹s Recertification Preparation Course in Chicago, Illinois, now in its 10th year. He is an Associate Program Director of the MCW Internal Medicine residency and directs the St. Joseph-MCW Transitional Year residency. He served as President of the Wisconsin Thoracic Society, the prestigious Milwaukee Academy of Medicine, and the Wisconsin Chapter of the American Association of Physicians from India. With four books and numerous publications to his credit, he served on the ACP Wisconsin Governor's Council, received the chapter's Distinguished Internist Award and Laureate Award, and was Governor (2002-2006). He was elected a Master of the ACP in 2007.

Angeline A. Lazarus, MD, FACP

Dr. Lazarus is Staff Pulmonologist at the National Naval Medical Center, Associate Program Director of Pulmonary Critical Care Fellowship for the National Capitol Area Consortium, and Professor of Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of Health Science. She was Specialty Leader in Pulmonary Medicine and Critical Medicine for the United States Navy from 1992 to 1997. Dr. Lazarus was the Director of ICU Fleet Hospital 5 in Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Storm and received many medals and commendations, including the Kuwait Liberation Medal and the National Defense Medal. She was Governor of the U.S. Navy Chapter of the American College of Chest Physicians and is a current member of their Disaster Medicine Network Executive Committee. She is also former Governor of the U.S. Navy Chapter of the American College of Physicians from 1999 to 2003 and received the Chapter’s Laureate Award in 1997. Dr. Lazarus co-chaired the ACP IMG Task Force and is currently a member of the Board of Regents.

Robert M. Lubitz, MD, MPH, FACP

Dr. Lubitz is regional Vice President for Academic Affairs and Research, St. Vincent Hospitals and Health Services, Indianapolis, Indiana. He also directs regional disaster planning, leads patient safety initiatives, and serves as volunteer Clinical Professor of Medicine at Indiana University School of Medicine. He has had a private practice of general internal medicine in Indianapolis since 1990. Dr. Lubitz served as Chair of the National SGIM Education Committee for three years, and has held several positions in the ACP at the state and national level, including Advisor to the ACP Indiana Chapter Associates Council, member of the Indiana Governors Council, and member of the National Chapters Subcommittee. He chaired the ACP Indiana Scientific Program Committee in 2002, 2003 and 2007. Dr. Lubitz is currently the Governor of the American College of Physicians Indiana Chapter (2004-2008).

Tanveer Mir, MD, FACP, AGSF

Dr. Mir is the Senior Medical Director of Hospice Care Network, an affiliate of the Northshore Long Island Jewish Healthcare System. She was formerly the Medical Director for the Acute Geriatric and Palliative Care Unit at North Shore. She received her MBBS from the University of Kashmir, Government Medical College. Dr. Mir completed her internship at Government College (Kashmir, India) and a residency in Internal Medicine/Cardiology at University of Kashmir, SMHS Hospital. She completed a residency in internal medicine at LIJ Medical Center and was the Chief Resident-internal medicine at Nassau County Medical Center. Dr. Mir is involved in Graduate Medical Education and has held faculty positions as an Academic Geriatrician at SUNY Stony Brook and more recently at Northshore University Hospital at Manhasset. She was the Associate Program Director of a large Internal Medicine residency program at Nassau University Medical Center, a clinical affiliate of SUNY at Stony Brook. She has written several articles, book chapters, and has spoken nationally on various topics related to cross-cultural medicine, women’s health, geriatric medicine, Alzheimer’s disease, palliative medicine and end-of-life care. She is an EPEC Certified Educator and Trainer. She is a trained Faculty Scholar in Palliative Care Education and Practice of the Harvard School of Medicine.

Dr. Mir has been a council member of the New York Chapter of the American College of Physicians since 1992, and is a former Governor. She is currently the Chair, Geriatrics Task Force for the NY Chapter of the ACP and is involved in resident research competition in New York. She is also very involved in the international activities of the College and is currently a member of the International Subcommittee of the ACP and a member of the Nominations Committee at the national level.

Shakaib U. Rehman, MD, FACP, FAACH

Dr Rehman is the Physician Manager, Primary Care, Ralph H. Johnson V.A. Medial Center and Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston. He is also program director for Office Practice of Medicine course at the Medical University of South Carolina and program director of CME at the Ralph H. Johnson V. A. Medical Center. Dr. Rehman received his MD from the University of Punjab, Pakistan with Gold Medals in Physiology, Forensic Medicine and Pathology. He completed his residency training in Internal Medicine at the Nassau University Hospital/SUNY @ Stony Brook School of Medicine, East Meadow NY. He did Clinical Educator/General Internal Medicine Fellowship at the Medical University of South Carolina.

Dr. Rehman was elected a Fellow in the American College of Physicians (ACP) in 1999 and fellow of American Academy on Communication in Healthcare (AACH) in 2007. He is a member of ACP Council of Young Physicians (CYP) and also chairs the ACP-SC chapter CYP. He is the vice-president of AACH and is the associate-councilor/Chairman-Medicine for the Southern Medical Association (SMA) and has put together many national and regional CME meetings for both organizations. He has chaired the AACH 2006 Annual meeting and 2007 International Conference on Communication in Healthcare. He organized a national symposium on communication for the Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) in 2007 and teaches courses on communications to DVA faculty nationwide. He has received numerous teaching awards including David E. Rogers Junior Faculty Award from Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) twice, Department of Veterans Affairs Excellence in Medical Education Award, and Medical University of South Carolina Best Teacher Award. American Society of Hypertension has designated him a Clinical Specialist in Hypertension.

Barbara L. Schuster, MD, MACP

Dr. Schuster is a Robert G. Petersdorf Scholar-in-Residence at the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) after stepping down from the position of Professor and Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine, Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio. She completed her B.A. in biology and a M.S. in Science Education at the University of Pennsylvania in 1972. After a year teaching in a public high school, she returned to medical school completing her M.D. at the University of Rochester in 1977. Dr. Schuster completed her residency in Internal Medicine in the Associated Hospitals Program in Rochester, New York and then served on the faculty of the University of Rochester until 1995. Prior to her move to Dayton, Ohio, she held the positions of residency program director for the Primary Care Program in Internal Medicine and the Combined Internal Medicine/Pediatrics Program.

Dr. Schuster is the immediate past President of the Association of Professors of Medicine (APM). She served as the Chair of the Council of Academic Societies (CAS) of the AAMC in 2003-04 and served six years on the Executive Council of the AAMC. Dr. Schuster is actively involved in the American College of Physicians. As a Regent from 1999 through 2005, she served on the Recertification Committee, the Nominations Committee, was the 1999 to 2000 Chair of the Awards Committee, and from 2001 to 2005 was Chair of the ACP Education Committee. She is currently the Chair of the ACP Foundation Programs Committee and a member of the ACPF Program Planning Subcommittee.

Michael C. Tooke, MD, FACP

As Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Michael Tooke is the senior physician executive in Shore Health System. Prior to joining Shore Health, Dr. Tooke served as Senior Vice President and CMO of Delmarva Foundation, the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization for Maryland and the District of Columbia, and as President of MedStar Physician Partners, the physician network of MedStar Health, the largest health care delivery system in the MidAtlantic. Prior to his tenure at MedStar, Dr. Tooke was Medical Director/Chief Executive of Ochsner Clinic in New Orleans, a 425-physician multi-specialty clinic, one of the nation’s oldest and largest group practices.

Dr. Tooke earned his Bachelors Degree from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, and his Medical Degree from Tulane Medical School in New Orleans. Board-certified in Internal Medicine, Dr. Tooke served his medicine internship at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center in Chicago, and completed a residency in Internal Medicine at the Mayo Clinic. He is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, and a lifetime member of the American College of Physician Executives. Dr. Tooke has earned a Graduate Certificate in Leadership Coaching from George Washington University, and is a certified Motorola Six Sigma Green Belt. He serves on the Steering Committee of the Practice Innovation Center at the American College of Physicians.

Norman J. Wilder, MD, MBA, MACP

Dr. Wilder is Chief Medical Officer at Alaska Regional Hospital in Anchorage, Alaska, and former President of a 12-member internal medicine clinic, and Medical Director of a regional airline. He is Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Washington, and is the Anchorage site coordinator for the Internal Medicine Clinical Clerkship Program for which he received a teaching award. As Adjunct Professor at Alaska Pacific University, he taught a course on Healthcare Policy and Economics. Dr. Wilder served as Governor of ACP’s Alaska Chapter from 1993 to 1997, and served on their national Credentials Subcommittee and Nominations Committee. He is recipient of the Alaska Chapter Laureate Award. Dr. Wilder was President of the Alaska Thoracic Society. He was Governor of the Washington-Alaska Chapter and subsequently the Alaska Chapter of the ACCP in which he is a Fellow. He is currently Chair of the Council of Governors and sits on the Executive Committee of the Board of Regents of the ACCP. He is also a Fellow of the AASM and sits on their Clinical Practice Review Committee.

Ernest Yoder, MD, PhD, FACP

Dr. Yoder completed medical school at WSU in 1978, residency in internal medicine in 1981, and following a year as Chief Medical Resident, joined the WSU full time faculty. Ernie completed his PhD in Education at WSU in 1997.

Dr. Yoder has received awards from the AAMC – CGEA Laureate, WSU – School of Medicine Academy of Scholars, and multiple times Best Doctors in America. His main clinical and academic efforts have focused on critical care medicine, medical education, program evaluation, evidence based medicine (EBM), and continuous quality improvement (CQI). He has published widely in these areas. Dr. Yoder recently completed a four-year term as the Governor for the MI Chapter of the American College of Physicians, a term on the Executive Committee of the ACP Board of Governors, and has served terms as the Chair of the AAMC Central Group on Educational Affairs and Chair for the AAMC-GEA Section on Undergraduate Education.

After almost 20 years as full time faculty at WSU, Dr. Yoder accepted the position of Chair, Department of Internal Medicine at Providence Hospital in Southfield. In 2006, he was inducted into the Detroit Academy of Medicine. He is active in leading quality improvement studies and teaching CQI and EBM to students, residents, and faculty at St. John Health. Dr. Yoder is Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at WSU, and Adjunct Associate Professor at Oakland University where he teaches Quality Improvement in Health Care. Most recently Dr. Yoder accepted the position of Vice President, Academic Affairs, for St. John Health.

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