2023 Annual Chapter Meeting Recap
2023 Chapter Excellence Award – Gold Winner
We are pleased to announce that our chapter is in receipt of the Gold Level of the 2023 Chapter Excellence Award! The award recognizes truly extraordinary chapters that surpass excellence in chapter management. We are in the company of 54 other outstanding chapters. In order to achieve the Gold Level of the Chapter Excellence Award, chapters must meet nineteen Bronze criteria, seventeen 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.
Call for Abstracts: 2023 Illinois Southern Residents & Medical Student Day
Abstract Competitions are to be held on October 19, 2023 during the 2023 Illinois Southern Residents & Medical Student Day.
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Submit your abstract using the ILLINOIS NORTHERN REGION ABSTRACT FORM.
Submission Deadline: October 11 at 11:59pm CT
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
Illinois Northern
- Monica J Maalouf, MD FACP
- Jennifer Y Seo, MD FACP
- Frank Tenuto, MD FACP
Illinois Southern
- Tulika Chatterjee, MD FACP
- Anil Kumar Reddy Reddivari, 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.
Call for Abstracts: 2023 Illinois Northern Residents & Medical Students
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SUBMISSIONS CLOSED.
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.
Illinois Northern
Michael M Chen, MD FACP
Rachna Rawal, MD FACP
Meng Shen, MD FACP
Anisha B Dua, MD MPH FACP
Veronica R Johnson, MD FACP
Ashley Wang, MD FACP
Michael Charles, MD FACP
Niti Patel, MD FACP
Illinois Southern
Omar Abdulfattah, MD FACP
Ahmed Moustafa Maraey, MD FACP
Isaac C Tan, MD FACP
Jeremiah S Anders, MD FACP
Manasa Kandula, MD FACP
Parth H Mehta, MD FACP
Carlos A Urdininea Kirkwood, 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!
Illinois and India Chapters Collaborative Meeting
(March 2023) Illinois Southern Governor, Vidya Sundareshan presented alongside India's Governor, Anuj Maheshwari, at a live session at Hotel Renaissance, in Lucknow, India. The session was called "Gastroparesis: The Silent Enemy of Diabetes" and the "CDC Guidelines for the Management of Sexually Active Diseases". Both chapters were excited to be able to collaborate on such important topics.
Remembering James J. Foody, III, MD, FACP
(January 2023) James Foody, III, MD, FACP, former vice chair for clinical affairs and professor emeritus of Medicine, passed away on October 25, 2022. He was 71.
After completing his internal medicine training at the University of Chicago in 1983, and early clinical service at Rush University Medical Center, Jim returned to UChicago Medicine in 1986 and over 15 years took up several clinical leadership roles including developing satellite clinics, service as associate chief for clinical affairs in the General Internal Medicine section, and director of medical affairs for the UChicago Medicine hospitals and health system. In 2001 Northwestern recruited him to serve as the department’s associate chair for clinical affairs. He advanced to vice chair in 2004, a role he held until his retirement in 2019.
During Jim’s time at Northwestern, he had innumerable accomplishments including coordinating a remodeling of our inpatient resident service, which facilitated the department’s significant advancement in reputation for graduate medical education and quality of patient care. This also led to the development of the division of Hospital Medicine. He oversaw our medical specialties clinics, and markedly improved performance at Northwestern Memorial Hospital through his leadership of the pharmacy and therapeutics committee, which he chaired for many years.
As a consummate educator, Jim led resident Morning Report over 500 times, and was presented the Roy Patterson Award for teaching excellence by the graduating residents. He organized major regional primary care continuing education courses, contributed to the medical literature, and served on several editorial boards.
Jim was beloved by his patients, and he was devoted to them. A brilliant clinician and exemplary primary care physician, he served as a role model for general internists and was elected governor of the Illinois chapter of the America College of Physicians (ACP).
The department of Medicine and Northwestern benefited greatly from Jim’s two-decade tenure and remarkable contributions as a leader. Countless patients, students, trainees, and colleagues will miss his dedication and keen sense of humor.
Douglas E. Vaughan, MD
rving S. Cutter Professor and Chairman Department of Medicine
Northwestern University - Feinberg School of Medicine
Board of Regents Action on Fall 2022 BOG Resolutions
(November 2022) A summary of Board of Regents (BOR) actions on resolutions debated at the Fall 2022 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'd like to suggest to ACP, consider submitting a resolution to your Governor or local ACP chapter. Visit your ACP chapter website for more information on how to contact your Governor or chapter staff about proposing a resolution.
Chapter Members Elected to ACP Fellowship
(November 2022) 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.
- Carol Burke, MD, FACP
- Anwer Z Rahman, MD, FACP
- Shadi Jibawi, MD, FACP
- Ann-Marie T Tantoco, 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!