Robert Salata, MD, FACP
(August 2024) We are sad to announce that alumnus, longtime faculty member and infectious disease expert Robert Salata has passed away. To learn more about Dr. Salata as well as details on services please read this
2024 Chapter Excellence Award-Gold Level Winner
(August 2024) We are pleased to announce that our chapter is in receipt of the Gold Level of the 2024 Chapter Excellence Award! The award recognizes truly extraordinary chapters that surpass excellence in chapter management. We are in the company of 59 other outstanding chapters. In order to achieve the Gold Level of the Chapter Excellence Award, chapters must meet 20 Bronze criteria, 14 Silver criteria and multiple Gold level activities. Criteria include such activities as having a legislative action plan or agenda, holding a volunteerism/community service activity, holding multiple stand-alone meetings, having revenue sources outside of dues and meeting registration fees, implementing a strategic plan, implementing a formal recruitment and retention plan and measuring outcomes, conducting various activities for Medical Students, Residents and Early Career Physicians. We would like to extend a special thanks to those chapter members who assisted us in all of these endeavors! For their hard work and dedication, we received this award.
Empower Your Advocacy: Introducing Our Comprehensive Toolkit
(August 2024) We are excited to announce the launch of our AdvocacyToolkit:Using Your Voice as a Physician Advocate, a powerful resource designed to equip medical students and physicians with the skills and knowledge needed to become effective advocates for health care in their communities. This toolkit comprises five self-contained and independent modules, each presented as engaging voice-over PowerPoint presentations. Whether you're a seasoned advocate or new to the field, these modules offer valuable insights and practical guidance.
Module Highlights
Physician as Advocate
- Discover advocacy tips and real-life examples that showcase how physicians can use their voice to drive positive health outcomes in their communities. This module emphasizes the pivotal role of physicians in advocating for public health.
Legislative Advocacy
- Gain a comprehensive understanding of the legislative process at both state and federal levels. Learn about the opportunities available for physician advocacy within this process and how to navigate the legislative landscape effectively.
Print Media Advocacy
- Explore the various types of print media, their audiences, and their scope in the realm of advocacy. This module provides insights into crafting compelling messages that resonate with readers and drive change through traditional media channels.
Social Media Advocacy
- Delve into the dynamic world of social media and its potential as a powerful advocacy tool. Learn about the key features of different social media platforms and how to leverage them to amplify your advocacy efforts and engage a broader audience.
Audio Media Advocacy
- Understand the motivations and uses of audio media in advocacy. This module focuses on the unique advantages of podcasts, radio, and other audio formats, offering strategies to effectively communicate your advocacy messages through these channels.
Each module begins with a standard introduction and overview, followed by an in-depth exploration of the topic, and concludes with a concise one-page outline to reinforce key points.
Toolkit: Using Your Voice As A Physician Advocate
By integrating these modules into your advocacy efforts, you will be better equipped to influence public health policy and drive meaningful change. Empower yourself and your community with the tools and knowledge provided in our Advocacy Toolkit.
Together, let's make a difference!
State Health Advocacy August Recess Grassroots Mobilization Challenge
(August 2024) Members of Congress are returning home to their districts during the August congressional recess. During this time, ACP is calling on internal medicine physicians to engage their representatives on important issues we need Congress to act on before the end of 2024.
To incentivize participation in this grassroots mobilization, the Advocates for Internal Medicine Network (ACP grassroots network) is challenging members to see which states will have the highest engagement. Advocates can score points for their states by choosing to take one or more advocacy actions identified in the campaign.
Access theNow!
Congratulations New Chapter Fellows
- Susan Budnick, MD FACP
- Leslie DiRuzza, DO FACP
- Sarah Lee, MD FACP
- Judith Lin, MD FACP
- Matthew Pappas, MD MPH FACP
- Sapna Shah, MD FACP
(July 2024) Congratulations to the Chapter's new Fellows.Fellowship in the College is an honor.Being an FACP®is a distinction earned from colleagues who recognize your accomplishments and achievements over and above the practice of medicine. The most important considerations for ACP Fellowship are excellence and contributions made to both medicine and to the broader community in which the internal medicine physician lives and practices.
Call for Spring 2025 Resolutions
(July 2024) Are you concerned about a practice or clinical issue or have an idea youwould like to suggest? If so, you might consider submitting a resolution to your Governor or chapter council.
Initiating a resolution provides ACP members an opportunity to focus attention at the ACP national level on a particular issue or topic that concerns them. Participating in the Board of Governors resolutions process provides the ACP grassroots member a voice and allows you to shape College policy that impacts the practice of internal medicine.
Not sure how to begin drafting a resolution? Researching the College's position on an issue can give you a start. TheACP Board of Governors Resolutions Guide for ACP Membersis available to download and will help, too.The Guidewas created to provide members a short overview of the resolutions process essentials and highlights critical ACP online resources you must use.
Once drafted, members must submit resolutions to their Governor and/or chapter council. Chapter council approval is required to move resolutions forward to ACP national. Although not official ACP policy, a resolution becomes property of the chapter once the chapter council approves forwarding it to national. If effecting change interests you, the deadline for submitting new resolutions to be heard at theSpring 2025 Board of Governors Meeting isSeptember 27, 2024.
Share your good idea with us. Draft a resolution.
We want to hear from you: Fall 2024 BOG Resolutions
(July 2024)The following resolutions are up for consideration at the Fall 2024 Board of Governors (BOG) Meeting. We invite you to review each resolution and share your support or opposition by completing the by August 12.
- Developing Policy to Address Consolidation in Healthcare
- Gaining an Understanding of the 1-Year and 3-Year Mortality Rates of Patients that Have Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Stays
- Supporting Patients’ Access to Documentation and Communications in their Preferred Language
- Declaring Access to Equitable, Affordable Healthcare is a Human Right
- Developing Policy on Reducing Traffic Fatalities and Injuries in the United States
- Revising ACP’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Policy to Promote an Age-Friendly Professional Home and Create Engagement Opportunities for Senior and Retired Physicians
- Advocating for Funding of a Direct Comparison of Two Highly Touted Dietary Approaches to Control Type Two Diabetes Clinical Measures and Costs
Resolutions provide our members an opportunity to focus attention at the national level on particular issues or topics that concern you and gives grassroots members a voice, allowing you to shape College policy that impacts the practice of internal medicine. Involvement in the resolutions feedback process is essential for maintaining a responsive and effective professional organization that truly represents its members.
Your feedback is valuable and will be forwarded to your Governor to assist in their testimony on behalf of the chapter. Thank you for your input.
(NOTE: Proposed resolutions should be considered confidential information and are intended to be viewed by ACP members only. Under no circumstances should proposed resolutions be shared with the news media or social networking media, nor should they be shared with other individuals and organizations. Proposed resolutions do not represent ACP policy.)
Happy Anniversary to our Chapter Members!
5 Years
- Steven R Lunz, MD
- Brian J Savage, MD
- Jerry W Chellini, DO
- Carolyn M Lenz, MD
- Steven M Bobula, MD
- Kenechi A Obetta, MBBS
- Deepak Rai, MD FACP
- Vignesh I Doraiswamy, MD FACP
- Narendranath Epperla, MD
- Suneel Deepak Kamath, MD
- Trayton Mains
- Mamtha Balla, MBBS MD FACP
- Rachael Zacks, MD
- Emily Neaville, MD
- Vitaliy Rotenberg, MD
- Nadia S Khan, MD
- Arindam Ghatak, MD
- Benjamin P Buettner, MD FACP
- Gurpreet K Bahga, MD
- Muhammad Shahid, MBBS
- Jonathan A Janiczek, MD
- Ud Din Shahab, MBBS
- Jack Khouri, MD FACP
- Jay C Anderson, DO FACP
- Ehab Ali, MD
- Sajed A Sarwar, MD FACP
- Naji S Mallat, MD
- Tanveer Singh, MD MBBS FACP
- Matthew J Comeau, DO PhD
- Ashley N Hotz, MD
- James P Cappello, DO
- Hiba Khan, MD
- Parmbir Mavi, MD
- Yi-Wen Chen, MD
- Albert J Cook, MD
- Opeyemi Alli, MD
- Krupa Vikram Parikh, MD
- Justin D Thomas, DO
- Neethu Abraham, MD
- Ryan Lauf, DO
- Nana Bonsu, MBChB FACP
- Jessica El-Asmar, MD FACP
- Samir KaneriaIrfan Majeed, MD FACP
- Sayeed F Siddicky, MBBS
- Carolyn M Aldana, MD
- Rahma Anchimbon, MD
- Paul Gibbons, MD
- Laura J Mintz, MD PhD FACP
- Samin Yasar, MD FACP
- Sujit R Muthukuru, MD
- Kelash Kumar, MBBS MD
- Chad LiberZach Graham, MD
- Kashif Khan, MD
- Mike D McCafferty
- Deborah Gordish, MD
- Michele M Geraci, MD
- Hernan Rincon-Choles, MD
- Raheel Jamal, MD
- Nosayaba Agidigbi, MBBS
- Nina Kaushal, MD
- James F Lamb, MD
- Stephanie Striet, MD
- Pedro Barata, MD FACP
10 Years
- Bahu S Shaikh, MD FACP
- Joseph Premanandan, MD FACP
- Chad T Whelan, MD FACP
- Bisher O Mustafa, MD FACP
- Maria H Mapa, DO
- Charles E Sanders, Jr, MD FACP
- Kevin M Pargeter, DO
- Matthew D Fuerst, MD
- Ionel Z Donca, MD FACP
- Gregory S Bobulsky, MD
- Jennifer E Allen, MD
- Omar S Zmeili, MD
- Benjamin Kinnear, MD FACP
- Kyle A Kaufman, MD
- Bradley A Moore, MD FACP
- Shengyi Mao, MD FACP
- Ankit Rohatgi, MD FACP
- Laurie Matt-Amaral, MD FACP
- Rashmi P Ganith, MD FACP
- Jerin Cherian Mathew, MD FACP
- Allison L Janusz Rossetti, MD FACP
- Kalpan K Desai, MD
- Imran A Shaikh, MD FACP
- Matthew C Chakan, MD FACP
- Stephanie E Schwarz, DO
- Ghasem E Ashelfah, MD FACP
- Patrick L Brine, MD FACP
- Keaton M Bullen, DO FACP
- Sudheer K Polisetty, FACP MD
- Muhammad Akbar, MBBS
- Jamal Saleh, MD FACP
- Michael Wata Luy, MD
- Amulya C Belagavi, MBBS FACP
- Courtney E Little, DO
- Matthew J Skomorowski, MD FACP
- Chizoba E Ugwummadu, MD FACP
- Michael C Binder, MD FACP
- Aarthi Rajkumar, MBBS FACP
- Shannon M Codispoti, MD
- Vinay Kumar Lingabathula, MD
- Andrew Ofosu, MD FACP
- Remon Obeid, MD
- Uddalak Majumdar, MD FACP
- Kenneth Jiang, MD
- Chika Amuche Ezigbo, MD FACP
- Ama N Nuamah, MD MBChB FACP
- Drew C Logan, DO
- Ken Koon Wong, MD FACP
- Kathryn E Richards, MD
- Ifijen M Oleghe, MBBS FACP
- Sivaprasad Nalluri, FACP MD
- Huma Rizvi, MD FACP
- Sayed A Sayed, MD FACP
- Eric J Nolan, MD FACP
- Tariq Sultan, MD
- Franklin Oscar Smith, III, MD FACP
- Jennifer C Drost, DO
- Hetty E Carraway, MD FACP
- Shabbir M Matcheswalla, MD FACP
15 Years
- John C Jump, MD
- Allen L Flickinger, MD FACP
- James K Salem, MD FACP
- Troy A Edwards, DO FACP
- Elizabeth E Baum, MD
- Joel A Kammeyer, MD FACP
- Ann M Wolfe, MD FACP
- Richard R Watkins, MD FACP
- Diyana R Gunawardena, MD FACP
- Jon Dylan Girard, MD
- Mark E Schrand, MD
- Paul Poommipanit, MD
- Neha G Gandhi, MBBS FACP
- John M Piersma, MD
- Ahmad O Al Shoha, MBBS FACP
- Andrei Popescu, MD FACP
- Muhannad Samaan, MD FACP
- Praveen K Gundelly, MBBS FACP
- Naveen Thota, MD FACP
- Kanwaljit K Waraich, MBBS FACP
- Luay Mousa, MD FACP
- Vamsee Krishna Amirneni, MBBS
- Thomas R Breen, MD PhD
- Kimberly M Tartaglia, MD FACP
- Andrea L Murphy, MD
- Raorajeshwar Singh, MBBS
- Ruta Semaskiene, MD
- Janee L Bey, MD FACP
- Miodrag Zivic, MD
- Venkat R Battula, MD FACP
20 Years
- Titus Sheers, MD FACP
- James B Young, MD FACP
- Marc W Whitsett, MD
- David A Hoffman, DO FACP
- Laurie Sampson McCreery, MD
- Richard E Rodenberg, MD
- Ronan M Factora, MD FACP
- Helen M Kollus, MD
- Michael J Tan, MD MACP
- Tamar Y Bejanishvili, MD FACP
- Munshi Moyenuddin, MBBS FACP
- Nazhat F Taj, MD FACP
- Kelly L Burghard, MD
- Janet W Velasco, MD
- Lina Mitchell, MD FACP
- Leslie P Wong, MD FACP
- Pelin Batur, MD FACP
- Garey H Noritz, MD FACP
- Roberto J Colon, MD FACP
- David F Lim, MD
- Wael N Haidar, MD
- Emmanuel A Yanelli, DO
- Srinivas R Merugu, FACP MD
- Amir Mortazavi, MD
(May 2024) Your ACP Chapter thanks you for your continued ý and all you do every day to serve your patients and support the future of internal medicine. We’re proud that you’ve chosen us as your professional home, and we’re committed to remaining by your side—advocating for and supporting your professional journey.
Ohio Chapter Members at Leadership Day 2024
(May 2024) Please enjoy these photos showcasing the recent trip Ohio Chapter Members made to DC. We value their participation in this very important activity, doing advocacy for our patients and our profession!
BOR Action on Spring 2024 BOG Resolutions
(May 2024) A summary of Board of Regents (BOR) actions on resolutions debated at the Spring 2024 Board of Governors (BOG) meeting is now available. Resolutions initiated by ACP members and endorsed by a chapter council and the BOG become ACP policy when adopted by the BOR.
If you have an idea you would like to suggest to ACP, consider submitting a resolution to your Governor or local ACP chapter. Visit the advocacy section of your ACP chapter website for more information on how to propose a resolution.
Congratulations to Moises and Fellow Physicians on Their Recent Book Publication
Congratulations are in order for the Ohio Chapter Governor, Moises Auron, MD, FAAP, FACP, SFHM as well as Drs. Colleen Schelzig, Sangeeta Krishna and Anika Kumar for the publication of the book "Pediatric Hospital Medicine: A High-Value Approach". They should take pride in this achievement!
Invitation to Submit Nominations for Ohio ACP Awards
On behalf of our Governor, Moises Auron, MD, FAAP, FACP, SHFM and the Ohio Chapter’s Awards Committee, I would like to invite all Masters, Fellows, and Members of the Chapter to submit nominations for the Chapter’s 2024 Awards to be presented at the fall Ohio/Air Force Chapter Scientific Meeting in Columbus, Ohio.
Please review the criteria for nominations plus prior award recipients. We encourage you to consider colleagues and mentors as potential award recipients. Please submit all nominations by either electronic mail to our chapter’s Executive Director, Jan Wrassman at jwrassman.acpohio@gmail.com or mail nominations to 4720 Hilltop Lane, Cincinnati, OH 45243. Electronic mail is preferable but we will also accept overland mail. Jan will compile and forward this information to the awards committee for review.
Completed nominations should include the following documents:
If you have any questions about the nominations process or the appropriateness of a nomination, please feel free to contact Jan or me by e-mail at debra.leizman@case.edu
Congratulations New Chapter Fellows
(April 2024) Congratulations to the Chapter's new Fellows.Fellowship in the College is an honor.Being an FACP®is a distinction earned from colleagues who recognize your accomplishments and achievements over and above the practice of medicine. The most important considerations for ACP Fellowship are excellence and contributions made to both medicine and to the broader community in which the internal medicine physician lives and practices.
Fighting Medical Misinformation and Disinformation
ACP is committed to stopping and preventing the spread of disinformation and misinformation, and vigorously supports the use of science and scientific expertise, based on the best available evidence. Learn more here.
Member Feedback is Requested on Spring 2024 Resolutions
(February 2024) Twenty-one (21) resolutions will be considered at the Spring 2024 Board of Governors (BOG) Meeting. With the exception of Resolution 9-S24, which will not be debated because this resolution is slated for adoption as a reaffirmation, please review each resolution and then indicate your support or opposition by completing theby the deadline your ACP Chapter Governor has requested or by midnight March 13, whichever comes first.
Your comments will be forwarded to your Governor to be used as part of his/her testimony on behalf of the chapter. If you have any questions, please contact Mary Giampietro, BOG Administrator, atchapter@acpmembership.org. Thank you for your input.
(NOTE: Proposed resolutions should be considered confidential information and are intended to be viewed by ACP members only. Under no circumstances should proposed resolutions be shared with the news media or social networking media, nor should they be shared with other individuals and organizations. Proposed resolutions do not represent ACP policy.)
Call for Fall 2024 Resolutions
(February 2024)As a member of the ACP OH Chapter, your opinion and thoughts are extremely important to leadership at all levels. Do you have an issue or topic that concerns you? Do you find yourself with ideas you would like to share with the larger community of Internal Medicine? If so, the ACP resolutions process may be relevant to you!
Initiating a resolution provides ACP members an opportunity to focus attention at the ACP national level on a particular issue or topic that concerns them. Participating in the Board of Governors resolutions process provides the ACP grassroots member a voice and allows you to shape College policy that impacts the practice of internal medicine.
Not sure how to begin drafting a resolution? Researching the College's position on an issue can give you a start. The just released ACP Board of Governors Resolutions Guide for ACP Members is now available to download and will help, too. The Guide was created to provide members a short overview of the resolutions process essentials and highlights critical ACP online resources you must use.
Once drafted, members must submit resolutions to their Governor and/or chapter council. Chapter council approval is required to move resolutions forward to ACP national. Although not official ACP policy, a resolution becomes property of the chapter once the chapter council approves forwarding it to national. If effecting change interests you, the deadline for submitting new resolutions to be heard at the Fall 2024 Board of Governors Meeting isMarch 29, 2024.
If you have any ideas or questions feel free to respond to this email or reach out to me, our Governor Dr. Auron, or other member of the Governor's Advisory Council, and we can work through your ideas.
Richard M. Wardrop III, MD, PhD, FAAP, FACP, SFHM Chair, Resolutions Committee, ACP Ohio Moises Auron, MD, FAAP, FACP, SFHM Governor, ACP Ohio
Congratulations New Chapter Fellows
(February 2024) Congratulations to the Chapter's new Fellows.Fellowship in the College is an honor.Being an FACP®is a distinction earned from colleagues who recognize your accomplishments and achievements over and above the practice of medicine. The most important considerations for ACP Fellowship are excellence and contributions made to both medicine and to the broader community in which the internal medicine physician lives and practices.
I.M. Matters: The ethical nexus of health care: Purpose over profit
(February 2024) If you have an opportunity please read this .
Cheers to Moises!
(February 2024) Dr. Auron has been elected as President-elect of Cleveland Clinic Main Campus Medical Staff, to take over as President in 2025.
Moises Auron, MD joined Cleveland Clinic in 2007 and serves as a staff physician in the Department of Hospital Medicine and the Department of Pediatric Hospital Medicine. Dr. Auron is also a Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine and serves on the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Committee of Admission, Promotion and Tenure (CAPT), Faculty Council, Faculty Council steering committee, and is a Master Teacher of the Academy of Scholar Educators.
He is triple board-certified in Internal Medicine, Pediatrics and Pediatrics Hospital Medicine. Dr. Auron is an esteemed clinician-educator interested in high value care, clinical reasoning and evidence-based medicine, blood management and perioperative medicine. He is a servant leader who is passionate about supporting the personal and professional growth and development of his colleagues and trainees.
Dr. Auron received his medical degree from the National Autonomous University of Mexico School of Medicine in Mexico City and later completed his residency in internal medicine at the Salvador Zubiran National Institute of Nutrition and Medical Sciences, also in Mexico City. He finished an additional residency in internal medicine-pediatrics at MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland. He completed the Advanced Training Program in Healthcare Delivery Improvement at Intermountain in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Congratulations to Jacqueline Baikovitz on being elected to the 2024-25 national ACP Council of Residents and Fellow Members!
(January 2024) Read details about this council here.
Chapter Speakers at Internal Medicine Meeting 2024
(December 2023) We’d like to bring attention to our local chapter members who will be presenting as faculty at ACP’s Internal Medicine Meeting 2024 in Boston, Massachusetts this April. Early-bird registration is available through January. For a full schedule or for more information on the meeting, click .
| Pelin | Batur | Case-Based Learning | Does this Abnormal PAP Test Need Follow Up?: A Case-Based Approach to Personalized Cervical Cancer Prevention Using New Result Management Guidelines | Friday, April 19, 2024 |
| Pelin | Batur | Case-Based Learning | A Complete Contraceptive Toolkit: What’s New in Contraception? | Saturday, April 20, 2024 |
| Pelin | Batur | Case-Based Learning | A Complete Contraceptive Toolkit: What’s New in Contraception? | Saturday, April 20, 2024 |
| Ellen | Gelles | Panel | Making the EHR Work for Us, Not Vice Versa | Saturday, April 20, 2024 |
| Brett | Glotzbecker | Panel | The Acutely Ill Patient With Cancer: What Every Hospitalist Needs to Know | Saturday, April 20, 2024 |
| Eric | Kim | Panel | Integrating and Optimizing Patient-Entered/Patient-Generated Data Into Clinical Workflows | Thursday, April 18, 2024 |
| Debra | Puffenberger | Clinical Skills Center | POCUS for DVT Diagnosis | |
| Sharon | Sutherland | Case-Based Learning | Does this Abnormal PAP Test Need Follow Up?: A Case-Based Approach to Personalized Cervical Cancer Prevention Using New Result Management Guidelines | Friday, April 19, 2024 |
| Richard | Wardrop | Panel | Helping Health Care Heal: Reducing Barriers to Physicians Receiving Mental Health Care | Thursday, April 18, 2024 |
BOR Action on Fall 2023 BOG Resolutions
(December 2023) A summary of Board of Regents (BOR) actions on resolutions debated at the Fall 2023 Board of Governors (BOG) meeting is now available. Resolutions initiated by ACP members and endorsed by a chapter council and the BOG become ACP policy when adopted by the BOR.
If you have an idea you would like to suggest to ACP, consider submitting a resolution to your Governor or local ACP chapter. Visit the advocacy section of your ACP chapter website for more information on how to propose a resolution.
Congratulations New Chapter Fellows
(November 2023) Congratulations to the Chapter's new Fellows. Fellowship in the College is an honor. Being an FACP® is a distinction earned from colleagues who recognize your accomplishments and achievements over and above the practice of medicine. The most important considerations for ACP Fellowship are excellence and contributions made to both medicine and to the broader community in which the internal medicine physician lives and practices.
Congratulations to Ohio Chapter Recipients of Masterships
(October 2023) Congratulations to Craig D. Nielsen, MD, MACP and Michael J. Tan, MD, MACP who have been awarded Mastership for FY 2023-24. Those receiving this honor are Fellows who have been selected because of "integrity, positions of honor, impact in practice or in medical research, or other attainments in science or in the art of medicine." They are highly accomplished persons demonstrating impact in practice, leadership, or in medical research. Evidence of their achievements can come from many types of endeavors such as renown within their field and/or ACP chapter, research, education, health care initiatives, volunteerism, administrative positions, care of patients, and service to their community. We are so proud of these Ohio Chapter Members!
Councils Seeking New Members for 2024-25 Cycle
(September 2023) The Council of Early Career Physicians (CECP), the Council of Resident/Fellow Members (CRFM), and the Council of Student Members (CSM) are currently seeking candidates to fill vacant seats for 2024-25. Nominations are due by November 1, 2023 and details for submitting are included in the links below.
The councils are responsible for responding to requests for review of programs, products and services; advising the College regarding ways to increase the value of ACP membership among their constituency group; and strengthening activities and relationships at the ACP chapter and local levels.
For more information on eligibility and nomination material requirements, please see the CECP Call for Nominations, the CRFM Call for Nominations, and the CSM Call for Nominations. If you have any questions, please contact ACP staff.
2023 Chapter Excellence Award – Gold Winner
We are pleased to announce that our chapter is in receipt of the Gold Level of the 2023 Chapter Excellence Award! The award recognizes truly extraordinary chapters that surpass excellence in chapter management. We are in the company of 54 other outstanding chapters. In order to achieve the Gold Level of the Chapter Excellence Award, chapters must meet nineteen Bronze criteria, seventeen Silver criteria and multiple Gold level activities. Criteria include such activities as having a legislative action plan or agenda, holding a volunteerism/community service activity, holding multiple stand-alone meetings, having revenue sources outside of dues and meeting registration fees, implementing a strategic plan, implementing a formal recruitment and retention plan and measuring outcomes, conducting various activities for Medical Students, Residents and Early Career Physicians.
We would like to extend a special thanks to those chapter members who assisted us in all of these endeavors! For their hard work and dedication, we received this award.
Are You Ready to Be an FACP?
(September 2023) Becoming an FACP is rite of passage for many early career ACP Members. Learn more about the pathways to Fellowship especially the new Pillars of Fellowship framework here.
Congratulations New Chapter Fellows
(July 2023) Congratulations to the Chapter's new Fellows. Fellowship in the College is an honor. Being an FACP® is a distinction earned from colleagues who recognize your accomplishments and achievements over and above the practice of medicine. The most important considerations for ACP Fellowship are excellence and contributions made to both medicine and to the broader community in which the internal medicine physician lives and practices.
Call for Spring 2024 BOG Resolutions
(July 2023) Are you concerned about a practice or clinical issue or have an idea you'd like to suggest? If so, you might consider submitting a resolution to your Governor or chapter council.
Initiating a resolution provides ACP members an opportunity to focus attention at the ACP national level on a particular issue or topic that concerns them. Participating in the Board of Governors resolutions process provides the ACP grassroots member a voice and allows you to shape College policy that impacts the practice of internal medicine.
Not sure how to begin drafting a resolution? Researching the College's position on an issue can give you a start. The recently released ACP Board of Governors Resolutions Guide for ACP Membersis now available to download and will help, too.The Guidewas created to provide members a short overview of the resolutions process essentials and highlights critical ACP online resources you must use.
Once drafted, members must submit resolutions to their Governor and/or chapter council. Chapter council approval to move resolutions forward to ACP national is required. A resolution becomes a resolution of the chapter once the chapter council approves forwarding it to national. If effecting change interests you, the deadline for submitting new resolutions to be heard at the Spring 2024 Board of Governors Meeting isOctober 16, 2023.
Share your good idea with us. Draft a resolution.
BOR Action on Spring 2023 BOG Resolutions
(June 2023) summary of Board of Regents (BOR) actionson resolutions debated at theSpring 2023 Board of Governors (BOG) meeting is now available. Resolutions initiated by ACP members and endorsed by a chapter council and the BOG become ACP policy when adopted by the BOR.
Chapter Members Elected to ACP Fellowship
(March 2023) We would like to congratulate our chapter members on election to Fellow of the ý. The distinction recognizes achievements in internal medicine.
Jay C Anderson, DO FACP
Leslie Applegate, MD FACP
Abhishek Bhandiwad, MD FACP
Nana Bonsu, MBChB FACP
Benjamin P Buettner, MD FACP
Brian Diede, DO FACP
Jessica El-Asmar, MD FACP
Nana Yaa A Koram, MBCHB FACP
Irfan Majeed, MD FACP
Sajed A Sarwar, MD FACP
Zachary B Strumpf, MD FACP
Hiroshi Yamagata, MD FACP
Ngozi P Nwankwo, MD FACP
Matthew J Skomorowski, MD FACP
Lindsay S Young, MD FACP
Muhammad Mobeen Ali, MD FACP
Jessica Donato, MD FACP
Vignesh I Doraiswamy, MD FACP
Randol J Kennedy, MBBS FACP
Ahmad M Mostafavifar, MD FACP
Fellowship is elected upon the recommendation of peers and the review of ACP’s Credentials Subcommittee. They may now use the letters “FACP” after their name in recognition of this honor. Please join me in congratulations!
Chapter Speakers at Internal Medicine Meeting 2023
(March 2023) We would like to draw your attention to our Internal Medicine Meeting 2023 local speakers.
| Pelin | Batur | Ohio | Clinical Workshop | A Complete Contraceptive Toolkit: What’s New in Contraception? | Thursday, April 27, 2023 |
| Pelin | Batur | Ohio | Clinical Workshop | A Complete Contraceptive Toolkit: What’s New in Contraception? | Thursday, April 27, 2023 |
| Pelin | Batur | Ohio | Clinical Workshop | Does this Abnormal PAP Test Need Follow Up?: A Case-Based Approach to Personalized Cervical Cancer Prevention Using New Result Management Guidelines | Friday, April 28, 2023 |
| Michael | Emery | Ohio | Meet the Professor | Cardiovascular Screening of Athletes | Thursday, April 27, 2023 |
| Ellen | Gelles | Ohio | Panel | Caring About Sharing: Maintaining Patient Privacy While Improving Communication through the Electronic Health Record | Thursday, April 27, 2023 |
| Ileana | Pina | Ohio | Meet the Professor | Decompensated Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF): From Hospital Admission to Discharge | Friday, April 28, 2023 |
If you’re attending IMM23, please join us at Ohio, US Air Force, US Army, and US Navy Combined Chapters Reception—6:00-7:30 p.m., Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina, Marriott Grand Ballroom, Section 5.
Insulin Legislation Panel Recording
(March 2023) Did you know that approximately 1.5 million adults in Ohio, or 12.6% of the adult population, have diagnosed diabetes in 2021? How about that the total direct medical expenses for diagnosed diabetes in Ohio were estimated at >$9 billion with another $3.3 billion spent on indirect costs from lost productivity due to diabetes? Learn more at our insulin legislation panel!
Member Feedback is Requested on Spring 2023 Resolutions
(March 2023) Fourteen (14) resolutions will be considered at the Spring 2023 Board of Governors (BOG) Meeting. Please review each resolution and then indicate your support or opposition by completing the by the deadline your ACP Chapter Governor has requested or by March 22, whichever comes first.
Your comments will be forwarded to the Chapter Governor to be used as part of their testimony on behalf of the chapter. If you have any questions, please contact Mary Giampietro, BOG Administrator, at chapter@acpmembership.org. Thank you for your input.
(NOTE: Proposed resolutions should be considered confidential information and are intended to be viewed by ACP members only. Under no circumstances should proposed resolutions be shared with the news media or social networking media, nor should they be shared with other individuals and organizations. Proposed resolutions do not represent ACP policy.)
Call for Fall 2023 Resolutions
(February 2023) Are you concerned about a practice or clinical issue or have an idea you'd like to suggest? If so, you might consider submitting a resolution to your Governor or chapter council.
Initiating a resolution provides ACP members an opportunity to focus attention at the ACP national level on a particular issue or topic that concerns them. Participating in the Board of Governors resolutions process provides the ACP grassroots member a voice and allows you to shape College policy that impacts the practice of internal medicine.
Not sure how to begin drafting a resolution? Researching the College's position on an issue can give you a start. The just released ACP Board of Governors Resolutions Guide for ACP Members is now available to download and will help, too. The Guide was created to provide members a short overview of the resolutions process essentials and highlights critical ACP online resources you must use.
Once drafted, members must submit resolutions to their Governor and/or chapter council. Chapter council approval to move resolutions forward to ACP national is required. A resolution becomes a resolution of the chapter once the chapter council approves forwarding it to national. If effecting change interests you, the deadline for submitting new resolutions to be heard at the Fall 2023 Board of Governors Meeting is March 30, 2023.
Share your good idea with us. Draft a resolution.
(November 2022) A summary of Board of Regents (BOR) actions on resolutions debated at theFall 2022 Board of Governors (BOG) meeting is now available. Resolutions initiated by ACP members and endorsed by a chapter council and the BOG become ACP policy when adopted by the BOR.
If you have an idea you'd like to suggest to ACP, consider submitting a resolution to your Governor or local ACP chapter. Visit your ACP chapter website for more information on how to contact your Governor or chapter staff about proposing a resolution.
Congratulations Debra S. Leizman, MD, MACP on being awarded Mastership
(October 2022) We are excited to share that the [Mastership/Awards] Committee and the Board of Regents have approved Debra S. Leizman, MD, MACP to receive Mastership during the 2023 Internal Medicine Meeting in San Diego, California.
ACP Bylaws state that MACPs shall be Fellows who have been selected because of “integrity, positions of honor, impact in practice or in medical research, or other attainments in science or in the art of medicine.” MACPs must be highly accomplished persons demonstrating impact in practice, leadership, or in medical research. Evidence of their achievements can come from many types of endeavors, such as renown within their field and/or ACP chapter, research, education, health care initiatives, volunteerism, administrative positions, care of patients, and service to their community.
One of the goals of the ý is to “recognize excellence and distinguished contributions to internal medicine.” As a way of achieving this goal, the College offers 21 awards and a number of Masterships each year. Annually, awardees and MACPs are honored at the Convocation ceremony held during the Internal Medicine meeting.