Professional Development and Fulfillment Committee

Reports to

Board of Regents

Charge

To advise ACP staff on strategies to promote internal medicine physicians’ professional development and fulfillment and guide the creation of high-quality programs, resources, and opportunities to support and advocate for the well-being of ACP members and the ability of ACP members to thrive personally and professionally.

Composition (14)

Chair, who is an ACP member physician; Vice Chair, who is a Governor; one Regent; one Governor; one Medical Student member; one Resident/Fellow member; one Early Career Physician member; one non‐clinician physician clinician representative with relevant experience and expertise; one patient representative; five at‐large positions. The Vice Chair position may be filled by a non-Governor if the Chair is a Governor.

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.

2026-27 Members

Kenton E. Powell, MD, FACP, Chair
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon, NH
Specialty: Internal Medicine

Sandhya Wahi-Gururaj, MD, FACP, Vice Chair (Governor)
Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency
Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV
Las Vegas, NV
Specialty: Internal Medicine

Bisi Alli, DO, MS, FACP, FAMWA
LEAN Six Sigma Black Belt
Assistant Professor
University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix
Principal, WellNEST Medicine LLC
Phoenix, AZ
Specialties: Internal Medicine, Lifestyle Medicine

Cherie C. Binns, RN, MSCN
Patient Healthcare Liaison
Multiple Sclerosis Foundation
Wakefield, RI
Specialties: Internal Medicine, Nursing

LT COL Kathryn Burtson, MD, MHPE, FACP
Director of Graduate Medical Education
Wright Patterson AFB
Dayton, OH
Specialty: Internal Medicine

Diane Filter, MSN, MPH, CRNP
Family Nurse Practitioner
Penn Internal Medicine - Edward S. Cooper Internal Medicine
Philadelphia, PA
Specialties: Internal Medicine, Nursing

Jamie L. Geringer, DO, FACP, USAF
Site Director, Ambulatory Internal Medicine
Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences
San Antonio, TX
Specialty: Internal Medicine

Sierra D. Gross, MD, FACP (Governor)
Chief Medical Officer
Sheridan Memorial Hospital
Sheridan, WY
Specialty: Internal Medicine

David R. Hilden, MD, FACP (Regent)
Scott F. Davies Endowed Chair, Department of Medicine
Hennepin Healthcare, Minneapolis
Minneapolis, MN
Specialty: Internal Medicine

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

Vidya Sundareshan, MD, MPH, MACP, FIDSA
Professor and Chief, Infectious Diseases
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Springfield, IL
Specialties: Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine

Rashmeet Kaur (CSM)
Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine Candidate
Lake Erie College of Medicine
Bradenton, FL

Oladipo Odeyinka, MD (CRFM)
Internal Medicine Residency
Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center
Athens, GA
Specialty: Internal Medicine

Abigail Bales, MD, FACP (CECP)
Clinical Associate Professor-Division of General Internal Medicine
UW Health/University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Middleton, WI
Specialty: Internal Medicine

Staff Liaison: Daisy Smith, DSmith@acponline.org
Selam Wubu, SWubu@acponline.org

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