About the Chapter

Governor

William A Curry, MD MACP

Dr. Curry serves as the official representative of the College for the Alabama Chapter, providing a link between members at the local level and leadership at the national level. To learn more about Dr. Curry, read his bio.

Welcome Letter | Past Governors

Awards

Mastership

Congratulations to Pink L. Folmar Jr., MD, MACP (AHoover) and C. Seth Landefeld, MD, MACP (Birmingham) have been awarded Mastership of the College and will be honored during the Convocation Ceremony at the 2021 Internal Medicine Meeting. To be considered for Mastership, the candidate must have made a notable contribution to medicine. This includes but is not limited to teaching, outstanding work in clinical medicine (research or practice), contributions to preventive medicine, improvements in the delivery of health care, or contributions to medical literature.

Chapter Excellence – Bronze Award

We are pleased to announce that our chapter is in receipt of the Bronze Level of the 2020 Chapter Excellence Award! The award recognizes chapters that achieve basics in chapter management. In order to achieve the Chapter Excellence Award, chapters must meet twenty-one Bronze criteria. Criteria include such activities as being involved in advocacy activities, communicating with members, having a chapter/regional scientific meeting along with a planning committee, having a sound financial structure in place, recruiting and advancing members and having an awards committee that identifies candidates for local or national awards. 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.

Award Archives

Laureate | Masterships | Chapter Awards

Member News

Dr. Robert Centor is this year's recipient of the ACP Jane F. Desforges Distinguished Teacher Award, for demonstrating “the ennobling qualities of a great teacher as judged by the acclaim and accomplishments of former students who have been inspired and have achieved positions of leadership in the field of medical education, primarily as teachers.” Click for more.