Texas Southern Chapter Governor, Alejandro Moreno, MD, MPH, JD, MACP

As Governor, Dr. Moreno serves as the official representative of the College for the Texas Southern Chapter, providing a link between members at the local level and leadership at the national level. 

Alejando Moreno, Texas Southern GovernorMedical School Education: Universidad CES

Post-Doctoral Training: Internal Medicine Residency; General Internal Medicine Fellowship

Certification: Internal Medicine

Present Position: Associate Professor and Assistant Dean, Clinical Skills Integration

ACP Chapter and Leadership Activities:
Past President 2015-2016; Co-chair, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Ad-Hoc Committee since 2020; Member, Resident’s Committee since 2015; Co-chair, Scientific Program, Annual Meeting, Austin 2018; Attendee, Annual Meetings since 2009 (except for 2013); Advocacy work (visits to Congress and testimonies in front of Congress) since 2009; Judge, Poster/Oral Presentation, Annual Meeting; Speaker, Annual Meeting; Co-chair, Health Policy Committee since 2015; Mentor/editor, Abstract Submissions (by trainees from the Austin residency program), South Texas Associates Meeting 2003-2017; Judge, Poster/Oral Presentations, South Texas Associates Meeting since 2009 (several occasions); Attendee, South Texas Associates Meeting 2009-2017; Program Chair, South Texas Associates Meeting, Austin, 2010, 2011, 2016 & 2017

ACP National Activities:
Mastership 2021; Fellowship 2004; Membership 1996; Ad hoc Reviewer, Annals of Internal Medicine since 2009; Speaker, Ethics in Review Year, Internal Medicine Meeting 2009; Speaker, Expert Witness, Internal Medicine Meeting 2010; Speaker, Medical Neutrality, Internal Medicine Meeting 2013; Co-author, 7 clinical vignettes, ACP Hospitalist 2015-2016 & 2021; Attendee, Leadership Day 2012, 2015 & 2016; Member, Volunteerism Committee 2011-2014; Member, Ethics, Professionalism and Human Rights Committee 2007-2014; Contributor, 6th Edition ACP’s Ethics Manual; Recipient, Richard Neubauer Advocate for Internal Medicine Award 2016

Other Appointments/Activities:
Pro-bono Legal Services, American Gateways; Pro-bono Medical-legal Consulting, Physicians for Human Rights

Areas of Professional Interest and Expertise:
Medical Education (undergraduate and graduate); Law; Immigration