Credentials Committee

Reports to: Board of Regents

Charge

Approve Fellowship candidates and recommend policies to facilitate advancement to Fellowship. Establish and implement guidelines and procedures to ensure that the requirements of membership approved by the Board of Regents are met, and to evaluate and grant exceptions to membership applicants who do not meet the stated requirements

Composition (9)

Chair, who is an FACP or MACP; Vice Chair and seven members.

Terms

Chair, Vice Chair, and members serve one-year terms renewable up to three times for a total of four years, unless extended by the Chair, Board of Regents.

2026-27 Members

Ruth E. Weissberger, MD, MACP, Chair
Former Program Director, Yale-Waterbury Internal Medicine Residency Program
Madison, CT
Specialty: Internal Medicine

Rachel L. Ramirez, MD, FACP, Vice Chair (Governor)
Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program
Abington Hospital, Jefferson Health
Abington, PA
Specialty: Internal Medicine

Rhett L. Jackson, MD, MACP (Governor)
Primary Care Physician
ArchWell Health
Norman, OK
Specialty: Internal Medicine

Aneesh Kuruvilla, DO, FACP
Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor
Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine
University of California, San Diego
San Diego, CA
Specialty: Internal Medicine

Vipul Mahajan, MBBS, FACP, FHM
Medical Director Acute Care Services
Providence Medford Medical Centre
Medford, OR
Specialty: Internal Medicine

Allan L. Markus, MD, FACP (Governor)
Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program
Dignity Health-East Valley
Scottsdale, AZ
Specialty: Internal Medicine

CAPT. Nancy L. Miller, MD, FACP (Governor)
Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency
Naval Medical Center San Diego, California
San Diego, CA
Specialty: Internal Medicine

Katherine A. Schmidt, MD, FACP
Internal Medicine Physician
University of Cincinnati Medical Center
Cincinnati, OH
Specialty: Internal Medicine

MAJ, Joseph M. Yabes Jr, MD, FACP
Director, USAF HIV Medical Evaluation Unit
SAUSHEC (San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium)
San Antonio, TX
Specialty: Internal Medicine

Staff Liaison:

Daisy Smith, dsmith@acponline.org
Brian Hammer, bhammer@acponline.org

To contact any of these individuals, please consult the Member Directory (members only) or request assistance from acpgovernance@acponline.org.