Membership Committee

Reports to: Board of Regents

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Charge

Evaluate and recommend strategies to the Board of Regents that promote the growth and value of membership, member access to relevant resources and opportunities to ensure the long-term sustainability of the College.

Composition (16)

Chair, who is a Regent; Vice Chair who is a Governor; 11 members including one Resident/Fellow Member, one Medical Student, and one Early Career Physician member; one member who is Chapter staff.

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

Terms

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, medical student and resident/fellow member positions are appointed according to the BOR‐approved policy for council appointments. Chapter staff position is one‐year, renewable one time for a total of two years.

2026-27 Members

Micah W. Beachy, DO, FACP, Chair (Regent)
Associate Professor
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE
Specialties: Internal Medicine, Hospital Medicine

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

Lacy C. Hobgood, MD, MACP, FAAP
Clinical Associate Professor
Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Brody School of Medicine
East Carolina University
Winterville, NC
Specialties: Internal Medicine, Pediatrics

Matthew F. Hollon, MD, MPH, MACP (Regent)
Clinical Professor, Division of General Internal Medicine
University of Washington
Spokane, WA
Specialty: Internal Medicine

Christopher K. Migliore, MD, FACP
Medicial Director of Surgery and Surgical Step-Down
New York Presbyterian - Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons
New York, NY
Specialty: Internal Medicine

Ibiyonu O. Lawrence, MD, FACP
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University
Whitehouse Station, NJ
Specialty: Internal Medicine

J. Clayton Olson, MD, FACP
Associate Professor of Medicine and Surgery, Departments of Internal Medicine and Surgery
University of Kansas Medical Center
Rochester, MN
Specialty: Internal Medicine

Marianne C. Parshley, MD, MACP
Internal Medicine Physician
Providence Medical Group (PMG)
Portland, Oregon
Specialties: Internal Medicine, Geriatrics

Jabraan S. Pasha, MD, FACP, RDMS
Associate Professor of Medicine
University of Oklahoma School of Community Medicine
Tulsa, OK
Specialty: Hospital Medicine

Keyur Vyas, MD, FACP (Governor)
Associate Professor of Medicine, Internal Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases
University of Arkansas Medical Sciences
Little Rock, AR
Specialties: Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases

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

Hassler Stefan Macías Sánchez (CSM)
Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery
Universidad de las Américas Puebla
San Andres, Cholula, Mexico

Harini Shah, MD (CRFM)
Internal Medicine Resident
University of California, Los Angeles
Palos Verdes Estates, CA
Specialty: Internal Medicine

Candace Sprott, MD, MBA, FAAP, DABOM, FACP (CECP)
Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, and Obesity Medicine Physician
Southern California Permanente Medical Group
Oceanside, CA
Specialty: Internal Medicine

Christine Gedeon (Chapter Staff)
West Chester, OH

Staff Liaison:

Daisy Smith, dsmith@acponline.org
Brian Hammer, bhammer@acponline.org

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