Philadelphia, March 27, 2017 -- The American College of Physicians (ACP) will honor six chief residents as winners of the Herbert S. Waxman Chief Resident Teaching Scholarships at Internal Medicine Meeting 2017, the annual scientific meeting of the American College of Physicians. The 2017 chief resident awardees are:
- Neil P. Bhalerao, MD, John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County
- Jason Heino, DO, Providence St. Vincent Medical Center
- Julie M. Knoeckel, MD, University of Colorado School of Medicine
- Lori de la Portilla, DO, University of Connecticut
- Samuel Lai, MD, University of California, Irvine Medical Center
- Nathaniel Warner, MD, Virginia Commonwealth University
The Herbert S. Waxman Chief Resident Teaching Scholarships were established in 2014 to recognize outstanding chief medical residents and to provide them an opportunity to help teach popular clinical skills workshops under the guidance and mentorship of expert faculty at ACP’s annual scientific meeting.
The Herbert S. Waxman Clinical Skills Center is a collection of activities offering physicians hands-on learning and simulation models focusing on office-based procedures, examination skills, and assessment and interpretation skills.
About the American College of Physicians
The American College of Physicians is the largest medical specialty organization in the United States. ACP members include 148,000 internal medicine physicians (internists), related subspecialists, and medical students. Internal medicine physicians are specialists who apply scientific knowledge and clinical expertise to the diagnosis, treatment, and compassionate care of adults across the spectrum from health to complex illness. Follow ACP on Twitter and Facebook.