Internal Medicine Scientific Program Committee

Reports to:

Senior Vice-President, Medical Education

Charge

Advise staff in the creation of the scientific program for ACP’s annual scientific meeting that will enable internists and subspecialists to maintain and advance their knowledge and skills for the benefit of their patients.

Composition (16)

Chair, who is an ACP member physician; 15 members who, along with the chair, represent the following areas:

• Cardiology
• Endocrinology
• Gastroenterology
• Geriatrics
• Hematology/Oncology
• Infectious Diseases
• Internal Medicine-Pediatrics
• Nephrology
• Pulmonary/Critical Care
• Rheumatology
• Five General Internists (two representing hospital and three representing ambulatory medicine)

At least two positions must be filled by an Early Career Physician.

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.

2021-23 Members

Alan W. Dow, MD, FACP, Chair
Professor
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA
Specialty: Internal Medicine
alandow3@yahoo.com                                                                                  

Jayne A. Barr, MD, FACP
North Ridgeville, OH
Specialties: Hospital Medicine, Pediatrics
mdjbarr248@gmail.com

Matthew B. Carroll, MD, FACP, FACR
Rheumatologist
Singing River Health System
Ocean Springs, MS
Specialties: Rheumatology, Internal Medicine
mcar100210@yahoo.com

Kerry A. Esquitin, MD, FACP
Assistant Professor of Medicine at CUIMC
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
New York, NY
Specialty: Cardiovascular Disease
kad2136@cumc.columbia.edu

Samuel Evans, MD, FACP, FCCP
Assistant Professor of Medicine       
University of Hawaii/JABSM, Hawaii Pacific Health-Straub
Honolulu, Hawai'i
Specialties: Pulmonary Disease, Critical Care Medicine
samevansmd@gmail.com

Joshua D. Hartzell, MD, MS-HPEd, FACP, FIDSA
Program Director, Internal Medicine
National Capital Consortium
Potomac, MD
Specialties: Infectious Disease, Hospital Medicine
speng711@hotmail.com

Catherine Bree Johnston, MD, FACP
Bellingham, WA
Specialty: Geriatric Medicine, Hospice & Palliative Medicine
cbreejohnston@gmail.com

Alice D. Ma, MD, FACP
Professor of Medicine
UNC School of Medicine
Chapel Hill, NC
Specialties: Hematology, Internal Medicine
alice_ma@med.unc.edu

Srikrishna V. Malayala, MD, MPH, FHM, FACP
Chief Clinical Officer
IHP Hospitalists
Philadelphia, PA
Specialties: Hospital Medicine, Internal Medicine
varun_msk@yahoo.com

Melissa A. McNeil, MD, MACP
Pittsburgh, PA
Specialty: Internal Medicine
mcneilma@upmc.edu

Naseema B. Merchant, MBBS, FACP
Middlefield, CT
Specialty: Hospital Medicine
naseema.merchant@gmail.com

Elizabeth Selden, MD
Washington, DC
Specialty: Internal Medicine
elizabeth.selden@gmail.com

Adrian P. Sequeira, MD, FACP
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Shreveport, LA
Specialties: Nephrology, Internal Medicine
aseque@lsuhsc.edu

Manish Singla, MD
Gastroenterologist
Ocean City, MD
Specialties: Gastroenterology, Internal Medicine
manishsingla@gmail.com

Guillermo E. Umpierrez, MD, MACP
Professor of Medicine
Atlanta, GA
Specialties: Endocrinology, Diabetes, Metabolism, Internal Medicine
geumpie@emory.edu                                              

Erik A. Wallace, MD, FACP
Associate Professor of Medicine
Associate Dean for Colorado Springs Branch
University of Colorado
Colorado Springs, CO
Specialty: Internal Medicine
erikwallace@me.com

2020-22 Members

Ann R. Garment, MD, FACP, Chair
Clinical Associate Professor
Brooklyn, NY
Specialty: Internal Medicine
ann.garment@gmail.com

Joshua W. Allen-Dicker, MD, MPH
Associate Attending
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY
Specialty: Hospital Medicine
DrJoshuaAD@gmail.com

Victoria Elizabeth Burke, MD
Metairie, LA
Specialty: Infectious Diseases
spudrocket@hotmail.com

Christian T. Cable, MD, FACP
Temple, TX
Specialty: Hematology, Medical Oncology
Christian.Cable@BSWHealth.org

Hyung J. Cho, MD, FACP
New York, NY
Specialty: Hospital Medicine
harryjcho@gmail.com

Ricardo Correa, MD, FACP
Endocrinology Fellowship Program Director and Director for diversity on GME
University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix
Phoenix , AZ
Specialties: Internal Medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetes, Metabolism
riccorrea20@hotmail.com

Catherine E. Dubeau, MD
Lebanon, NH
Specialty: Geriatrics
Catherine.E.DuBeau@hitchcock.org

Gregory C. Gardner, MD, MACP
Seattle, WA
Specialty: Rheumatology
greg.gardner@comcast.net

Jason M. Goldman, MD, FACP (Regent)
Affiliate Assistant Professor of Clinical Biomedical Science
Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine
Coral Springs, FL
Specialty: Internal Medicine, Other
goldmanmd@bellsouth.net

Lucinda A. Harris, MD, FACP
Scottsdale, AZ
Specialty: Gastroenterology
harris.lucinda@mayo.edu

N. Kevin Krane, MD, FACP
New Orleans, LA
Specialty: NEP
kkrane@tulane.edu

Paul J. Mather, MD, FACP
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Physician Leader, Heart Failure Disease Management
Director, Faculty Development, Division of Cardiology
University of Pennsylvania Health System
Philadelphia, PA
Specialties: Cardiovascular Disease, Internal Medicine
paul.mather@pennmedicine.upenn.edu                            

Chrisandra L. Shufelt, MD, FACP
Los Angeles, CA
Specialty: Women's Health
chrisandra.shufelt@cshs.org

Todd L Simon, MD, MSEd, FACP
Chief Academic Officer
D.I.O., Vice Chair and Program Director, Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
Brooklyn. NY
Specialty: Internal Medicine
tos9017@nyp.org

Janice L. Zimmerman, MD, MACP
Houston, TX
Specialty: PUL/Critical Care
drjanicez@gmail.com

Staff Liaison: David Disbrow Ddisbrow@acponline.org