Volunteerism Committee

Reports to:

Member of staff designated by the EVP/CEO

Charge

Advise management in ways to engage ACP members in medical and nonmedical volunteerism activities at the local, national and international level.

Composition (14-18)

Chair, who is an ACP member physician; 13 to 17 members, including two student members, two resident/fellow members and one early career physician; remainder of at-large positions comprised of general membership and governance, determined by management based on their advisory needs.  

Terms

One-year, renewable up to three times for total of four years, unless additional time is approved by the CEO.

2021-22 Members

Molly B. Southworth, MD, MPH, MACP, Chair (Regent)
Clinical Professor of Medicine
University of Washington School of Medicine
Affiliate Professor of Medical Education
University of Alaska Anchorage/WWAMI
Anchorage, AK
Specialties: Endocrinology
mollysouthworth@gmail.com

Kamna Bansal, MD
Assistant Professor
Family and Community Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Primary Care Physician
Vallbona Health Center, Harris Health
Sugar Land, TX
kbansal@bcm.edu

Marvin J. Bittner, MD, FACP
Professor of Medicine
VA Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System
Omaha NE
Specialties: Infectious Disease, Internal Medicine
marvin.bittner@gmail.com

Thomas A. Bledsoe, MD, MACP
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine
Warren Alpert School of Medicine of Brown University
Riverside, RI
Specialty: Internal Medicine
thomas_bledsoe@brown.edu

Raminder S. Gill, MD, FACP
Sacramento, CA
Specialty: Hospital Medicine
rsgill@ucdavis.edu

Mindy M. Kim
Medical Student
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Detroit, MI
mindy.kim@wayne.edu

Daniel I. Kim, MD, MBA, FACP (Governor)
Chair of Medicine, Director of Graduate Medical Education/Designated Institutional Officer, Riverside University Health System; Clinical Professor of Medicine
University of California, Riverside
Moreno Valley, CA
Specialty: Internal Medicine
d.kim@ruhealth.org

A. Muruganathan, MD, MACP, FRCP, FPCP, FICP
Chairman
A.G Hospital
Tirupur, India
a.muruganathan@gmail.com

Simranjit Singh, MD, FACP
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Indianapolis, IN
Specialties: Hospital Medicine, Internal Medicine
dr.simsingh@outlook.com

Banu E. Symington, MD, MACP
Medical Director
Sweetwater Regional Cancer Center
Rock Springs, WY
Specialty: Hematology/Oncology
besacpidgov@gmail.com

Rubin K. Thomas, MD
Sunnyvale, TX
Specialty:  Hospital Medicine, Internal Medicine
Rubin.thomas@utsouthwestern.edu

Grant A. Turner, MD
Omaha, NE
Specialties: Internal Medicine, Critical Care
grant.a.turner@gmail.com

Catherine R. Womack, MD, FACP (Governor)
Associate Professor of Medicine and Associate Dean of Student Affairs and Admissions
UT Health Science Center
Memphis, TN
Specialty: Internal Medicine
cwomack@uthsc.edu

Ashley Whitworth Fellers (CSM)
Medical Student
University of South Carolina Columbia
Lexington, SC
ashley.fellers@uscmed.sc.edu

Michelle Ann Tan (CSM)
Medical Student
Emory University
Talbott, TN
michelle.ann.mercado.tan@emory.edu

Carlie Cerne, DO (CRFM)
Teaching Fellow, Department of Medicine
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (US Army)
Silver Spring, MD
Specialties: Infectious Disease, Internal Medicine
ccerne11@elmira.edu

Christine Santiago, MD, MPH (CRFM)
Internal Medicine Resident
Stanford University
San Jose, CA
Specialty: Internal Medicine
cks77555@gmail.com

Avital Y. O'Glasser, MD, FACP, FHM (CECP)
Associate Professor of Medicine      
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, OR
Specialty: Hospital Medicine
avitaloglasser@gmail.com

Staff Liaison: Rebecca Moore rmoore@acponline.org