Council of Resident/Fellow Members

Council of Resident/Fellow Members Call for Nominations

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Reports to

Board of Regents

Charge

Respond to requests from the Board of Regents, committees and staff for review of programs, products and services. Advise the Board of Regents and Board of Governors:

• Enhancing the quality of internal medicine postgraduate training
• Increasing the value of membership among Resident/Fellow Member members
• Strengthening chapter level activities and relationships at residency/fellowship training programs
• Aligning council activities with the College's Strategic Plan

Composition (14)

Chair, who serves ex-officio on the BOR; Chair-elect, who must be a member of the Council at time of election and who serves ex-officio on the BOG; 12 at-large members to be selected with consideration given to the College's Diversity Policy as well as training year, training program, and Chief Resident experience. All members must be Resident/Fellow members of ACP at the time of selection to the Council.

Terms

Chair and Chair-Elect serve consecutive one-year terms; members serve one two-year term (for a maximum of four years, if serving as Chair-Elect and Chair).

2019-20 Council Members

John Hunninghake, MD, Chair

Council term of service: 2016-2020
Specialty: Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
Current position: Staff Physician
Current location: Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, TX
Twitter: @DrHunniMD
Email: john.hunninghake@gmail.com

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Jacob (Jake) Quinton, MD, MPH, Chair-elect

Council term of service: 2017-2021
Specialty: Internal Medicine/Primary Care
Current position: Fellow
Current location: UCLA National Clinician Scholars Program, Los Angeles, CA
Twitter: @jakequintonMD
Email: jquinton@mednet.ucla.edu

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Lyle W. Baker, MD

Council term of service: 2018-2020
Specialty: Nephrology and Hypertension
Current position: Fellow
Current location: Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL
Twitter: @DrLyleBaker
Email: lyle.w.baker@gmail.com

Brian L. Block, MD

Council term of service: 2018-2020
Specialty: Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
Current position: Instructor of Medicine
Current location: University of California, San Francisco, CA
Twitter: @brianlblock
Email: brianlblock@gmail.com

Carlie S. Cerne, DO

Council term of service: 2019-2021
Specialty: Infectious Diseases
Current position: Fellow
Current location: Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD
Twitter: @carlie_cerne
Email: ccerne11@elmira.edu

Arjun B. Gupta, MD, MPH

Council term of service: 2019-2021
Specialty: Internal Medicine
Current position: Resident
Current location: Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY
Twitter: @ArjunBGupta
Email: arjunbgupta@gmail.com

Eddie Hackler III, MD

Council term of service: 2019-2021
Specialty: Cardiology
Current position: Fellow
Current location: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
Twitter: @TheeBlackDoctor
Email: eddiehackler3@gmail.com

Matthew (Matt) T. Nelson, MD

Council term of service: 2018-2020
Specialty: Internal Medicine
Current position: Resident
Current location: Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD
Twitter: @mtnelsonMD
Email: mtnelson2@gmail.com

Nathanial (Nathan) S. Nolan, MD, MPH

Council term of service: 2018-2020
Specialty: Infectious Diseases
Current position: Fellow
Current location: Barnes-Jewish Hospital/Washington University, St. Louis, MO
Twitter: @NNolanMD
Email: nolan.nathan@gmail.com

Ashruta Patel, DO, MS

Council term of service: 2019-2021
Specialty: Internal Medicine
Current position: Resident
Current location: Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Twitter: @Ashruta_Patel
Email: ashruta.patel3@gmail.com

Romela Petrosyan, MD

Council term of service: 2019-2021
Specialty: Internal Medicine
Current position: Resident
Current location: University of South Carolina, Greenville, SC
Twitter: @RomelaPetrosyan
Email: romela.petrosyan@gmail.com

Jesse Richards, DO

Council term of service: 2018-2020
Specialty: Internal Medicine
Current position: Academic Hospitalist
Current location: University of Kansas, Kansas City, KS
Twitter: @jesserichardsdo
Email: jrichards4@kumc.edu

Frédérique St-Pierre, MD, CM

Council term of service: 2018-2020
Specialty: Internal Medicine
Current position: Resident
Current location: Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Twitter: @FStPierreMD
Email: st-pierre.frederique@mayo.edu

Grant A. Turner, MD

Council term of service: 2018-2020
Specialty: Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
Current position: Fellow
Current location: University of Nebraska, Omaha, NE
Twitter: @GrantTurnerMD
Email: grant.a.turner@gmail.com

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Staff Liaison: Amy Allen Collins  aallen@acponline.org