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2024 Chapter Excellence Award-Gold Level Winner

(August 2024) We are pleased to announce that our chapter is in receipt of the Gold Level of the 2024 Chapter Excellence Award! The award recognizes truly extraordinary chapters that surpass excellence in chapter management. We are in the company of 59 other outstanding chapters. In order to achieve the Gold Level of the Chapter Excellence Award, chapters must meet 20 Bronze criteria, 14 Silver criteria and multiple Gold level activities. Criteria include such activities as having a legislative action plan or agenda, holding a volunteerism/community service activity, holding multiple stand-alone meetings, having revenue sources outside of dues and meeting registration fees, implementing a strategic plan, implementing a formal recruitment and retention plan and measuring outcomes, conducting various activities for Medical Students, Residents and Early Career Physicians. We would like to extend a special thanks to those chapter members who assisted us in all of these endeavors! For their hard work and dedication, we received this award.

Chapter Excellence Award


Congratulations New Chapter Fellows

  • Masaya Hirano, MD FACP
  • Yu Kouchi, MD FACP
  • Tadahiro Kubo, MD FACP 

(July 2024) Congratulations to the Chapter's new Fellows. Fellowship in the College is an honor. Being an FACP® is a distinction earned from colleagues who recognize your accomplishments and achievements over and above the practice of medicine. The most important considerations for ACP Fellowship are excellence and contributions made to both medicine and to the broader community in which the internal medicine physician lives and practices. 


Call for Spring 2025 Resolutions 

(July 2024) Are you concerned about a practice or clinical issue or have an idea you would like to suggest? If so, you might consider submitting a resolution to your Governor or chapter council.  

Initiating a resolution provides ACP members an opportunity to focus attention at the ACP national level on a particular issue or topic that concerns them. Participating in the Board of Governors resolutions process provides the ACP grassroots member a voice and allows you to shape College policy that impacts the practice of internal medicine.  

Not sure how to begin drafting a resolution? Researching the College's position on an issue can give you a start. The ACP Board of Governors Resolutions Guide for ACP Members is available to download and will help, too. The Guide was created to provide members a short overview of the resolutions process essentials and highlights critical ACP online resources you must use.  

Once drafted, members must submit resolutions to their Governor and/or chapter council. Chapter council approval is required to move resolutions forward to ACP national. Although not official ACP policy, a resolution becomes property of the chapter once the chapter council approves forwarding it to national. If effecting change interests you, the deadline for submitting new resolutions to be heard at the Spring 2025 Board of Governors Meeting is September 27, 2024

Share your good idea with us. Draft a resolution. 


We want to hear from you: Fall 2024 BOG Resolutions

(July 2024) The following resolutions are up for consideration at the Fall 2024 Board of Governors (BOG) Meeting. We invite you to review each resolution and share your support or opposition by completing the electronic response form by August 12.

  • Developing Policy to Address Consolidation in Healthcare 
  • Gaining an Understanding of the 1-Year and 3-Year Mortality Rates of Patients that Have Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Stays 
  • Supporting Patients’ Access to Documentation and Communications in their Preferred Language  
  • Declaring Access to Equitable, Affordable Healthcare is a Human Right  
  • Developing Policy on Reducing Traffic Fatalities and Injuries in the United States  
  • Revising ACP’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Policy to Promote an Age-Friendly Professional Home and Create Engagement Opportunities for Senior and Retired Physicians  
  • Advocating for Funding of a Direct Comparison of Two Highly Touted Dietary Approaches to Control Type Two Diabetes Clinical Measures and Costs  

Resolutions provide our members an opportunity to focus attention at the national level on particular issues or topics that concern you and gives grassroots members a voice, allowing you to shape College policy that impacts the practice of internal medicine. Involvement in the resolutions feedback process is essential for maintaining a responsive and effective professional organization that truly represents its members. 

Your feedback is valuable and will be forwarded to your Governor to assist in their testimony on behalf of the chapter. Thank you for your input. 

(NOTE: Proposed resolutions should be considered confidential information and are intended to be viewed by ACP members only. Under no circumstances should proposed resolutions be shared with the news media or social networking media, nor should they be shared with other individuals and organizations. Proposed resolutions do not represent ACP policy.) 


Happy Anniversary to our Chapter Members!

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5 Years

  • Manabu Kanno, MD PhD
  • Takashi Itoh, MD
  • Hirohito Sugawara, MD
  • Daisuke Kato, MD FACP
  • Kazuaki Kaneko, MD
  • Takamasa Miyauchi, MD
  • Hideaki Watanabe, MD
  • Masao Horiuchi, MD
  • Tsunenori Tamai
  • SUSUMU SASAKI, MD
  • Tetsuro Aita, FACP MD PhD
  • Tomofumi Sakaebara, MD
  • Hiroyoshi Iwata, MD FACP
  • Sho Sasaki, MD FACP
  • Kazuhiro KamataSeiji Takenouchi, MD
  • Yoko Shimotani, MD
  • Ryo Oyama, MD
  • Masahiro Emoto, MD
  • Hiroki Ikai, MD
  • Izaya Nakaya, MD
  • Takahiro Mikawa, MD
  • Masayuki Kobayashi, MD FACP
  • Yamada Seishi, BM
  • Kei Nakashima, MD
  • Ono Tadayoshi
  • Takuya Tanimoto, MD
  • MIKIRO KATO, MD
  • Nakamura Kenji, MD
  • Akitsugu Furumoto, MD PhD
  • Kazuhito Takeuchi, MD
  • Shichi Daisuke, MD
  • Akatsu Hiroyasu, MD
  • Toshihiko Oshita, MD
  • Waka Kobayashi, MD
  • Hara Satoshi, MD
  • Yosuke Yoshizaki, MD

10 Years

  • Tetsuya Hirano, MD PhD FACP
  • Katsuo Yamanaka, MD
  • Koh Okamoto, MD
  • Mitsuya Katayama, MD
  • Takahiko Tsutsumi, MD FACP
  • Mitsushige Nishimura, MD FACP
  • Yuki Kataoka, MD FACP
  • Taku Yabuki, MD
  • Jun Usami, MD
  • Hajime M Koyano, MD
  • Naoto Egawa, MD
  • Mikio Hayashi, MD FACP
  • Masato Ito, MD
  • Toyotaka Kawamata, MD FACP
  • Naoki Ishimori, MD
  • Hidetaka Hamasaki, MD FACP
  • Hidekatsu Fukuta, MD FACP
  • Tokutaro Tsuda, MD
  • Takahiro Uruma, MD
  • Atsushi Hisada, MD
  • Toru Shimokubo, MD
  • Norikazu Miyamoto, MD PhD
  • Tsuyoshi Odai, MD
  • Kunimitsu Inoue, MD
  • Haruki Sekiguchi, MD FACP
  • Yuji M Nakada, MD
  • Shumpei Yoshino, MD
  • Yoshitomo Shirakashi, MD

15 Years

  • Mitsutaka Iguchi, MD
  • Tomohiko Asada, MD PhD
  • Yuji Hirai, MD
  • Tomohiro Sawada, MD
  • Hitoshi Hasegawa, MD FACP
  • Yuji Hirai, MD FACP
  • Tatsuya Sakai, MD
  • Shungo Yamamoto, MD
  • Minako Yamaoka-Tojo, MD PhD FACP
  • Ryotaro Kato, MD JD
  • Yaeko Ichikawa, MD FACP
  • Akimitsu Miyauchi, MD FACP
  • Hisashi Katayama, MD FACP
  • Junichi Akiyama, MD
  • Haruhiko Banno, MD FACP
  • Masahito Katahira, MD FACP
  • Takahiko Fukuchi, MD PhD

20 Years

  • Takeshi Yanagawa, MD FACP
  • Eiji Shinya, MD FACP
  • Hiroki Nakaizumi, MD
  • Kazutoyo Tanaka, MD FACP
  • Takanori Takahashi, MD
  • Hidetaka Yanagi, MD FACP
  • Takashi Yasuda, MD
  • Akira Mizuki, MD
  • Keiko Okuda, MD
  • Eiji Kaneshiro, MD
  • Koichiro Yoshie, MD
  • Yuko Hasegawa, MD
  • Masayuki Kikawada, MD PhD FACP
  • Genshi Ito, MD
  • Shinichiro Akiyama, MD PhD FACP
  • Ryuichiro Takamura, MD
  • Manabu Taguchi, MD
  • Junichi Taguchi, MD
  • Masaru Suzuki, MD FACP
  • Hitoshi Sawaoka, MD PhD FACP
  • Yuhta Oyama, MD PhD FACP
  • Mamiko Ohara, MD PhD FACP
  • Toshinori Murayama, MD PhD FACP
  • Kohjiro Makibayashi, MD PhD FACP
  • Hirohisa Yoshizawa, MD PhD FACP
  • Seitaro Iguchi, MD PhD FACP
  • Soichiro Ando, MD PhD FACP
  • Hiroyuki Honma, MD FACP
  • Terumi Horiki, MD
  • Yasunori Nakagawa, MD
  • Ichirota Nakajima, MD FACP
  • Tomohiko Shigemasa, MD
  • Hisamitsu Uno, MD PhD FACP
  • Yukio Miyata, MD PhD FACP
  • Atsushi Kuroda, MD
  • Makoto Kontani, MD FACP
  • Hajime Fujimoto, MD FACP
  • Tetsuro Takeda, MD
  • Masayuki Shiseki, MD FACP
  • Hideo Izawa, MD
  • Hidekatsu Yanai, MD PhD FACP
  • Ken Yamamura, MD
  • Kazutomo Sawai, MD FACP
  • Sayuri Motomura, MD PhD FACP
  • Yasunari Miyazaki, MD
  • Takatoshi Matsuo, MD PhD FACP
  • Sunao Kojima, MD FACP
  • Yuji Koide, FACP MD PhD
  • Seitaro Fujishima, MD
  • Masahiko Fukuda, MD
  • Kenichi Ikeda, MD
  • Kenichi Ikejima, MD PhD FACP
  • Yoshihisa Ito, MD FACP
  • Hiromitsu Kusafuka, MD FACP
  • Jun Murakami, MD PhD FACP
  • Akira Watanabe, MD FACP
  • Hiroo Kaito, MD
  • Takando Fujii, MD
  • Naoko Iwasaki, MD PhD FACP
  • Keigo Mitsui, MD Ph
  • DMakoto Murakami, MD PhD FACP
  • Kiyoshi Ninomiya, MD
  • Mitsuyasu Ohta, MD
  • Yasuyoshi Takei, MD FACP
  • Shinichi Yamadera, MD
  • Masahiro Yamamoto, MD PhD FACP
  • Jun-ichi Taniguchi, MD
  • Masafumi Fukagawa, MD
  • Toshihito Fujii, MD FACP
  • Itsuro Morishima, MD FACP
  • Hiroshi Nakamura, MD PhD FACP
  • Shigeru Ohtsuru, MD
  • Masahiro Sato, MD FACP
  • Machiko Shintani, MD
  • Jun Tanabe, MD
  • Yasuyuki Tanaka, MD
  • Toshiya Watanabe, MD
  • Toshiki Iwata, MD
  • Takeshi Hasunuma, MD
  • Mamoru Ishikawa, MD

(May 2024) Your ACP Chapter thanks you for your continued Membership and all you do every day to serve your patients and support the future of internal medicine. We’re proud that you’ve chosen us as your professional home, and we’re committed to remaining by your side—advocating for and supporting your professional journey.


BOR Action on Spring 2024 BOG Resolutions

(May 2024) A summary of Board of Regents (BOR) actions on resolutions debated at the Spring 2024 Board of Governors (BOG) meeting is now available. Resolutions initiated by ACP members and endorsed by a chapter council and the BOG become ACP policy when adopted by the BOR.

If you have an idea you would like to suggest to ACP, consider submitting a resolution to your Governor or local ACP chapter. Visit the advocacy section of your ACP chapter website for more information on how to propose a resolution.


Member Feedback is Requested on Spring 2024 Resolutions

(February 2024) Twenty-one (21) resolutions will be considered at the Spring 2024 Board of Governors (BOG) Meeting. With the exception of Resolution 9-S24, which will not be debated because this resolution is slated for adoption as a reaffirmation, please review each resolution and then indicate your support or opposition by completing the electronic response form by the deadline your ACP Chapter Governor has requested or by midnight March 13, whichever comes first. 

Your comments will be forwarded to your Governor to be used as part of his/her testimony on behalf of the chapter. If you have any questions, please contact Mary Giampietro, BOG Administrator, at chapter@acpmembership.org. Thank you for your input. 

(NOTE: Proposed resolutions should be considered confidential information and are intended to be viewed by ACP members only. Under no circumstances should proposed resolutions be shared with the news media or social networking media, nor should they be shared with other individuals and organizations. Proposed resolutions do not represent ACP policy.)


Call for Fall 2024 Resolutions

(February 2024) Are you concerned about a practice or clinical issue or have an idea you'd like to suggest? If so, you might consider submitting a resolution to your Governor or chapter council.  

Initiating a resolution provides ACP members an opportunity to focus attention at the ACP national level on a particular issue or topic that concerns them. Participating in the Board of Governors resolutions process provides the ACP grassroots member a voice and allows you to shape College policy that impacts the practice of internal medicine.  

Not sure how to begin drafting a resolution? Researching the College's position on an issue can give you a start. The just released ACP Board of Governors Resolutions Guide for ACP Members is now available to download and will help, too. The Guide was created to provide members a short overview of the resolutions process essentials and highlights critical ACP online resources you must use.  

Once drafted, members must submit resolutions to their Governor and/or chapter council. Chapter council approval is required to move resolutions forward to ACP national. Although not official ACP policy, a resolution becomes property of the chapter once the chapter council approves forwarding it to national. If effecting change interests you, the deadline for submitting new resolutions to be heard at the Fall 2024 Board of Governors Meeting is March 29, 2024. 

Share your good idea with us. Draft a resolution. 


Congratulations New Chapter Fellows

  • Nobuhiro Asai, MD FACP
  • Satoshi Yamamoto, MD PhD FACP

(February 2024) Congratulations to the Chapter's new Fellows. Fellowship in the College is an honor. Being an FACP® is a distinction earned from colleagues who recognize your accomplishments and achievements over and above the practice of medicine. The most important considerations for ACP Fellowship are excellence and contributions made to both medicine and to the broader community in which the internal medicine physician lives and practices. 


BOR Action on Fall 2023 BOG Resolutions

(December 2023) A summary of Board of Regents (BOR) actions on resolutions debated at the Fall 2023 Board of Governors (BOG) meeting is now available. Resolutions initiated by ACP members and endorsed by a chapter council and the BOG become ACP policy when adopted by the BOR.

If you have an idea you would like to suggest to ACP, consider submitting a resolution to your Governor or local ACP chapter. Visit the advocacy section of your ACP chapter website for more information on how to propose a resolution.


Congratulations New Chapter Fellows

  • Sho Sasaki, MD FACP
  • Kodo Tomida, MD FACP

(November 2023) Congratulations to the Chapter's new Fellows. Fellowship in the College is an honor. Being an FACP® is a distinction earned from colleagues who recognize your accomplishments and achievements over and above the practice of medicine. The most important considerations for ACP Fellowship are excellence and contributions made to both medicine and to the broader community in which the internal medicine physician lives and practices.


2023 Chapter Excellence Award – Silver Winner

Chapter Excellence Award Bronze We are pleased to announce that our chapter is in receipt of the Silver Level of the 2023 Chapter Excellence Award! Only 11 chapters received the Silver Award. The award recognizes chapters that achieve excellence in chapter management. In order to achieve the Chapter Excellence Award, chapters must meet nineteen Bronze criteria and seventeen Silver criteria. Criteria include such activities as undertaking efforts to increase advocacy efforts, collaborating with stakeholders to increase visibility of the ACP, holding competitions for members, providing chapter financial reports to members, having Medical Student and Resident/Fellow members on the Governor's Advisory council, retaining transitional and unpaid members, giving awards to chapter members.

We would like to extend a special thanks to those chapter members who assisted us in all of these endeavors! For their hard work and dedication, we received this award.


We Request Your Feedback on the Proposed Fall 2023 Board of Governors Resolutions

(August 2023) We would like to request your feedback regarding resolutions that will be considered at the Fall 2023 Board of Governors Meeting. With the exception of Resolution 3-F23 which was accepted as a reaffirmation and will not be debated, please review the balance of the slate and then indicate your support or opposition by completing the resolutions electronic response form by August 30th.

After considering the intent of each resolution and how it fits with the College’s Mission and Goals, please provide your feedback on each resolution and indicate your support or opposition by completing the electronic response form by August 30. Your input will be used as part of testimony on behalf of the chapter.

Thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to provide comments regarding these resolutions. By providing your feedback on the Board of Governors resolutions, you have helped to shape College policy that impacts the practice of internal medicine.


Congratulations New Chapter Fellows

  • Tetsuro Aita, MD FACP
  • Daisuke Kato, MD FACP
  • Naoki Matsuura, MD FACP

(July 2023) Congratulations to the Chapter's new Fellows. Fellowship in the College is an honor. Being an FACP® is a distinction earned from colleagues who recognize your accomplishments and achievements over and above the practice of medicine. The most important considerations for ACP Fellowship are excellence and contributions made to both medicine and to the broader community in which the internal medicine physician lives and practices.


Call for Spring 2024 BOG Resolutions

(July 2023) Are you concerned about a practice or clinical issue or have an idea you'd like to suggest? If so, you might consider submitting a resolution to your Governor or chapter council.  

Initiating a resolution provides ACP members an opportunity to focus attention at the ACP national level on a particular issue or topic that concerns them. Participating in the Board of Governors resolutions process provides the ACP grassroots member a voice and allows you to shape College policy that impacts the practice of internal medicine.

Not sure how to begin drafting a resolution? Researching the College's position on an issue can give you a start. The recently released ACP Board of Governors Resolutions Guide for ACP Members is now available to download and will help, too. The Guide was created to provide members a short overview of the resolutions process essentials and highlights critical ACP online resources you must use.  

Once drafted, members must submit resolutions to their Governor and/or chapter council. Chapter council approval to move resolutions forward to ACP national is required. A resolution becomes a resolution of the chapter once the chapter council approves forwarding it to national. If effecting change interests you, the deadline for submitting new resolutions to be heard at the Spring 2024 Board of Governors Meeting is October 16, 2023.  

Share your good idea with us. Draft a resolution.


BOR Action on Spring 2023 BOG Resolutions

(June 2023) summary of Board of Regents (BOR) actions on resolutions debated at the Spring 2023 Board of Governors (BOG) meeting is now available. Resolutions initiated by ACP members and endorsed by a chapter council and the BOG become ACP policy when adopted by the BOR.


Chapter Members Elected to ACP Fellowship

(March 2023) We would like to congratulate our chapter members on election to Fellow of the American College of Physicians. The distinction recognizes achievements in internal medicine.

Toru Suzuki, MD FACP

Kenichiro Akazawa, MD FACP

Yuji Hirai, MD FACP

Fellowship is elected upon the recommendation of peers and the review of ACP’s Credentials Subcommittee. They may now use the letters “FACP” after their name in recognition of this honor. Please join me in congratulations!


Global Reception at Internal Medicine Meeting 2023

(March 2023) If you’re attending IMM23, please join us at our global reception, to be held Thursday, April 27 from 7:30-9:00pm at HQ San Diego. 

This reception, featuring live entertainment, is open to all international attendees and their guests, as well as other attendees who are interested in meeting with leaders from ACP and internal medicine societies from around the world. 


Member Feedback is Requested on Spring 2023 Resolutions

(March 2023) Fourteen (14) resolutions will be considered at the Spring 2023 Board of Governors (BOG) Meeting. Please review each resolution and then indicate your support or opposition by completing the electronic response form by the deadline your ACP Chapter Governor has requested or by March 22, whichever comes first.

Your comments will be forwarded to the Chapter Governor to be used as part of their testimony on behalf of the chapter. If you have any questions, please contact Mary Giampietro, BOG Administrator, at chapter@acpmembership.org. Thank you for your input.

(NOTE: Proposed resolutions should be considered confidential information and are intended to be viewed by ACP members only. Under no circumstances should proposed resolutions be shared with the news media or social networking media, nor should they be shared with other individuals and organizations. Proposed resolutions do not represent ACP policy.)


Call for Fall 2023 Resolutions

(February 2023) Are you concerned about a practice or clinical issue or have an idea you'd like to suggest? If so, you might consider submitting a resolution to your Governor or chapter council.

Initiating a resolution provides ACP members an opportunity to focus attention at the ACP national level on a particular issue or topic that concerns them. Participating in the Board of Governors resolutions process provides the ACP grassroots member a voice and allows you to shape College policy that impacts the practice of internal medicine.

Not sure how to begin drafting a resolution? Researching the College's position on an issue can give you a start. The just released ACP Board of Governors Resolutions Guide for ACP Members is now available to download and will help, too. The Guide was created to provide members a short overview of the resolutions process essentials and highlights critical ACP online resources you must use.

Once drafted, members must submit resolutions to their Governor and/or chapter council. Chapter council approval to move resolutions forward to ACP national is required. A resolution becomes a resolution of the chapter once the chapter council approves forwarding it to national. If effecting change interests you, the deadline for submitting new resolutions to be heard at the Fall 2023 Board of Governors Meeting is March 30, 2023.

Share your good idea with us. Draft a resolution.