Real Lives of Practicing Internists
The following biographies of practicing ACP members first appeared in IMPact, the ACP monthly newsletter for medical students. These inspiring physicians share what motivated them to become physicians as well as why they chose their particular type of practice.
- Ryan D. Mire, MD, FACP
- Karen DeSalvo, MD

- Michael Adams, MD

- Sima S. Desai, MD, FACP
- Terry Jerome Hundley, MD, FACP, Grace Hundley, MD, and Will Hundley
- Dustin Engelken, MD
- Mark Richman, MD, FACP
- J Trig Brown, MD, FACP
- Kim Dixon, MD
- Kavita Persaud, MD
- Timothy Vavra, DO, FACP
- Scott Manaker, MD, PhD
- Michael D. Tracy, MD, FACP
- Leslie Saltzman, DO
- Mandy Krauthamer Cohen, MD
- Kristin Mitchell, MD, FACP
- William Cassidy, MD
- Andy Coates, MD
- Major Travis Richardson, MD, FACP
- Sameer Badlani, MD
- Prerna Mona Khanna, MD, MPH, FACP
- Erica Scavella, MD, FACP
- Mark D. Anderson, MD, FACP
- Gregory Kane, MD, FACP, FCCP
- Kimberly Bates, MD, FACP, Cecily Peterson, MC USA, FACP, and Janis Blair, MD
- Deborah Rhodes, MD
- Doron Schneider, MD
- Ebony Boulware, MD, FACP
- Esther Nash, MD
- Vineet Arora, MD, FACP
- Georges Benjamin, MD, FACP
- Kavita Patel, MD
- Lori Minasian, MD, FACP
- Paul Quartararo, MD, FACP
- Kalpalatha Guntupalli, MD, MACP
- L. Clifford McDonald, MD, FACP
- John Eisold, MC USN, FACP
- Jon Brndjar, DO, FACP
- LuAnn Aquino, MD
- Christopher Mays, MD
Read article - Michael Mignoli, MD, FACP
- Bill Johnson, M.D
- Cristin Mount, MD
- Elizabeth Warner, MD
- Brian Hertz, MD
- Charles Hamori, MD
- Kathleen Sandness, MD, FACP
- Kevin Egly, MD
- Pamela Zee, MD
- Alex Foxman, MD
- Kimberly Bates, MD
- James McCallum, MD
- Nirav Shah, MD
Read article - Jacqueline W. Fincher, MD, FACP
Page updated: 06-01-11

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