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Congratulations New Chapter Fellows

Mahmood Hasan Khan, MBBS MD FACP
Mohammad Kamruzzaman Mazumder, MD FACP

(September 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.��

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.

Congratulations New Chapter Fellows

Istiak Ahmad, MBBS FACP
Prabir Mohan Basak, MBBS FACP
Muhammad Hezbullah, MBBS FACP
Md. Mohiuddin Khan, MBBS FACP
Mohammad Golam Rob Mahmud, MBBS FACP
Sayeef Hossain Khan Mark, MBBS FACP
Kabirul Hasan Bin Rakib, MBBS FACP
Gobinda Chandra Roy, MD FACP
Md Annaz Mus Sakib, MBBS FACP
Prashanta Kumar Shil, MBBS 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 you��would 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��ACP Board of Governors Resolutions Guide for ACP Members��is 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��Spring 2025 Board of Governors Meeting is��September 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!

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5 Years

Suvash Chandra Vadury, MBBS
Md Abdus Sattar, MBBS
Quazi Arif Ahmed, MD
Madhabi Karmaker, MD FACP
REFAT AL AL IMON, MBBS
Md Muhibur Rahman, FCPS
Nobendu Chowdhury, MBBS MD
Jayanta Banik, MBBS
Gourab Dewan, MBBS
Md. Hasib Uddin Khan, MBBS
Mohammad Ashraf Uddin Ahmed, MBBS
Shaiful Islam Tipu Chowdhury, MBBS��
Shekhar Kumar Mondal, MBBS
FAYSAL AHMED, MBBS
Md Tariqul Islam Khan, MBBS MD
Mahadi Hassan, MBBS
Md Amzad Hossain, MBBS
Akhlak Ahmed, MBBS
Md Al Amin, Sr, MBBS
Sayeef Hossain Khan Mark, MBBS
Mohammad Elias Bhuiyan, MBBS
Syed Zakir Hossain, MBBS
Hiranmoy Dutta, MBBS
Mahidul Alam, MBBS FACP
Md Tauhidul I Chowdhury, MD
Mridha Mohammad Shahinuzzaman, MBBS
SK Kabir Ahammed, MBBS
A H M Tharakul Mazid, MBBS
Md Abdul Hamid, MBBS
Md Nurul Islam, MBBS
A B M Imam Hosen, MBBS
Md Ashikur Rahman, MBBS MD FACP
Abul Faisal
Md Nuruddin Chowdhury��
Rama Sree Dhar, MBBS
Syed Mahbub Alam, MBBS
Abdullah Al Faruk, MBBS
Md Akhtarul Islam, MBBS FACP
EMRUL KAISER, MBBS
H M Hamidullah Mehedi, MBBS
Md Forhadul Islam, MBBS
Md Sohel Rana, MBBS
A H M Anisuzzaman, MBBS
Tanzina Akhter, MBBS
Mohammad Zakaria Al-Aziz, MBBS
Parijat Biswas
Md Mamun-Ur Rashid, MBBS FACP
Rene Suzan Claude Sarker, MBBS
Nihar Ranjan Mazumder, MBBS
Rajib Biswas, MBBS
Suman Chowdhury, MBBS
Mohammad Ariful Islam, MBBS
Kabirul Hasan Bin Rakib, MBBS
Md Jahirul Haque, MBBS
Kallyanashish Sardar, MBBS
Mohammad Mobinur Rahman, MBBS
Nirmol Kumar Biswas, MBBS
Mohammad Reazul Karim, MBBS
Manosh Kumar Kumar Mondal, MBBS MD
Utpal Kumar Chanda, MBBS
Mahmood Hasan Khan, MBBS MD
Monisha Mohajan, MBBS
Bishwa Nath Saha, MBBS
Habib Ahmed, MBBS MD
Shailendra Nath Biswas, MBBS FACP
Abu Ayub Md Nazmul Huda, MBBS
Abu Taiub Mohammed Mohiuddin Chowdh
Abul Kalam Mohammad Azad, MBBS
Md Ahsanul Kabir, MBBS
Md Mir Sufian, MBBS
Syed Asif Iqbal, MBBS
Shamsun Nahar, MBBS FACP
DR. MAHBUBA SHABNAM, MBBS
Helal Ahmed, MBBS

10 Years

A K M Aminul Hoque, MBBS MD MACP
Ramendra N Mazumder, MBBS FACP
Mohammad Hasan Tarik, MBBS
Md. Khalilur Rahman, MBBS FACP
Faruk Ahammad, MBBS FACP
Md Zahirul Haque, MBBS
Mohammad Zahir Uddin, MD,MBBS FACP
Md Nure Alom Siddiqui, MD
Abul Fazal Mohammad Helal Uddin, MB
Prabir Mohan Basak, MBBS
Sudip Ranjan Deb, MBBS FACP
Ahmad Monjurul Aziz, MBBS
Mohammad Rafiqul Islam, MBBS FACP
Md Zahid Alam, MBBS
Rowsan Ara, MD
Ahmedul Kabir, MBBS FACP
Chandra S Bala, FACP FCPS MBBS
Jamal Uddin Ahmed, MBBS FACP
Mohammad Asadul Kabir, MBBS FACP
Mohammad Anwarul Bari, MBBS FACP

15 Years

Md Abdul Wahab, MBBS FACP
A N M Farouque ur Rashid, MBBS

20 Years

A K M Monoarul Islam, MBBS MD FACP

(May 2024) Your ACP Chapter thanks you for your continued �鶹ֱ��app 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.

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 New Chapter Fellows

Md Kutub Uddin Mollick, MBBS FACP
Muhammad Jamal Uddin, MBBS MD FACP
Md Abu Zahid, MBBS FACP

(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.��

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 the��by 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, at��chapter@acpmembership.org. Thank you for your input.��

Call for Fall 2024 Resolutions

(February 2024) 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.��

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 is��March 29, 2024.��

Share your good idea with us. Draft a resolution.��

Congratulations New Chapter Fellows

Sk Abdullah Al Mamun, MBBS FACP
Md M Hoque, MBBS FACP
Md Jubaidul Islam, MBBS FACP
Madhabi Karmaker, MD FACP
Nazmul Hoque Munna, MD FACP
Shamsun Nahar, MBBS FACP
Md Ashikur Rahman, MBBS MD FACP
Md Mamun-Ur Rashid, MBBS FACP

(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.��

Inviting Research Protocol

(January 2024) We have decided to encourage research among our postgraduate trainee doctors as well as early career physicians. An�� early career physician is he/she who completed his/ her postgraduate degree within the last�� six years. We will provide monetary support to the best research protocols, two from residents/postgraduate trainee and two from early career physicians.�� Short-listed research protocols will be presented on 16th February, 2024,�� in the annual ACP Bangladesh Chapter gathering in the premises of the Dhaka club. Senior faculties will choose the best protocols. ��

Research protocols to be submitted by 31st January at the following address.Prof. Mohammad Rafiqul Islam FCPS FACP FRCP(Edin) Member Secretary,��ACP Bangladesh Chapter Research Committee

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.

Congratulations New Chapter Fellows

Mahidul Alam, MBBS FACP
Shailendra Nath Biswas, MBBS FACP
Shaikh Amir Hossain, MD FACP
Hasan Hafizur Rahman, MBBS FACP
Benzir Ahammad, MD FACP

(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.

2023 Chapter Excellence Award – Bronze Winner

We are pleased to announce that our chapter is in receipt of the Bronze Level of the 2023 Chapter Excellence Award! The award recognizes chapters that achieve basics in chapter management.�� In order to achieve the Chapter Excellence Award, chapters must meet nineteen Bronze criteria. Criteria include such activities as being involved in advocacy activities, communicating with members, having a chapter/regional scientific meeting along with a planning committee, having a sound financial structure in place, recruiting and advancing members and having an awards committee that identifies candidates for local or national awards.

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.

We Request Your Feedback on the Proposed Fall 2023 Board of Governors Resolutions

(August 2023) We would like to request your feedback regarding resolutions that will be considered at the Fall 2023 Board of Governors Meeting. With the exception of Resolution 3-F23 which was accepted as a reaffirmation and will not be debated, please review the balance of the slate and then indicate your support or opposition by completing the resolutions electronic response form by August 30th.

After considering the intent of each resolution and how it fits with the College’s Mission and Goals, please provide your feedback on each resolution and indicate your support or opposition by completing the electronic response form by August 30. Your input will be used as part of testimony on behalf of the chapter.

Thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to provide comments regarding these resolutions. By providing your feedback on the Board of Governors resolutions, you have helped to shape College policy that impacts the practice of internal medicine.

Congratulations New Chapter Fellows

Shishir Ranjan Chakraborty, MD FACP
Md. Ahsan Ahsan Habib, MBBS FACP
Md Ismail Hossain, MBBS MD FACP
Md Akhtarul Islam, MBBS FACP
Ahmed Masiha Jamil, MD FACP
Makhan Lal Paul, MBBS FACP
Mohammad Mizanur Rahman, MBBS FACP

(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.��

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 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 Spring 2024 Board of Governors Meeting is��October 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) actions��on resolutions debated at the��Spring 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 �鶹ֱ��app. The distinction recognizes achievements in internal medicine.

Shaiful Islam Tipu Chowdhury, MBBS MD FACP

Md Nazmul Hoque, MD FACP

Mohammad Sarwar Khan, MBBS FACP

Abu Muhammad Shamsu Uddin, MBBS FACP

Homayra Tahseen Hossain, MBBS FACP MD

Atiqul Islam, MBBS 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!

Global Reception at Internal Medicine Meeting 2023

(March 2023)��If you’re attending IMM23, please join us at our global reception, to be held Thursday, April 27 from 7:30-9:00pm at HQ San Diego.��

This reception, featuring live entertainment, is open to all international attendees and their guests, as well as other attendees who are interested in meeting with leaders from ACP and internal medicine societies from around the world. 

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.

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.

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.

Chapter Members Elected to ACP Fellowship

(November 2022) We would like to congratulate our chapter members on election to Fellow of the �鶹ֱ��app. The distinction recognizes achievements in internal medicine.

Md. Abdur Razzack, MBBS, FACP
Kazi Shamim Ahamed, MBBS, FACP
Muhammad Shah Alam, MBBS, FACP
Sk Moazzem Hossain, MBBS, FACP
Md. Abdur Razzack, MBBS, FACP
Muhammad Mohsin, MD, FACP
Md. Abdur Razzack, MBBS, FACP
Nitai Chandra Ray, MBBS, MD, FACP

Board of Regents Action on Fall 2022 BOG Resolutions

(November 2022) A summary of Board of Regents (BOR) actions on resolutions debated at the��Fall 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 Dr. AKM Aminul Hoque on Mastership

(October 2022) We are excited to share that the Mastership Committee and the Board of Regents have approved AKM Aminul Hoque, MBBS, MD, MACP to receive an award recognition during the 2023 Internal Medicine Meeting in San Diego, California.

ACP Bylaws state that Masters 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.” Masters 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 �鶹ֱ��app 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 Masters are honored at the Convocation ceremony held during the Internal Medicine meeting. A list of past awardees and Masters may be found online at www.acponline.org/awardslist.