Clinical Guidelines Committee

Disclosure of Interests and Management of Conflicts of Interest

All committee members and ACP staff disclose financial and intellectual interests prior to the start of each Clinical Guidelines Committee meeting and conference call. Management of conflicts of interests is discussed at the start of each meeting and the summaries are publicly available.

View the Disclosure of Interests and Management of Conflicts of Interest for each committee meeting.

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Board of Regents

Charge

To oversee the development of and recommend guidelines that will improve the practice of medicine.

Composition (14-15)

Chair, who is an ACP member physician; two public members, Vice Chair and ten additional members. Strive for representation from among the members of the Board of Regents. Immediate Past Chair shall serve for 1 year after his/her term expiration as a Chair, with no reappointment (maximum of 1 year).

The President and Chair of the Board of Regents are invited to attend in-person meetings as guests.

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. Immediate Past Chair shall serve a maximum of one additional year.

2026-27 Members

Carolyn J. Crandall, MD, MS, MACP, Chair
Professor, Department of Medicine
General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research
David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA

J. Thomas Cross, Jr., MD, MPH, FAAP, FACP, Vice Chair
President, A-Cross Medicine Reviews
Professor of Microbiology & Immunology
Sam Houston State University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Las Vegas, NV

Ethan M. Balk, MD, MPH
Associate Professor
Tufts University School of Medicine
Boston, MA

Nick Fitterman, MD, MACP, SFHM
President
Huntington Hospital
Huntington, NY
Professor of Medicine
Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
Hempstead, NY

Katherine Mackey, MD, MPP
Associate Professor of Medicine
Oregon Health and Sciences University
Director, VA Evidence Synthesis Program Coordinating Center
Staff Physician, Portland VA Medical Center
Portland, OR

Asef Mahmud, MD, FACP
Assistant Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency
AdventHealth
Orlando, FL

Matthew C. Miller, MD, FACP
Clinical Professor of Medicine
Penn Medicine
Gladwyne, PA

Adam J. Obley, MD, FACP
Associate Professor of Medicine
Section of General Internal Medicine, VA Portland Health Care System (VAPORHSC)
Portland, OR

Douglas K. Owens, MD, MS, FACP
Henry J. Kaiser, Jr. Professor
Professor and Chair, Department of Health Policy, School of Medicine
Stanford University
Palo Alto, CA

Paul G. Shekelle, MD, PhD, MPH, FACP
Staff Physician
Veterans Administration Greater Los Angeles Healthcare Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA

Jeffrey A. Tice, MD
Professor, Department of Medicine
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, CA

Matthew Gibson, Public Member
Chester Springs, PA

Johanna Lewis, Public Member
Little Rock, AR

Staff Liaison: Amir Qaseem, MD, PhD, MHA, MGIN, FRCP (London), FACP, aqaseem@acponline.org

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