Candidates elected to Fellowship in January 2004
From the April ACP Observer, copyright © 2004 by the American College of Physicians.
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The following 413 new Fellows were recommended by the Credentials Subcommittee and approved for election by the Board of Regents in January:
United States
Alabama
William E. Goetter—Fairhope
Sakina A. Kamal—Northport
Alaska
Buffinton B. Burtis—Anchorage
Arizona
Kent M. Johnson—Litchfield Park
Timothy P. Salmon—Scottsdale
Howard M. Shulman—Phoenix
Arkansas
Malcolm L. Hayward Jr.—Fayetteville
Syed K. Masood—Pine Bluff
Debra L. Simmons—Little Rock
California
Michael E. Arquilla—Orange
Birbal S. Bhaskar—Orange
Penny J. Chong—Agoura Hills
Satyendra Giri—Redding
Luther D. Glenn—Fresno
Deborah G. Grady—San Francisco
Laura S. Hoffman—Davis
Robert A. Jenders—West Hollywood
Timothy D. Jenkins—Rancho Cucamonga
Elizabeth Kantor—San Francisco
Atef E. Khouzam—Newport Beach
Rajnish Mehrotra—Torrance
Alison A. Moore—-Los Angeles
Farzana Naqvi—Newport Beach
Theodore E. Okerson II—Yorba Linda
Jacqueline E. Paul-Gordon—Bakersfield
Janet P. Pregler—Los Angeles
Masahiko Saigo—San Francisco
Soma Wali—Sylmar
Ian Yip—Woodland Hills
Colorado
Werner K. Baumgartner—Lakewood
Kelly L. Foley—Denver
James R. Metzger—Littleton
Stephen D. Meyer—Grand Junction
Chirag R. Parikh—Denver
Lynn F. Sander—Denver
Connecticut
Matthew E. Cohen—Woodbridge
John H. Drury—New Haven
Shara P. Israel—Stamford
Johnnie A. Lee—Wilton
Mark J. Marshall—Sharon
Gail M. Sullivan—Farmington
Benjamin Weisman—Bridgeport
Delaware
Habib Bolourchi—Rehoboth Beach
Donna M. Robino—Montchanin
District of Columbia
Mark R. Dumais—Washington
Richard E. Waldhorn—Washington
Florida
David A. Bernstein—Clearwater
Gabu Bhardwaj—Gainesville
Alejandro A. Caballero-Lopez—Heathrow
Octavio Cosme-Montalvo—Jacksonville
Carolyn F. Denney—Plantation
Nagarajan Devar—Venice
Andrew J. Forster—Coral Gables
Sandra G. Gompf—Plant City
Sheel Goswami—Gainesville
Maxwell Johnson—Deland
Paul E. Mendez—Miami
Enrique Molina—Gainesville
Isidro Pujol—Miami Beach
Moti Ramgopal—Port Saint Lucie
Paul K. Steele—Belleair
Eduardo Viera—Weston
Georgia
Ferdinand Q. Alcaide—Columbus
Ephraim N. Bassey—Atlanta
W. Gregory Berkley—Canton
John W. Brice—Augusta
Anita A. Dhople—Albany
James H. Hipkens—Atlanta
Andre M. Kallab—Augusta
David R. Propp—Atlanta
David L. Roberts—Atlanta
Mary Jean Williams—Savannah
Hawaii
John H. Buzanoski—Honolulu
Idaho
James E. Branahl—Boise
Illinois
Adekola A. Ashaye—Loves Park
John P. Case—Chicago
Srivasa Bhushan Chebrolu—Lombard
Jacqueline L. Fischer—Peoria
Thomas B. Foster—Dunlap
Jay L. Goldstein—Chicago
Erling O. Harry—Olympia Fields
Peter D. Hart—Oak Brook
Mark A. Meeker—Galesburg
Gokhan M. Mutlu—Chicago
William J. Ray—Bloomington
Verne A. Schwager—Arlington Heights
John E. Tulley—Oak Park
Christine S. Winter—Hinsdale
Chilakamarri Yeshwant—South Barrington
Indiana
Shamoon Ahmed—Granger
Ahmed F. Al-Jebawi—Greenwood
Adolphus A. Anekwe—Schererville
Ahdy W. Helmy—Indianapolis
Iowa
Patrick T. Dunlay—Mason City
Neil R. Horning—Des Moines
Obayedur R. Khan—Lake View
Joseph J. Merchant—Ames
Rebecca S. Sidney—Runnells
Kansas
William J. Sullivan—Pittsburg
Kentucky
Mian A. Hasan—Lexington
Glenn T. Morris—Richmond
Monica A. Shaw—Prospect
Mitchell Wicker Jr.—Hazard
Louisiana
Luis M. Alvarado—Franklinton
Timothy J. Corbin—Covington
William E. Davis—New Orleans
Stephen J. Derbes—New Orleans
Julia B. Garcia-Diaz—New Orleans
Laurie R. Grier—Bossier City
Hamid Hussain—Mandeville
Louis H. Nix—Opelousas
Reginald D. Sanders—Metairie
Deepak Sharma—Alexandria
David R. Silvers—Metairie
Tony Sun—Baton Rouge
Maryland
C. William Balke—Baltimore
*Sridhar Chatrathi—Lanham
*Stuart L. Horwitz—Potomac
Eric A. Libre—Cabin John
*Gail I. Moreschi—Bethesda
*Godswill O. Okoji—Takoma Park
John P. Reed—Smithsburg
Lila Tarmin—Baltimore
Craig D. Thorne—Baltimore
Massachusetts
William T. Andrews—Hopkinton
Maura J. Brennan—Northampton
Francis X. Campion—Westwood
John P. Doweiko—Boston
Anthony L. Esposito—Worcester
Viji Susan George—Shrewsbury
Daniel J. Levy—Northampton
Zoe A. Lewis—Chestnut Hill
Lawrence C. Madoff—Boston
Michael Wagner—Pembroke
Michigan
Paul T. Adams—Flint
Khalil S. Baroud—Westland
Maged W. Boles—Ann Arbor
Neil J. Fraser—Troy
Keith A. Johnstone—Southfield
Oscar E. Macal—Owosso
John A. Marvin—Grand Rapids
Antonio Santiago-Agostini—Owosso
Mark J. Scapini—Troy
Oscar R. Signori—Dearborn
Minnesota
Philip Abraham—Fergus Falls
Frederick R. Arnason—Minneapolis
Bradley J. Benson—Eagan
David T. Bjork—Fergus Falls
Donald L. Deye—Cambridge
Denise M. Dupras—Rochester
Scott L. Glickstein—Minneapolis
Gary R. Kravitz—Saint Paul
Jeevan Paul—Brooklyn Center
Mississippi
Kenneth A. Hahn—Greenville
Philip W. Wong—Clarksdale
Missouri
Bishnu P. Devkota—Chesterfield
Iftikhar Hussain—Saint Louis
Stephen T. Keithahn—Columbia
Chitra R. Uppaluri—Clayton
Montana
Frederick G. Miller Jr.—Great Falls
Nebraska
Joel R. Bessmer—Omaha
Ted R. Mikuls—Omaha
Rubens J. Pamies—Omaha
Stephan D. Thome—Omaha
Peter M. Townley—Omaha
Nevada
Mahfoud Beajow—Las Vegas
Joseph M. Quagliana—Las Vegas
Angela R. Shoho—Henderson
Ann M. Wierman—Las Vegas
New Hampshire
Marc H. Brickman—Littleton
Paul R. Clark—Concord
Robert J. Larkin—Manchester
Ira S. Schwartz—New Castle
New Jersey
Elizabeth A. Alger—Westfield
Randolph R. Estwick—Harrington Park
Richard A. Feifer—Franklin Lakes
Bennett I. Fein—Haddon Heights
Nancy L. Freundlich—Millburn
Jose I. Iglesias—Brick
Maya P. Raghuwanshi—Newark
Sandira V. Segaram—Hackettstown
David C. Sobel—Westfield
Robert J. Spiegel—Kenilworth
Merajuddin Zaki—Toms River
New Mexico
James S. Botts—Hobbs
Michael H. Kaufman—Taos
Ronald W. Quenzer—Albuquerque
New York
Om Parkash Aggarwal—Bayside
Vlassi Baktidy—Manhasset
Damanjeet Chaubey—Pleasantville
Shobhana A. Chaudhari—New York
Jin M. Choi—Brooklyn
Charles F. Courtsal—Rochester
Tracey Q. Davidoff—Pittsford
Albert J. Ferrara—Garden City
Nicholas P. Fiavey—New Windsor
John F. Folan—Islandia
Sandeep A. Gandhi—Patchogue
Grigoriy M. Goldenberg—Bayside
Choli Hartono—New York
Frank M. Iacovone Jr.—New York
James R. Jewell—Johnson City
Sergey A. Kalitenko—Brooklyn
Claire D. Koch—Fort Salonga
Kavita R. Kongara—Mineola
Michael S. Krasner—Rochester
David R. Lambert—Rochester
James D. Lax—New York
Grace J. Lee—Great Neck
Michael Marmulstein—Delmar
Nazir A. Memon—Clifton Park
Mark L. Meyer—New York
Stephen E. Moshman—Dobbs Ferry
C. Richard Nangle—Auburn
Rayees Nizam—Auburn
Mohammed Hamed H. Qaisar—Staten Island
Balvindar S. Sareen—New Hyde Park
Thazin Saw—Staten Island
Jerrold F. Schwartz—Monsey
Syed A. Shah—Olean
Harry N. Steinberg—New Hyde Park
Mark G. Stokes—Great Neck
Naheed Sultana—Jamaica
Balazs Zsenits—Rochester
North Carolina
Syed J. Ahmed—Shelby
Patricia J. Byrns—Chapel Hill
Muin M. Dugom—Goldsboro
Richard Frothingham—Durham
Lynn E. Keplinger—Durham
Penelope J. McDonald—Winston Salem
Howard W. Newell—Goldsboro
Pairoj Rerkpattanapipat—Winston Salem
Derek Q. Schroder—Cary
North Dakota
Ashish Chowfin—Rugby
LaVaun M. McCann—Grand Forks
Ohio
Andrei C. Brateanu—Chagrin Falls
Christopher Boshkos—Akron
Babiker O. Eltayeb—Akron
Shaun D. Frost—Shaker Heights
Alan L. Hull—Cleveland Heights
Abdul R. M. Jazieh—Cincinnati
Debra S. Leizman—Shaker Heights
Tomoki Nakamura—Cincinnati
Lyle T. Olson—Lewis Center
Leopoldo J. Pozuelo—University Heights
Reena Samuel-Variath—Portsmouth
Charles E. Smith—Canton
Jonah O. Ukiwe—Lima
Oklahoma
Nasreen N. Bukhari—Edmond
Oregon
Keith H. Bachman—Portland
Clarisa Borrego—Portland
Steven D. Freer—Portland
Martin L. Jones—Eugene
Charles M. Kilo—Portland
Melinda J. Muller—Portland
Pennsylvania
Anthony J. Bartkowiak Jr.—Hollidaysburg
James M. Battin—Mechanicsburg
John B. Bulger—Danville
Kapil B. Chopra—Pittsburgh
Eric J. Deppert—Philadelphia
Lee W. Greenspon—Wynnewood
Imtiaz Khurshid—Chambersburg
Matthew J. Killion—Philadelphia
Allison Oler—Wynnewood
David J. Peters—Camp Hill
Manzoor A. Rather—Villanova
S. David Scott—Erdenheim
Wamiq S. Sultan—Boothwyn
Julia M. Uffner—Haverford
Ramesh Venkataraman—Pittsburgh
Puerto Rico
Carlos F. Casiano-Torres—San German
Gloria R. Jove-Ponce
Luis F. Rodriguez-Ospina—Guaynabo
Angel Rodriguez-Santiago—Bayamon
Rhode Island
Daniel K. Asiedu—Lincoln
Jennifer Jeremiah—Providence
Eleanor M. Summerhill—Pawtucket
South Carolina
Ihab Mohamad Hajjar—Columbia
Thomas E. O'Mara—Charleston
George Hugh Osburn—Anderson
South Dakota
Anwar U. L. Haq—Mitchell
Tennessee
Gerald Scott Borrelli—Knoxville
Craig S. Dorko—Memphis
George Waldon Garriss III—Brentwood
Shobha R. Hiremagalur—Johnson City
Mubashir Mahmood—Morristown
Trent L. Nichols—Knoxville
Ayodeji Ayoola Oso—Mount Juliet
Ashley L. Park—Germantown
Texas
Roberto I. Aguirre—Temple
Mohammad M. Al-Sayyad—Abilene
Brent A. Armstrong—Amarillo
Carl T. Long III—Dallas
Luis A. Mackrizz—Corpus Christi
Jack F. Melton—Dallas
Humayun Mirza—Houston
Alejandro Moreno—Austin
Raymond U. Osarogiagbon—Amarillo
Edward L. Poythress—Houston
Mohammad Atiar Rahman—Galveston
Rosa M. Schmidt—Houston
Arash Tirandaz—Plano
Mytrang T. Tran—Euless
Bhupendra T. Turakhia—Webster
John A. Turner—Friendswood
Virginia
Ziad A. Akl—Alexandria
Sameh A. Basta—Virginia Beach
*Ryan G. Bosch—Alexandria
Walter Harry Horner—Waynesboro
M. Stephen Mandell—Bowling Green
Joanne E. Mortimer—Norfolk
Loan T. Nguyen—Vienna
Robert B. Ooghe—Charlottesville
Terri F. Remy—Falls Church
Washington
Margaret R. Adam—Seattle
Maung Maung Oo—Issaquah
Elaine F. Sachter—Seattle
West Virginia
Jeffrey B. Jackson—Morgantown
Amer M. Malas—Charleston
Ioana A. Popovici—Huntington
George W. Shehl—Clarksburg
Mark K. Stephens—Cross Lanes
Wisconsin
Abdo A. Alward—Watertown
Andrew J. Braun—Plover
Uday V. Gupte—Hartford
Jerry Jones III—Milwaukee
Andrew C. Kim—Brookfield
Laura M. Koenig—Fort Atkinson
Marcos L. Montagnini—Milwaukee
Kendall L. Novoa-Takara—Brookfield
Srinivasa R. Pamulapati—Waukesha
Curtis D. Radford—Oshkosh
Tasleem Raza—Milwaukee
Elizabeth L. Sanfelippo—Fond Du Lac
Raj V. Singh—Marshfield
Warren G. Von Roenn—Mequon
Wyoming
Mark J. McGinley—Casper
Military
Air Force
Brian K. Agan—San Antonio
Laura A. Donegan—Laurel, Md.
Anthony T. Everhart—Bristol, Tenn.
Todd W. Frieze—D'Iberville, Miss.
Joshua Alexander King—Social Circle, Ga.
Craig A. Kovitz—Biloxi, Miss.
Robert Nee—Gainesville, Va.
Kip D. Robinson—Springboro, Ohio
Stephanie M. Schaefer—Ocean Springs, Miss.
Mysti D. W. Schott—San Antonio
Michael F. Trexler—Kalamazoo, Mich.
Army
Theron M. Pettit—Lakewood, Wash.
Navy
John R. Gilstad—Kensington, Md.
James L. Gulley—Bethesda, Md.
Jayde E. Kurland—San Diego
Charles S. Kuzma—Rota, Spain
Tri H. Lac—San Diego
Matthew L. Lim—San Diego
Ronald P. Miller—Suffolk, Va.
Amit Sharma—San Diego
Paul V. Tomasic—San Diego
Scott L. Yagel—Portsmouth, Va.
Canada
Alberta
Michael B. Sawyer—Edmonton
Ontario
David S. Collins—Orillia
Hugh D. Fuller—Hamilton
Jonathan C. Ginsburg—Grimsby
Stephen W. Hwang—Toronto
G. V. Ramesh Prasad—Mississauga
Chidambaram Yegappan—Hamilton
Quebec
Danuta M. Balicki—Montreal
Other Countries
Bangladesh
Shamim Ahmed—Dhaka
Costa Rica
Manuel Rojas Oreamuno—San Jose
Colombia
Amel J. Bracho-Balcazar—Aguachica-Cesar
Finland
Yuko Watanabe—Vantaa
Guatemala
Edgar M. Lopez—Guatemala
Israel
Efraim Halperin—Jerusalem
Japan
Satoru Azuma—Marugame, Kagawa
Tsukasa Ebe—Tokyo
Mika Fujimoto—Sakai, Osaka
Takao Ishimura—Kobe, Hyogo
Yoshihiko Kanno—Tokyo
Keishi Kubo—Matsumoto
Yoshihisa Matsumura—Gose Nara
Takeshi Morimoto—Sakyo-ku, Kyoto
Sadao Nakajima—Iida, Nagano
Osamu Nishizaki—Tokyo
Koichi Onaru—Sakai City
Takeshi Shirayama—Otsu, Shiga
Yoshio Suzuki—Kamakura Kanagawa
Hidetada Tachibana—Yamagata
Katsuhiko Takabayashi—Chiba
Fukuji Takeda—Ichihara, Chiba
Yuko Y. Takeda—Okinawa Prefecture
Hiroki Teragawa—Hiroshima
Keisuke Tomii—Kobe
Noriko Yamamoto—Yokohama City
Malta
Myra K. Tilney—Gwardamangia
Mexico
Eloy Medina-Ruiz—Jalisco
Pakistan
Arshad Ahmed-Karachi
Naseem I. Salahuddin—Karachi
Panama
Julio Santamaria R.-Panama
Peru
Cecilia Solis-Rosas—San Borja, Lima
Philippines
Robert C. Nerves—Las Pinas City
Saudi Arabia
Ahmed S. Alaskar—Riyadh
Thailand
Attapon Cheepsattayakorn—Muang Chiangmai
Turkey
Selcuk Can—Nisantasi Istanbul
United Arab Emirates
Richard E. Schluessel—Abu Dhabi
United Kingdom
Ali H. Al-Khafaji—London
P. Bandyopadhyay—West Midlands
Venezuela
Andres A. Albornoz—Caracas
Maria C. De Blanco—Caracas
Anibal J. Latuff—Caracas
Hector R. Marcano Amador—Caracas
Italo G. Marsiglia—Caracas
Douglas J. Olivares—Caracas
Carlos A. Stempel—Caracas
Fellowship proposals due June 1
All candidates for Fellowship who want to be considered at the November 2004 Credentials Subcommittee meeting must submit Fellowship proposals to ACP's Member Records Section before June 1, 2004. Supporting letters from two current ACP Masters or Fellows and current curricula vitae must accompany the proposals, which staff will then forward to the appropriate ACP Governors.
Governors are asked to return all endorsed Fellowship proposals with supporting materials and their letters of recommendation to the Member Records Section before Aug. 2, 2004.
For an Advancement to Fellowship Inquiry Kit, contact the Customer Service Department, 800-523-1546, ext. 2600, or 215-351-2600. For more information, contact Mariana Hotea at 800-523-1546, ext. 2709.
Pathways for 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. For more information, contact Mariana Hotea, Credentials Administrator, at 800-523-1546, ext. 2709, or go to ACP Online.
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