Council of Early Career Physicians

 

Reports to

Board of Regents

Charge

Respond to requests from the Board of Regents, committees and staff for review of programs, products and services. Advise the Board of Regents on:

  • Enhancing professional development for early career physicians
  • Fostering their involvement in College activities
  • Increasing the value of ACP membership for early career physicians
  • Strengthening chapter level councils and activities
  • Aligning council activities with the College's Strategic Plan.

Composition (11)

Chair, who serves ex-officio on the BOR; Chair-Elect, who must be a member of the Council at the time of election and who serves ex-officio on the BOG; 9 at-large members to be selected with consideration given to the College’s Diversity Policy as well as specialty and years out of training. All members must be early career physicians at the time of selection to the Council (defined as within 16 years of graduation from medical school).

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

Terms

Chair and Chair-Elect serve one-year terms; member terms are three-years.

2026-27 Council Members

Candace Sprott, MD, MBA, FAAP, DABOM, FACP, Chair
Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, and Obesity Medicine Physician
Southern California Permanente Medical Group
Oceanside, CA
Specialty: Internal Medicine
Term ends: 2027

Megan D. Hiles, MD, MBA, FACP, Chair-elect
Primary Care Physician
Aspen Valley Health
Denver, CO
Specialty: Internal Medicine
Term ends: 2027

Abigail Bales, MD, FACP
Clinical Associate Professor, Division of General Internal Medicine
UW Health/University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Middleton, WI
Specialty: Internal Medicine
Term ends: 2028

Victoria Burke, MD, FACP
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
LSU School of Medicine
Metairie, LA
Specialties: Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases
Term ends: 2027

MAJ Mary Ford, MD, FACP
Associate Program Director, SAUSHEC Internal Medicine Residency
Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC)
San Antonio, TX
Specialty: Internal Medicine
Term ends: 2028

Misa Tanaka Hyakutake, MD
Health Sciences Clinical Instructor
Division of Geriatrics, Department of Internal Medicine
University of California
Los Angeles, LA
Specialty: Internal Medicine
Term ends: 2029

Luis Isea Mercado, MD, FACP
Assistant Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency
AdventHealth
Winter Park, FL
Specialty: Internal Medicine
Term ends: 2028

Amirala Pasha, DO, JD, FACP, FCLM
Assistant Professor of Medicine
College of Medicine and Science, Mayo Clinic
Scottsdale, AZ
Specialty: Internal Medicine
Term ends: 2029

Jamar Slocum, MD, MBA, MPH, FACP
Assistant Professor of Hospital Medicine
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Science
Silver Spring, MD
Specialties: Internal Medicine, Hospital Medicine
Term ends: 2028

Brittany Kizer Stovall, MD, FACP
Assistant Clinical Professor
USCSOMG and PRISMA Health Upstate
Simpsonville, SC
Specialty: Internal Medicine
Term ends: 2027

Erica Swanson, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Indiana University
Indianapolis, IN
Specialty: Internal Medicine
Term ends: 2029

Staff Liaison: Amy Allen-Collins aallen@acponline.org

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