2018 Governor-elect Election Biographical Sketch and Candidate Statement - Illinois Northern

The ballots for the current Governors-elect election have been mailed. The voting membership (Masters, Fellows, Members, and Resident/Fellow Members with an elect date of 9/1/2016 or earlier) can vote online or mail-in ballot.

You will need your mailed ballot or election email containing your ACP Member Number and Election Passcode in order to vote. Below are the bios and statements of the candidates that are running in this election. Online voting begins on September 21, 2018 and will end on November 9, 2018 at 11:59 PM Eastern. Please be sure to vote!

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Anne Furey Schultz, MD, FACP

Medical School Education: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Post-Doctoral Training: McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University

Certification: ABIM

Present Position: Full-time Practicing Internist; Medical Director for Primary Care

ACP Chapter and Leadership Activities:
Governor's Council since 2015; Course Director, Primary Care, Annual Meeting 2015; Co-Presenter, ABIM SEP Module, Update in Geriatric Medicine, Annual Meeting 2016; Speakers Bureau 2016

ACP National Activities:
Fellowship 2008; Practice Transformation Champion Training, Washington DC 2016

Other Appointments/Activities:
WELL Program Champion, Association of Chiefs and Leaders of General Internal Medicine 2018; Planning Committee, Women in Medicine Symposium, Northwestern Medicine 2018; AMA Speaker's Panel, Physician Satisfaction and Practice Sustainability, AMA since 2017; Physician Engagement Advisory Committee, Northwestern Medical Group since 2016; Course Director, Primary Care Grand Rounds, Northwestern Medical Group since 2012

Areas of Professional Interest and Expertise:
Physician Wellness; Practice Sustainability; Social Determinants of Health/Population Health

Candidate Statement:
My parents retired last year after fifty years in the practice of medicine. Their patients now come to see me with thick manila charts tucked under their arms they can't wait to show me; my father's hand-written notes of their life stories documented therein. When I explain this to my colleagues they shake their heads. They are "out of here" as soon as they can financially make it feasible. Some hope to work into their sixties, but they are not sure they see a path to do so. Several beloved mentors have already left, leaving us and their patients bereft of their wisdom and experience. While I have no plans to work until I'm 82, I have gained expertise in wellness and sustainability and served in leadership to bring these changes to our profession. I'd like to see our profession reclaim the mission and purpose that makes us want to stay a part of it, to continue to care for families, in the context of their communities, over the course of their lifetimes.

Scott S. Yen, MD, FACP

Medical School Education: University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine

Post-Doctoral Training: University of Chicago

Certification: ABIM, Recertification 2016

Present Position: Program Director, West Suburban Medical Center Internal Medicine Residency

ACP Chapter and Leadership Activities:
Governor’s Council 2018; Member, Planning Committee, Annual Meetings 2015, 2017; Speaker, SEP Module, Annual Meetings 2015, 2017; Speaker’s Panel since 2015

ACP National Activities:
Fellowship 2012; Organizer and Moderator, MKSAP Live Study Hall Webinar since 2013 (became national 2015); Delegate, Leadership Day 2016, 2017 

Other Appointments/Activities:
Board Member, West Cook YMCA; Chairman, Community Integrated Health Community Advisory Board, West Cook YMCA

Areas of Professional Interest and Expertise:
Medical Education, Undergraduate & Postgraduate; Ambulatory Medicine; Physician Wellness and Resiliency

Candidate Statement:
As a traditional internist for 23 years, practicing in a community hospital in both the inpatient and outpatient setting, and being integrally involved in academics, educating students and residents, I can well represent the broad membership of the Northern Illinois ACP. My volunteer work for the ACP has been some of the most rewarding service that I have done, and has rejuvenated my love of this profession. I want to continue the inroads our exceptional ACP Illinois leaders have done disseminating all that ACP can do to proactively help you tackle the myriad ongoing changes in medicine. As internists, we listen to stories, and if I become your Governor, I want to hear your story, your accomplishments and your concerns, and with the breadth of ACP resources, help you find your joy in our wonderful profession. It would be an honor to serve as your Governor.