Medical Practice and Quality Committee

Charge

1) Provide recommendations to the Board of Regents regarding national, state or local public policies for improving access, payment, benefits, coding, documentation, and medical review; and 2) address issues related to the implementation of these policies in practice. Develop programs to support the quality, safety, value and affordability of patient care. Provide advice to staff on the policy direction of ACP’s interactions with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and other relevant entities on these issues and advise the BOR of these perspectives.

Composition (15)

Chair, who is a Regent; Vice Chair, who is a Governor; Chair of Coding and Payment Subcommittee; ten members to include at least one Regent, at least one Governor, one Resident/Fellow member and one Early Career Physician member.

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

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. The early career physician and resident/fellow member positions are appointed according to the BOR-approved policy for council appointments.

2026-27 Members

Matthew F. Hollon, MD, MPH, MACP, Chair (Regent)
Clinical Professor, University of Washington School of Medicine
Program Director, MultiCare Spokane Internal Medicine Residency
Spokane, WA
Specialty: Internal Medicine

Clyde Watkins, Jr., MD, FACP, Vice Chair (Governor)
Chief Medical Officer
Village Medical-Georgia
Specialty: Internal Medicine

Roger S. Khetan, MD, FACP (Regent)
Physician, Concierge Medicine
North Texas Preferred Health Partners
Dallas, TX
Specialty: Internal Medicine

Celeste M. Newby, MD, FACP
Assistant Professor
John W. Deming Department of Medicine
Section of General Internal Medicine & Geriatrics
Tulane School of Medicine
New Orleans, LA
Specialty: Internal Medicine

Stephen M. Mohring, MD, FACP
Associate Professor (Clinician-Educator)
Division of General Internal Medicine
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE
Specialty: Internal Medicine

Matthew Press, MD, FACP
Associate Professor of General Internal Medicine
Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Wynnewood, PA
Specialty: Internal Medicine

William S. Queale, MD, FACP
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Lutherville, MD
Specialty: Internal Medicine

Meagan Schaeffner, MD, FACP (Governor)
Associate Professor of Medicine, Clinical Title Series
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
University of Kentucky College of Medicine
Lexington, KY
Specialties: Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases

Catherine M. Smitas, MD, FACP
Senior Medical Director
Aledade, Inc.
Schenectady, NY
Specialty: Internal Medicine

Judith Steinberg, MD, MPH, FACP
Faculty Affiliate
Harvard Medical School Center for Primary Care
Tolland, MA
Specialty: Internal Medicine

Ross B. Vaughn, MD, FACP (Governor)
Clinical Professor of Medicine
College of Community Health Sciences
The University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL
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

Elizabeth C. Ghandakly, MD (CRFM)
Resident Physician
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland Heights, OH
Specialty: Internal Medicine

Brittany Kizer Stovall, MD, FACP (CECP)
Assistant Clinical Professor
USCSOMG and PRISMA Health Upstate
Simpsonville, SC
Specialty: Internal Medicine

Staff Liaison: Brian Outland boutland@acponline.org

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