ACP Announces 2025-26 Recipients of Masterships and National Awards

The Mastership Committee and Awards Committee are pleased to announce that the Board of Regents has approved the following individuals and institutions to receive College awards and Masterships for FY 2025-26. If you would like to personally congratulate any of the new awardees or MACPs, please contact John Haefele, Administrator, Board of Regents and Governance Activities, at awards@acponline.org.

Please join us in congratulating the awardees and new MACPs.

John Phillips Memorial Award for Outstanding Work in Clinical Medicine

Griffin P. Rodgers, MD, MACP
Bethesda, Maryland

Alfred Stengel Memorial Award for Outstanding Service to the American College of Physicians

Sue S. Bornstein, MD, MACP
Blanco, Texas

Harriet P. Dustan Award for Science as Related to Medicine

Paul L. Kimmel, MD, MACP
Washington, District of Columbia

Edward R. Loveland Memorial Award for a Distinguished Contribution in the Health Field

DC Central Kitchen
Washington, District of Columbia

Jane F. Desforges Distinguished Teacher Award

Jose M. Muniz, MD, MACP
Weston, Florida

Kenneth P. Steinberg, MD, MACP
Seattle, Washington

Outstanding Volunteer Clinical Teacher Award

Robert E. Jackson, MD MACP
Houston, Texas

Walter J. McDonald Award for Early Career Physicians

CDR Jeffrey R. Strich, MD
Bethesda, Maryland

Herbert S. Waxman Award for Outstanding Medical Student Educator 

Bhavin Adhyaru, MD, FACP
Decatur, Georgia

W. Lester Henry Award for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Elena Rios, MD, MACP
Washington, District of Columbia

ACP Award for Distinguished Contributions to Behavioral Medicine

COL Vincent F. Capaldi II, MC USA, FACP
Chevy Chase, Maryland

Faith T. Fitzgerald Award for Outstanding Educator of Residents and Fellows

Nayan K. Kothari, MD, MACP
St. Petersburg, Florida

Elizabeth and Emily Blackwell Award for Outstanding Contributions to Advancing the Careers of Women in Medicine

Eliza L. Chin, MD, MPH, MACP
Piedmont, California

ACP Award for Outstanding Contributions to Improving Well-being and Professional Fulfillment in Internal Medicine

Kerri L. Palamara, MD, MACP
Boston, Massachusetts

ACP Inspirational Global Member Award (Established Physician)

Althea M. Aquart-Stewart, MD, FACP
Kingston, Jamaica

Masterships

Stephen A. Atlas, MD, MACP
Milford, Connecticut

Rana L. Awdish, MD, MACP
Detroit, Michigan

Kimberly C. Bates, MD, MACP
Henderson, Nevada

T. Brian Callister, MD, SFHM, MACP
Reno, Nevada

Lisa A. Camara, MD, MACP
Honolulu, Hawaii

Shawn A. Chillag, MD, MACP
Charleston, West Virginia

Elisa I. Choi, MD, MACP
Boston, Massachusetts

Angelique N. Collamer, MC USAF, MACP
Hampton, Virginia

Sarah T. Corley, MD, MACP
McLean, Virginia

Eric B. Dahms, MD, MACP
San Diego, California

Daniel David Dressler, MD, MACP
Atlanta, Georgia

Mary B. Duke, MD, MACP
Lexington, Kentucky

Jehan El-Bayoumi, MD, MACP
Washington, District of Columbia

Samuel J. Evans, MD, MACP
Honolulu, Hawaii 

Ann R. Garment, MD, MACP
Brooklyn, New York

Ellen J. Gelles, MD, MACP
Shaker Heights, Ohio

Steven J. Gerstner, MD, MACP
Billings, Montana 

Ibrahim Isaac Ghobrial, MBBCh, MACP
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Carlos A. González-Oppenheimer, MD, MACP
San Juan, Puerto Rico

Otis Gowdy Jr., MD, MACP
Meridian, Mississippi

CAPT Thanh D. Hoang, DO USN, MACP
Silver Spring, Maryland

Lacy C. Hobgood, MD, FAAP, MACP
Winterville, North Carolina

Martina J. Jelley, MD, MACP
Tulsa, Oklahoma

Lawrence H. Jones, MD, MACP
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Devan L. Kansagara, MD, MACP
Portland, Oregon

Richard M. Keating, MD, MACP
La Jolla, California

Steven J. Kravet, MD, MBA, MACP
Owings Mills, Maryland

Helene R. Labonte, DO, MACP
Scottsdale, Arizona

William Benton Lewis, MD, MACP
Martinsville, Virginia

Anuj Maheshwari, MD, MACP
Lucknow, India

Eugenio Matijasevic, MD, MACP
Bogota, Colombia

Robert M. Monger, MD, MACP
Cheyenne, Wyoming

Harold G. Morse, MD, MACP
Anderson, South Carolina

M. Tarek H. Naguib, MBBS, MACP
Amarillo, Texas

Fadel Nammour, MD, MACP
Fargo, North Dakota

Luis M. Noriega, MD, MACP
Santiago, Chile

Amy S. Oxentenko, MD, MACP
Rochester, Minnesota

Akbar A. Panju, MD, MACP
Burlington, Ontario, Canada

Marianne C. Parshley, MD, MACP
Portland, Oregon

Mark E. Pasanen, MD, MACP
South Burlington, Vermont

Miguel A. Peña-Ruiz, MD, MACP
Chula Vista, California

Jose A. Perez Jr., MD, MACP
Bellaire, Texas

Jayne M. Peterson, MD, MACP
Phoenix, Arizona

Mary Beth Poston, MD, MACP
Columbia, South Carolina

Michael W. Quinn, MD, MACP
Beech Island, South Carolina

Louis B. Rice, MD, MACP
Providence, Rhode Island

Jairo H. Roa, MD, MACP
Bogota, Colombia

Patricia E. Sadler, MD, MACP
Clinton, South Carolina

Jenny R. Silberger, MD, MACP
Portland, Oregon

Roger D. Smalligan, MD, MPH, MACP
Huntsville, Alabama

Kenneth P. Steinberg, MD, MACP
Seattle, Washington

Jean R. Sumner, MD, MACP
Macon, Georgia

Vidya Sundareshan, MBBS, MACP
Springfield, Illinois

Reed V. Tuckson, MD, MACP
Atlanta, Georgia

Ruth E. Weissberger, MD, MACP
Madison, Connecticut

Scott C. Woller, MD, MACP
Murray, Utah

Catherine R. Womack, MD, MACP
Memphis, Tennessee

COL Heather C. Yun, MC USAF, MACP
San Antonio, Texas

Mark A. Zubriski, MD, MACP
Phoenix, Arizona