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
- Babajide Adio, DO FACP
- Mandeep K Babbra, MD FACP
- Momcilo Durdevic, MD FACP
- Sabri Elamin A Elkhidir, MD FACP
- Lindsay Hoogenboom, MD FACP
- Prachi Pophali, MBBS FACP
- Muhammad Usama, MD FACP
- Mohamed Zakarya, MD FACP
- Ana N Caban Cardona, MD FACP
- Molly M Kleiman, MD FACP
- Andrea L Woodard, MD FACP
- Kun Xiao, MD 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.
Dr. Noel Deep, MACP Elected to ACP National Board of Regents!
(January 2024) Congratulations to Noel Deep, MD, MACP, ACP-WI Immediate Past Governor, on being elected to the ACP National Board of Regents! Dr. Deep commented, "I am incredibly grateful to serve our profession and our patients through this new role in the ACP. I am honored and look forward to contributing to the outstanding work and advocacy efforts of the ACP for the betterment of healthcare.” The Board of Regents manages the business and affairs of ACP. It is the policy-making body of the College. The Board is composed of officers and Council chairs, who serve ex officio, and Regents, who have been elected by the combined membership of the Board of Regents and the Board of Governors. Dr. Deep’s term becomes effective at the conclusion of the Annual Business Meeting (ABM) and Town Hall scheduled to take place on Saturday, April 20, 2024, from 12:45 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. ET in Boston, MA.
Chapter Speakers at Internal Medicine Meeting 2024
(December 2023) We’d like to bring attention to our local chapter members who will be presenting as faculty at ACP’s Internal Medicine Meeting 2024 in Boston, Massachusetts this April. Early-bird registration is available through January. For a full schedule or for more information on the meeting, click here.
| Christina | Jensen | Clinical Skills Center | Chronic Leg Wound Management | |
| Anne | Kennedy | Clinical Skills Center | Chronic Leg Wound Management | |
| Theodore | MacKinney | Clinical Skills Center | Chronic Leg Wound Management | |
| Margaret | McCarty Stanisic | Clinical Skills Center | Chronic Leg Wound Management | |
| Kurt | Pfeifer | Meet the Professor | Preoperative Cardiac Risk Assessment in the Hospitalized Patient: Case-Based Evaluation and Management Tips | Friday, April 19, 2024 |
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
- Ifeyinwa Igwe, MD FACP
- Scott M Mead, MD FACP
- Eric Luy, MD FACP
- Gabriel Mikhael, MD FACP
- Brian W Quinn, 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 Annual Scientific Meeting Abstract Competition Winners
(November 2023) ACP-WI would like to acknowledge the winning abstracts from our 2023 Annual Scientific Meeting, as well as the winning Doctors Dilemma team. Congratulations to all of the winning individuals! Please see below for the list of winners.Clinical Posters
- 1st Place: THE HIDDEN GIANT - A RARE CASE OF GIANT BASAL CELL CARCINOMA - Christopher Ehret, MD, Resident at Gundersen
- 2nd Place: AN ATYPICAL CAUSE OF CHEST PAIN: A CASE REPORT OF THYMIC CARCINOID TUMOR - Alexander Kerschner, MD, Resident at MCW
- 3rd Place: SYNCOPE, SARCOIDOSIS, AND STRUCTURAL CAUSES OF VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA: A CASE REPORT - Matthew Konz, MD, Resident at UW
Research Posters
- 1st Place: IMPACT OF BRIEF CULTURAL HUMILITY & IMPLICIT BIAS TRAININGS AT THE SATURDAY CLINIC FOR THE UNINSURED – RESEARCH POSTER- Buruj Mohammed, Medical Student at MCW
- 2nd Place: THE STATE OF PATIENT REPORTED OUTCOME MEASURES IN RHEUMATOLOGY: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW - Kenrick Manswell, Medical Student at MCW
- 3rd Place: THE EFFECTS OF APOLIPOPROTEIN E (APOE) GENE LOSS AND DIET ON PENTRAXIN 3 LEVELS AND ATHEROSCLEROSIS - Olivia Chao, Medical Student at UW
Clinical Orals
Winner: UNEXPLAINED LVH AND HEART FAILURE WITH PRESERVED EJECTION FRACTION: A CASE OF FABRY’S DISEASE, Ahmed El Shaer, MBBS, Resident at UWRunner Up: A TICKY CASE OF ANAPLASMOSIS, Bianca Mulaikal, DO, Resident at MCW
Research Orals
Winner: IMPROVING INTERNAL MEDICINE INTERN CLINICAL TRANSITION VIA INTENSIVE ORIENTATION, Rinki Pandya, MD, Resident at Marshfield ClinicRunner Up: COMPARISON OF PREDICTED BENEFIT USING RS CLIN VERSUS OBSERVED BENEFIT IN A US REGISTRY OF STAGE I ER POSITIVE HER2 NEGATIVE HIGH ONCOTYPE DX RS BREAST CANCER, Christopher Walden, MD, PhD, Resident at Gundersen Health SystemDoctors Dilemma Winning Team: Gundersen Health System - Brooke Jennings, MD, Brett Macleod, MD, and Sean O'Neil, MD
2023 Narrative Medicine Competition Winners
Congratulations to the winners of the 2023 Narrative Medicine Competition Winners!1st Place Poetry: Amy Holzer, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, “Dissection”1st Place Essay (tie): Amber Bo, Medical College of Wisconsin, “In Moments of Vulnerability, We Respond”1st Place Essay (tie): Meghan Schilthuis, Medical College of Wisconsin, “The Dream Killer”
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.
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
- Guirish A Agni, MD FACP
- Amit Aneja, MD FACP
- Mary C Bassing, MD FACP
- Ellen S Danto-Nocton, MD FACP
- Sara Dunbar, DO FACP
- Leonard E Egede, MBBS
- Erin M Fouch, MD FACP
- Peter A Gill, MD FACP
- James F Heise, FACP MD
- Joseph P Holt, III, MD FACP
- Farah Kaiksow, MD FACP
- Abdul M Khan, MBBS FACP
- Sharath Kommu, MD FACP
- Christopher R Lieb, MD FACP
- Daniel J McCulley, MD FACP
- Kyle B Nichols, MD FACP
- Jennifer C Passini, MD FACP
- Kerry Rees, MD FACP
- Adine E Rodemeyer, MD FACP
- Harsimran S Sekhon, MBBS FACP
- Joshua S Shapiro, MD FACP
- Antoni Wojtkowski, 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.
Gun Violence Awareness Day
(June 2023) The ACP Wisconsin Chapter is committed to promote gun injury prevention and signed on to a statement recognizing Gun Violence Awareness Day (GVAD) on June 2nd. GVAD serves as a significant reminder of the urgent need to address gun violence and the devastating impact it has on individuals, families, and communities. Through a public health, multi-faceted approach, healthcare and public healthcare organizations, departments and systems can play a vital role in decreasing both intentional and unintentional firearm injuries and deaths. Together, we can work towards a future free of gun violence and create safer environments for everyone. .
Wisconsin Receives the 2023 John Tooker Evergreen Award
(May 2023) The John Tooker Evergreen Awards Program provides recognition and visibility to chapters that have successfully implemented programs to increase membership, improve communication, encourage member involvement, enhance diversity, foster careers in internal medicine or improve chapter management. The Wisconsin Chapter received the 2023 John Tooker Evergreen Award for their initiative, Narrative Medicine: Celebrating Internal Medicine Physicians.
Narrative Medicine: Celebrating Internal Medicine Physicians
A key reason that ACP-WI plans to continue the Narrative Medicine program is that we have been struck by the broad participation ranging from student members to retirees who have participated in a workshop or submitted a narrative medicine piece./p>
In 2021-2022, the Wisconsin Chapter's Women in Medicine Committee decided to enhance the “In the Life of this Wisconsin Doctor” narrative medicine program. The goal was to make the program a year-round chapter activity and to provide training to members who desired improvement of their creative writing skills and to connect with colleagues. Thirty members participated in this workshop. During the summer of 2022, the Women In Medicine and Medical Student Committee hosted a narrative medicine competition that culminated in a published e-booklet. Twenty-two narrative medicine pieces were submitted, and six prizes were awarded including a “People’s Choice Award” voted on by meeting attendees.
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.
Gulrayz Ahmed, MD FACP
Sreerag Alumparambil Surendran, MBBS FACP
Ateeq Mubarik, MBBS MD FACP
Aaron A H Smith, MD FACP
Bicky Thapa, MD FACP
Muhammad B Abid, MD FACP
Brenda L Boschek, MD FACP
Amy H Farkas, MD FACP
John R Zandt, MD FACP
Paul Anthony Bergl, MD FACP
Edward Cooney, MD FACP
Anna B Edlebeck, MD FACP
Norris A Norman, 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!
Chapter Reception at Internal Medicine Meeting 2023
(March 2023) If you’re attending IMM23, please join us at our Massachusetts, Michigan, and Wisconsin Chapters Reception—6:00-7:00 p.m. on Friday, April 28 at the Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina, Marriott Grand Ballroom, Section 9.
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.
2023 ACP-WI Award Nominations Form
(February 2023)The ACP-Wisconsin Chapter believes that it is important to recognize and honor distinguished internal medicine physicians and colleagues for their teaching, research, service and leadership accomplishments through our 2023 ACP-Wisconsin Chapter Awards. The Awards Committee requests your assistance in recognizing these individuals. Please refer to the information below for the details of each award and please consider nominating a deserving colleague.
Read Descriptions and Vote Now!
Mary Bieter All Star Awards Voting Open
(December 2022) For the past 30 years, ACP has celebrated chapter-led programming through an annual awards program known as the John Tooker Evergreen Awards. This year we are celebrating the 30th year anniversary of this program through a special recognition program. The Mary Bieter Evergreen All-Stars Award program recognizes exceptional and sustained chapter-initiated programs that has supporting and adapted to the Internal Medicine landscape in the United States and around the world.
The goals of this program are to:
- Celebrate chapter-initiated programs that align with ACP's priority themes;
- Increase prominence of chapter programs by granting ACP's 161,000 membership base autonomy to select All-Star winners
Our chapter recently submitted "Story Telling: On the Front Lines of the COVID-19 Pandemic - and Beyond " and we need your help. For the first time in 30 years, ACP's 161,000 membership will be asked to vote on the All-Star nominations they believe are the best. If you're a Chapter member, you have 3 votes. Review the nominations at acponline.org/allstars and vote today! Voting ends January 31, 2023.
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.
- Megan Mirkes, MD FACP
- Safa Shiari, MD FACP
- Rachel Bernard, MD FACP
- Joel A Burnet, DO FACP
- Andrew D Calvin, MD FACP
- Mohan S Dhariwal, DO FACP
- Abdel Nasser Hosein, MD, PhD FACP
- Devin Madenberg, DO FACP
- Albert J Musa, MD FACP
- Sarah S Naik, MD FACP
- Katherine Ann Recka, MD FACP
- J Douglas Rizzo, MD
- Lawrence J Sprecher, MD FACP
- Asif Surani, 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!