Education Committee

Publication Committee

ACP Response to Invitational Conference on USMLE Scoring (InCUS)

Reports To:

The Board of Regents

Charge

Develop plans and strategies to create and/or disseminate scientific, clinical, and professional education and training addressing the learning needs of physicians, residents, students, and other health care professionals; develop or support educational policy to improve the quality, safety, and value of health care; and support the professional fulfillment of medical learners.

Composition (14)

Chair, who is a Regent; Vice Chair, who is a Governor; 10 members-at-large, to include: at least one Regent, at least one Governor, one medical student, one Resident/Fellow Member, and one Early Career Physician. Strive for representatives from each of the following:

  • International Physicians
  • General internists: (2 from different areas: hospitalist, ambulatory medicine, or traditional)
  • Subspecialists
  • Practicing physicians (representing a variety of geographic locations and practice types)
  • Academics (3 from different areas: undergraduate medical education, graduate medical education, and dean or department chair)
  • Educational content expertise (e.g. instructional design, interprofessional education, clinical skills, quality and patient safety)

One Permanent Guest (non-voting): A representative from the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine (AAIM).

The President and Chair of the Board of Regents are ex officio, voting members.

2026-27 Members

Angela C. Johnson, MD, FACP, Chair (Regent)
Section Chief of Medicine, Professor of Clinical Medicine
LSU Medical Education and Innovation Center
Baton Rouge, LA
Specialty: Internal Medicine

Moises Auron, MD, FAAP, FACP, SFHM, Vice Chair (Governor)
Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, CCLCM of CWRU
Cleveland Clinic, Lerner College of Medicine
Beachwood, OH
Specialties: Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Hospital Medicine

Margaret M. Beliveau, MD, FACP
Associate Program Director
Ascension St. Vincent Evansville Internal Medicine Residency
Associate Professor of Medicine
Marian University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Evansville, IN
Specialty: Internal Medicine

Jaclyn Olsen Jaeger, DO, FACP
Associate Professor of Medicine, Internal Medicine/Geriatric Medicine
University of Connecticut Health Center
Farmington, CT
Specialties: Internal Medicine, Geriatrics

Danny L. Sam, MD, FACP (Governor)
Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program
Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara Medical Center
Sunnyvale, CA
Specialty: Internal Medicine

Shmuel Shoham, MD, MACP
Professor of Clinical Medicine; Division of Infectious Diseases
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Takoma Park, MD
Specialties: Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases

Todd L. Simon, MD, FACP (Regent)
Chief Academic Officer and Designated Institutional Official
New York - Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
Brooklyn, NY
Specialty: Internal Medicine

Elisa M. Sottile, MD, FACP (Governor)
Assistant Dean of Medical Education
Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency
University of Florida College of Medicine - Jacksonville
Jacksonville, FL
Specialty: Internal Medicine

MAJ Jason M. Thomas, MD, USAF
Assistant Professor, USU
Associate Program Director of Simulation, Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship, SAUSHEC
Medical Director, Adult ICU, BAMC
San Antonio, TX
Specialty: Internal Medicine

Charles J. Hamori, MD, FACP (Chair, Board of Regents)
(ex officio)
Partner Emeritus, Southern California Permanente Medical Group
Voluntary Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
UCSD Department of Medicine
La Mesa, CA
Specialty: Internal Medicine

Jan K. Carney, MD, MPH, MACP (President)
(ex officio)
Associate Dean for Public Health & Health Policy; Professor of Medicine; Chief, Division of Public Health
Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont
South Burlington, VT
Specialty: Internal Medicine

Kristina La (CSM)
Doctor of Medicine Candidate
University of California, San Diego School of Medicine
La Jolla, CA

Surya Bussa, MD (CRFM)
Internal Medicine Chief Resident
Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital
Griffin, GA
Specialty: Internal Medicine

MAJ Mary Ford, MD, FACP (CECP)
Associate Program Director, SAUSHEC Internal Medicine Residency
Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC)
San Antonio, TX
Specialty: Internal Medicine

Staff Liaison: Davoren A. Chick, MD, FACP dchick@acponline.org

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