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.
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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!