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California Chapters News

Congratulations to California Chapter Members on National Awards

(October 2024) We are pleased to announce that Raminder S Gill, MD MACP, Mark S Noah, MD MACP, Rajesh Gulati, MBBS MACP, Daniel I Kim, MD MBA MACP, Charles G Goldberg, MD MACP, Bruce J Kimura, MD MACP, Holly B Yang, MD MACP are recipients of Mastership. Joel C Diamant, MD MACP is the recipient of the Jane F. Desforges Distinguished Teach Award.

The first MACP in the College was presented in 1923 to Dr. James M. Anders, who served the College as President for two terms. He was recognized for extraordinary service to the College and for being one of the most outstanding internists and medical teachers of his day.

The Jane F. Desforges Distinguished Teach Award is bestowed upon a FACP or MACP who has demonstrated the ennobling qualities of a great teacher as judged by the accomplishments of former students.

Please join me in congratulating them and celebrating this accomplishment at Internal Medicine Meeting 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana. To view the full list of national awardees, click here.

2024 ACP SoCal Chapters Narrative Medicine Competition Results

(October 2024) Congratulations to our winners!

Narrative Medicine Winners

Congratulations New Chapter Fellows

California Northern

  • Alia T Tuqan, MD FACP

California Southern 1

  • Ramez Ethnasios, MD FACP
  • Yusuke Tsugawa, MD PhD FACP

California Southern 2

  • Denise Lynn Townsend, MD FACP
  • Andrew T Truong, MD FACP

California Southern 3

  • Julian P Lichter, 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.

Chapter Excellence 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.

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Congratulations New Chapter Fellows

California Northern

  • Vijay Kumar Bodukam, MD FACP
  • Sara Choudhry, MD FACP
  • Alexander Ote Mallari, MD FACP
  • Arvindselvan Mohanaselvan, MD FACP
  • Jessica A Murphy, DO FACP
  • William G Ochoa, MD FACP
  • Maria C Rojas D'Croz, MD FACP
  • Douglas L Souvignier, MD FACP
  • Vincent Wong, DO FACP
  • Jinoos Yazdany, MD FACP

California Southern 1

  • Megana Ballal, MD FACP
  • Todd W Engstrom, MD FACP
  • Kin Wai Hung, MD FACP
  • Tony Kamel, MD FACP
  • Shazia S Khan, MD FACP
  • Alexander E Morf, MD FACP
  • Tony M Ohn, MBBS FACP
  • Samir Souleiman Salameh, MD FACP

California Southern 2

  • Chizobam Ani, MD FACP
  • Camellia Kani, MD FACP
  • Ajay Moganti, MD FACP
  • Sadia F Moinuddin, MD FACP
  • Imran M Siddiqui, MD FACP
  • Almira J Yang, DO FACP

California Southern 3

  • Brian K Kwan, MD FACP
  • Ryan J Moran, 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.

CongratulationsCalifornia Southern 3 Laureate Award Winners

2024 Laureate Awardees

Happy Anniversary to our Chapter Members!

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5 Years

  • Ajaipal A Gill, MD
  • John W Peabody, MD FACP
  • Jacqueline M Poggi, MD
  • Anna Harte, MD
  • Mark D Carvalho, MD
  • Nivedita Bansal, MBBS
  • Gagandeep Kaur, MBBS
  • Margaret W Leung, MD
  • Mark G Shapiro, MD FACP
  • Vidya Nagaraju, MD
  • Mai-Khanh Bui-Duy, MD
  • Kathleen Doo, MD FACP
  • Robert Lerrigo, MD
  • Lauren Carol-Worth Gannon, MD
  • William B Smith, II
  • Tiffany Cho Kenison
  • Alexandra E Shawo, MD FACP
  • Sharmila Prabhakar Amolik, MD
  • Joseph D Cooper, MD
  • Young Do Song, MD
  • Khashayar Khosraviani, MD
  • Qi Quan Leong, MD
  • Anita Corradetti, MD FACP
  • Ryan S Satovsky, MD
  • Steven Wu, MD
  • Amanda S Lam, MD
  • Vincent Wong
  • Tony Cun, MD
  • Kavitha Chidambaram, MD
  • Laurie Nakahira, DO
  • Michael Goldrich, MD
  • Fei Liang, MD
  • Raphael B Stricker, MD
  • Colleen Caprio
  • Scott M Holmes, DO
  • Han-Cheng Chen, DO
  • Kirth A Cucueco, MD
  • Neelam A Chaudhary, MD
  • Reiner Estrada Viamontes
  • John Landefeld, MD
  • Ahmed Taha, MD FACP
  • Maria N Marmol, MD FACP
  • Karamjit Dhaliwal-Binning, MD
  • Swati Patel, MD
  • Maribeth Ruiz
  • Lorena I Rasquin, MD
  • Yoseph C Elala, MD
  • Muzo WuLauren Yokomizo, MD FACP
  • Namphuong T Tran, MD
  • James Tamesis, MD
  • Diego Fernandez
  • Tim Muldoon, MD FACP
  • Indu Michael
  • Palvasha A Shah, MD
  • Saverio Roberto
  • Adrianna D'Mello, MBBS MD
  • Carl Swanson
  • Emily Wistar, MD
  • Elizabeth Murphy, MD FACP
  • Priti S Parekh, MD
  • Lindsay Mazotti, MD FACP
  • Elizabeth L Alexander, MD
  • Stephany Sanchez, MD
  • Corinne N Lee-Guzman, DO
  • Jonathan g Sun, MD
  • VLADIMIR Y MEDINA, MD
  • James w Boozer, MD
  • Susan Gamble, MD
  • Steven Yuen, MD
  • Amtinder S Batth, MD
  • Jeffrey Hom, MD FACP
  • Michelle Lo, MD
  • James S Kastelman, MD
  • Balbir S Brar, MD
  • Augustine E Iluore, MD FACP
  • Spencer R Adams, MD
  • Traci A Honaker-Williams, MD
  • Jason Chu, DO
  • Haris Ali, MD FACP
  • Ashley A Busuttil, MD
  • Robert M Williams, MD PhD
  • Digish D Shah, MD
  • Nitya A Nathwani, MD FACP
  • Estebes Hernandez, MD
  • Edward S Lee, MD
  • Wendy M Simon, MD
  • Amar C Nawathe, MBBS
  • Linda K Czypinski, MD FACP
  • Richard G Shu, MD
  • Shazia S Khan, MD
  • Alexandra Milin Glaeser, MD
  • Hong Fa Yang, MD
  • Christine I Bishop, MD FACP
  • Quynh Huynh, MD
  • Patrick Bui, MD
  • Ramandeep Brar, MD
  • Kasey LaiArsen Osipov, MD FACP
  • Karine Yeghoyan, MD
  • Lisa M Singh, MD
  • Rushabh H Shah, MD
  • Michael F Ayoub, MD FACP
  • Zar C Chan, MBBS
  • Maryanne M Chumpia, MD
  • Mia Mattioli, MD FACP
  • Gabriel N Waterman, MD
  • Ishaque A Syed, MD
  • Cesar Palana, MD
  • Daniel Karlin, MD
  • Julie E Magorien, MD FACP
  • Vindeep Bhandari, DO
  • Shelley Schwartz, MD
  • Samir Bhalla, MDP
  • eter H Nguyen, MD
  • Janette N Zara, MD FACP
  • Christine Sun, MD
  • Tina Patel Kapadia, DO
  • Mahi Sadeghi, MD
  • Benjamin J Hassan, MD
  • John P Carmody, MD
  • Adam Solis-Cohen
  • Gary Slesing Feigenbaum, MD
  • Christopher Dagher, MD FACP
  • Ariana Wilkinson, MD
  • Seyedehsan Navabi, MD FACP
  • Swetha Gogineni, MD FACP
  • Daniel Puneky
  • Camellia Babaie, MD
  • Michelle Neely, MD
  • Tyler B Larsen, MD FACP
  • Utibe R Essien, MD FACP
  • Salim F Ahmed, MD FACP
  • Diane Reed, MD
  • Ruchi Jain, DO
  • Sean Delshad, MD FACP
  • Rong Hu, MD
  • Aleksey Korolyov, MD
  • Rahul Vasavada, MD
  • Sewon Oum, MD
  • Amit Levi, MD FACP
  • Lakshmi C Sadasivam, MBBS
  • Jessica Jaddaoui, MD
  • Chaddy Elhawary, MD
  • Manisha Perera
  • Sergio Rubio, MD
  • Norka M Quillatupa, MD
  • Sarah Goldgar, MD
  • Nima Golzy, MD FACP
  • Casey S Yamashita, MD
  • Michelle Withee, MD
  • Bryan G Lopez, MD FACP
  • Hani Hazani, MD
  • Daniel L Saddick, DO
  • Jessie X Zhou, MD
  • Jason Gilbert, DO FACP
  • Toshie Rajput
  • Arineh S Y Melkonian, MD
  • Doris M Rivas, MD
  • Novie o Gonzales, MD
  • Ebrahim Mirakhor, MD
  • Joey Tu, MD
  • Alanna Chau, MD FACP
  • Jiyeon Monica Jeong, MD
  • Mohammad Shahshahan, DO
  • Christian Zayek, MD
  • Deep C Desai, MD
  • Shey Mukundan, MD
  • Sunita R Hassamal, MD FACP
  • Aram Srapyan, MD FACP
  • Sheila Loharuka, DO
  • Starleen Frousiakis, MD FACP
  • Elias Ballat, DO
  • Samir Souleiman Salameh, MD
  • Sheree Chen, MD
  • Alexandra Morath, DO
  • Margaret Wei, MD
  • Maureen Yu, MD
  • Cindy H Su
  • Nuria M Pastor-Soler
  • Dillan Chai, MD
  • Niceto Lopez, MD
  • Rishi Patel, DO
  • Ebrahim Sajedi, MD
  • Gerald Y Ho, MD
  • Hripsime Gharibjanyan, MD FACP
  • Luciano M Castaneda, MD
  • Grace P Huang, MD FACP
  • Joshua Mansour, MD
  • Joseph Elterman, MD
  • Emmanuel D Jung, MD
  • Howard N Hodis, MD
  • Rasha Kuran, MD
  • Maria Marian, MD
  • Theodore G Rose, Jr, MD FACP
  • David E Wong, MD
  • Sarah Chae, MD
  • Jesus M Valadez-Herrera, MD
  • Naeem N Abu-Shehab, MD
  • Nory Jun L Cabanilla, MD
  • Denise Lynn Townsend, MD
  • John E Sy, MD
  • Neil N Parikh, MD
  • John Joseph, MD
  • John Agtuca
  • Shawn Kaye
  • Jerry F Tsai, MD
  • Michael T. Ulrich, Jr, MD FACP
  • Saif Al Yaseen, MD,MBChB
  • Andrew T Truong, MD
  • Nyra Khetarpal
  • Bryan Nam, MD
  • Nyein A Tint, MD
  • Jan Nguyen
  • Angela Whitaker, DO
  • Wesley Babaran, MD
  • Christine Mikhail, MD
  • Hiroshi Yamagata, MD FACP
  • Sohaib Basharat, MD
  • Alex Chehrazi-Raffle
  • Farid K Abdelmalak, MD
  • Andrew Sou, DO
  • Anna Swoboda
  • Huong Duong, MD
  • Samuel G Abarte, MD
  • Hossein Tabriziani, FACP MD
  • Adrienne A Nassar, MD FACP
  • Varinthrej Pitis, MD
  • Kendell R Anderson, DO
  • Alan Sit, MD FACP
  • John Arcilla, MD
  • Manveen K Bassi, MD
  • Ryan J Moran, MD
  • Michael T Pham, DO
  • Bao Ho
  • William E Toppen, MD FACP
  • Shannon K Cheffet, DO
  • Carlos a Lago Hernandez, MD FACP
  • Aneesh Kuruvilla, DO FACP
  • Maria Lourdes S Mara, MD
  • Yawen Cheng, MD
  • Justin Schneider
  • Alexander Meilan, DO
  • Ruth Abeles, MD FACP
  • Sankar Sridaran, MD
  • Guillermo A Cantu-Reyna, MD
  • Carrie L Cardenas, MD
  • Janice Park, MD

10 Years

  • Linet R D'Morias, MD
  • Eliza L Chin, MD MACP
  • Ross A Pirkle, MD
  • Lily Chu, MD
  • Leslie M Brocchini, MD
  • Nava Nasr, MD
  • Anthony Bhe, MD FACP
  • Kaylund Chan, MD
  • Justin P Lee, MD FACP
  • Talia S Gracer, MD
  • Reiker J Schultz, MD
  • Rita Pandya, MD
  • Kevin J Burnham, MD FACP
  • Gaurav Gulati, MD FACP
  • Satinder Singh, DO FACP
  • Jennifer A Abrams, MD
  • Rajarathinam Subramaniam, MD
  • Lifang Zhang, MBBS
  • Manoj K Ray, MBBS FACP
  • Shraddha Jatwani, MBBS FACP
  • Julie Wadhavkar, MD
  • Brandon Boesch, DO
  • Hoang Pham, MD
  • Jennifer Tinloy, DO FACP
  • Anita S Chang, MD
  • Amanda V Thornton, MD
  • Mohammed Gafar Elhassan, MD FACP
  • Amit Chadha, MD
  • Aamir Akmal, MD
  • Neeladri Misra, MD FACP
  • Waqas Aslam, MD FACP
  • Nadia Ali, MD FACP
  • Dennis Whang, MD FACP
  • Hetvi K Joshi, MD FACP
  • Heather Romine, MD
  • Zabihullah S Wardak, MD
  • Hazel Mae A Abraham, MD
  • Sergio A Torres, MD
  • Sanyogeeta Bhaway, MBBS
  • Timothy E Burger, MD
  • Rajni Khaira, MD
  • Kelly Lee Wong, MD
  • Lindsay Klein, MD FACP
  • Triveni Abburi, MD FACP
  • Maninder Singh Sanghera, MD FACP
  • Hongtao Wang, MD FACP
  • Than Soe, MD FACP
  • Sarah F Alvord, MD
  • Michelle E Hauser, MD FACP
  • Naw Aye Aye Aung, MD
  • Isira Perera, MBBS
  • Melissa Frederick, MD
  • Andrew Ng, MD
  • Loreta Kalish, MD
  • Stephen O Aglubat, MD FACP
  • Quinn Li, MD FACP
  • James C Yang, MD FACP
  • Vernon H Lackman, MD FACP
  • Byong-Wha E Lee, MD FACP
  • Michael A Sanchez, MD FACP
  • Bahman Chavoshan, MD FACP
  • Lou Ellen Wilson, MD
  • Miguel Lizama, MD
  • Malena S Law, MD FACP
  • Jong Charles Lee, MD
  • Yalda Azarmehr, MD FACP
  • Payam Rohani, MD FACP
  • Yoonjee Lee, MD
  • Sue Y Chung, MD FACP
  • Antonio M Pessegueiro, MD FACP
  • Casey Y Kaneshiro, MD FACP
  • Emily Cantor, MD FACP
  • Jessica L Gould, MD
  • Olga Garshyna, MD
  • Anita Batra, MD
  • Abigail Kopecky, MD FACP
  • Michael C Estes, MD FACP
  • Rigved V Tadwalkar, MD FACP
  • Ergys Andoni, MD
  • Gurcharan S Khera, MBBS FACP
  • Soe Soe Win, MD FACP
  • Preetivi Ellis, MD FACP
  • Angela Aboutalib, MD FACP
  • Nicandro Castaneda, MD
  • Alexander E Morf, MD
  • Ramandeep Bains, MD
  • Sarfaraz A Mansuri, MBBS FACP
  • Olivia A Arreola-Owen, MD FACP
  • Bryce R Holderness, MD FACP
  • Emmeline Chan, MD FACP
  • Thi Thi Aye, MD
  • Win Naing, MD, MBBS FACP
  • John A Uyanne, MBBS FACP
  • Alaleh Sareh, MD
  • Sophie K Chwa, MD FACP
  • Tevan Ovsepyan, DO FACP
  • Clement C Yang, IV, MD FACP
  • Elizabeth L Goodman, MD
  • Emilie L Chow, MD
  • Shahrooz Bemanian, MD FACP
  • Puri Lorena A Pascual, MD
  • Nancy Love, MD
  • Linh H Khuu, MD
  • LT Bruce A Bornfleth, MD
  • Nina Swadener, MD
  • Masoumeh Ghaffari, MD FACP
  • Shauna McGinnis, DO
  • Sahar E Lashin, MD PhD
  • Kristen Lew, MD FACP
  • Pranav Barve, MBBS
  • Mehran Rouhani Sisan, MD
  • Kathie Huang, MD FACP
  • Edward Juhn, MD FACP
  • Peter Csapoczi, MD
  • Mark D Mosson, MD FACP
  • Meredith B Barnes, MD PhD FACP
  • Benjamin Hulley, MD
  • Mahnaz Taremi, MD FACP
  • Brenda B Watts, MD
  • Enma M Alvarado, MD

15 Years

  • Henry B Moon, MD
  • Sidney Yassinger, MD FACP
  • K S Rajan, MD
  • Clare C Siu, MD
  • Deborah B Adey, MD FACP
  • Bassam Saffouri, MD FACP
  • Michelle Shute, MD FACP
  • Deborah M Kado, MD
  • George D Mitchell, MD FACP
  • Galicano C Andal, MD
  • Nicholas J Kenyon, MD FACP
  • Ani A Ketabgian, MD
  • Bryan H Ristow, MD FACP
  • Masha M Nakelchik, MD
  • Manjula V Gunawardane, MD
  • Christopher C Wong, MD
  • Matthew M Watson, MD
  • Anuruddh K Misra, MD FACP
  • Kevin Chen, MD FACP
  • Caroline Lin, MD
  • Patrick J Macmillan, MD FACP
  • Savitri G Aguiar, MD
  • Michael Hwa, MD FACP
  • Mohammed F Siddiqi, MD FACP
  • Supreet S Manesh, MD
  • Puneet Gupta, MD FACP
  • Sara Choudhry, MD
  • Mujtaba S Sarwar, MD FACP
  • Anitha Raghavan, MD
  • Adedotun A Adewusi, MD
  • Vipulkumar B Rana, MD FACP
  • Son Nguyen, MD FACP
  • Tatyana L Reznik, MD FACP
  • Yong Liu, MD PhD
  • Erika Leemann Price, MD
  • Chwen-Yuen A Chen, MD FACP
  • Katherine L Lupton, MD FACP
  • Ranaganthan G Madhavan, MD
  • Jaskaram Vir S Sandhu, MD
  • John Justin Murphy, MD
  • Sandar Win, MD
  • Charanjit Singh Bains, MD
  • Chrishanthie J Karalakulasingam, MD
  • Alan Silver, MD FACP
  • Meir M Yaron, MD
  • Allen D Rosen, MD
  • Osamah A Elattar, MD
  • Patricia P Ibarra, MD FACP
  • Andrew S Rhinehart, MD FACP
  • Arun K Softa, MD FACP
  • Pawan K Juneja, MBBS MD FACP
  • Kimberly B Tilley, MD
  • Seth A Politano, DO FACP
  • Linda A Hillier, DO FACP
  • Vahid Mahabadi, MD FACP
  • Elias Khawam, MD FACP
  • Mara S Gobovic, MBBS
  • Elizabeth S Iskander, MD
  • Jasleen K Duggal, MBBS FACP
  • Nicole D Schneider, MD
  • Kamoltip Sinthawanarong, MD FACP
  • Sorin Buga, MD FACP
  • Mabel Vasquez, MD
  • Arek Jibilian, MD
  • Brad Spellberg, MD FACP
  • Dennis P Haghighat, MD FACP
  • Pamela E Yamanishi, MD FACP
  • Andrew P Corr, MD FACP
  • Edgard M Vera, MD FACP
  • Christopher Sun, FACP MBChB
  • Minho Yu, DO FACP
  • Ali Parand, MD
  • Manisha Goel, MD
  • Marcela S Espinosa, MD
  • Carmen M Mendez, MD
  • Yolanda Reid Chassiakos, MD FACP
  • Thuyhan Thi Tran, MD MPH
  • Cinda L Nauertz, MD
  • Simon Cheung, MD
  • J Todd Martell, MD FACP
  • Dottie Ann D Sazon, MD
  • Dayna G Arnstein, MD
  • Akber M Safi, MD
  • Michelle C Higginson, MD FACP
  • Richard T Nguyen, MD FACP
  • Josef A Bauer, MD
  • Kimberly A Maxon, MD
  • Miguel A Pena Ruiz, MD FACP
  • Soyoung I McFarland, MD
  • Kasim M Kasim, MD FACP

20 Years

  • Morton A Rosenblum, MD FACP
  • John E Tysell, Jr, MD FACP
  • John F Simmons, Jr, MD FACP
  • Lawrence Litt, MD FACP
  • Steven McGlocklin, MD
  • Raymundo S Bautista, MD
  • Alfred M Lerner, MD
  • Jed Ira Weissberg, MD FACP
  • Sandra Ellen Goldstein, MD
  • Abdul Wahab Wali, MD FACP
  • Madeleine C Blaurock, FACP FHM MD
  • William J Black, MD FACP
  • Dwight D Lim, MD
  • Lynn X Liu, MD
  • Ronald T Zimmerman, MD
  • Yong J Sohn, MD
  • Marina Roytman, MD FACP
  • Selina Shah, MD FACP
  • Lawrence B Crane, MD FACP
  • Brett C Farley, MD
  • Soma Mandal, MD
  • Neeta Milasincic, MD FACP
  • Arash Foroutani, MD
  • Shuichi Kobayashi, MD
  • Andrew H Chang, MD
  • Yuji Saito, MD PhD FACP
  • Alan H Man, MD
  • Rose B Dao, MD
  • JoAnne Lombardi, MD
  • Maya Mitchell Land, MD FACP
  • Monica M Manga, MD FACP
  • Surekha N Reddy, MD
  • Vona W Lorenzana, MD
  • Jeanette Aviles, MD
  • James E Shepard, MD FACP
  • Seymour R Levin, MD FACP
  • Elliott Hinkes, MD
  • Allan S Lew, MD FACP
  • Gustavo A Machicado, FACP
  • Chester D Zahn, MD FACP
  • Rubencio Quintana, MD FACP
  • Scott P Layne, MD FACP
  • Hung Q Nguyen, MD
  • Edwin M Posadas, MD FACP
  • Firooz Pak, MD FACP
  • Akiko Suzuki, MD FACP
  • Thomas W Yoo, MD
  • Azhar Majeed, MD FACP
  • Stan Mathioulakis, MD
  • Amy K Weimer, MD FACP
  • Yanfei Chen, MD
  • Janna Oganessian, MD
  • Smita Subramaniam, MD FACP
  • Philip W Chung, MD
  • Quynh-Van T Vuong, MD
  • Suchaya Jinamornphongs, MD
  • Michael D Wang, MD FACP
  • Tsuyoshi M Okawa, MD
  • Massoud Maleki, MD FACP
  • Evert A Bruckner, MD
  • Tenzing Wangyal, MD
  • Sabry Fahmy Ghaly, MD
  • Fernando H Austin, MD
  • Julie M Kuniyoshi, MD
  • Joseph C Preston, MD
  • Walter Jones, MD FACP
  • Julie Hwynn, MD FACP
  • Amy L Underwood-Jolly, MD FACP
  • Sonny C Lee, MD FACP
  • Grace Lozinski, MD FACP
  • Iyad G Houshan, MD FACP
  • Sidney S Wu, MD FACP
  • Ky Tran, MD
  • Mercedes Tomioka, MD FACP
  • Jack Middlebrooks, MD
  • Judy Kwan, MD
  • Allison L Klein Foley, MD FACP
  • Dominic G De Cristofaro, MD
  • Jess Mandel, MD MACP
  • Lalitha P Aiyer, MD
  • Anita A Walton, MD
  • Sangeetha Murthy, MBBS
  • Unna Albers, MD
  • Farhad F Shadan, MD PhD FACP
  • Kekoa C Ede, MD
  • Annie Jacob Sanque, MD

(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.

2024 John Tooker Evergreen Awards

(April 2024) The John Tooker Evergreen Awards Program provides opportunities to recognize the valuable contributions of ACP Chapters as they strive to enrich, educate, and engage membership. In 2024, ACP recognized ten winning chapters. Our Chapters received the 2024 John Tooker Evergreen Award for our initiative, Narrative Medicine Collaboration (California Southern I, II, III) and Live Your Best Life Program (California Southern III, a joint program with the North Carolina Chapter.

Narrative Medicine Collaboration

New narrative medicine programming and scholarly activities have generated excitement and engagement from all membership classes across Southern California Chapters. We capitalized on this to create a supportive and welcoming community for those that enjoy the power of stories, reflections, and creativity through a narrative medicine competition in conjunction with the 2022 Southern California Chapters’ Annual Meeting. The Chapter has threaded narrative medicine events throughout the year to incorporate distinguished faculty and well-being champions as judges, mentors, and collaborators. Unique partnerships and collaborations with published authors and faculty have opened up wonderful opportunities for mentorship, publication, workshops, and discussion for competitors (particularly for MS, RFM, and ECP members) within Southern California and beyond it.

Live Your Best Life Program

The Live Your Best Life (LYBL) Program utilized sessions and created a platform to promote leadership development, communication skills, professionalism, mentorship (including peer mentorship), networking opportunities, and promotion of well-being for nearly 60 invited Resident/Fellow and Early Career Physician members from across 23 Chapters. Educational content and mentorship were provided through nine separate sessions by a group of expert physician coaches, Well-being Champions, national, and local ACP leaders. This program focused on building skill sets, tools, and resources to help RFM and ECP members navigate transitions and significant decisions within their professional and personal lives. In addition, we were able to build a safe and supportive space to foster belonging, connection, and a sense of community among all participants through virtual and in-person meetings. 100% respondents to our survey would recommend The Live Your Best Life program to a colleague and 100% agreed or strongly agreed that it provided an opportunity to reflect on professional development and improved their understanding of how to use personal strengths and values to design a fulfilling career. Future plans include continuing development of the program and expansion of the LYBL community to include those at different career stages and intentional inclusion of additional membership groups.

For more information on the John Tooker Evergreen Awards, contact Dana Acord.

Congratulations New Chapter Fellows

CaliforniaNorthern
Pooja Jaeel, MD FACP
Herprit K Mahal, MD FACP

California Southern 1
Geoffrey W Cho, MD FACP
Sabitha Eppanapally, MD FACP
Zeinab A Hussein-Dabbah, MD FACP
Warren Christopher Lee, MD FACP
Joy L Montes, MD FACP

California Southern 3
Lewis H Self, MD 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 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) 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 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.

Share your good idea with us. Draft a resolution.

Congratulations New Chapter Fellows

California Northern
Usman Ali, MD FACP
Vernon Giang, MD FACP
Jeffrey Hom, MD FACP
Rajesh Kunadharaju, MBBS FACP
Bruce Ovbiagele, MD FACP
Sohrab Amiri, MD FACP
Lisandra Franco, MD FACP
Lawrence Ku, MD FACP
Brian S Lee, MD FACP
Caterina Yuan Liu, MD FACP
Ni Mo, DO FACP
Ogochukwu Molokwu, MD FACP
Kevin D Ouma, MD FACP
Michael A Sansait, DO FACP
Vivek Singh, MBBS FACP
Saad Tariq, MD FACP

California Southern 1
Cheng-Wei Huang, MD FACP
Maralee Kanin, MD FACP
Johnathan Kao, MD FACP
Lara T Kose, MD FACP
Adrian Mayo, MD FACP
Nathaniel E Meyer, MD FACP
Kyaw Khaing Soe, MBBS MD FACP

California Southern 2
Kinnar Bhavsar, MD FACP
Mariam Gilmore, DO FACP
Smita Kohli Kalra, MD FACP
Hana Kazbour, MD FACP
Benjamin W Ware, MD FACP

California Southern 3
Stuti J Jaiswal, MD FACP
Alan Moazzam, MD FACP
Brett K Mullin, MD FACP
Laura J Nicholson, MD FACP
Dan H Tong, MD FACP
Carlos a Lago Hernandez, MD FACP
William E Toppen, MD FACP
Nathan Yung, MD 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.

Southern California Region 3 Delegation to Internal Medicine Meeting 2024

(January 2024) The early deadline to save onindividualregistration ends onJanuary 31, 2024. Registerto take advantage of the Early Bird Registration Rate of $782.00 for ACP Members. We also are pleased to offer a special opportunity for you to join a SoCal III group coordinated by Dr. Candace Sprott for an additional $125 savings- $657 is the lowest possible rate for ACP Members.Resident/Fellowand Medical Studentmembers are not eligible to join this group. Please send an emailtosocalregion3@gmail.combefore1/30/24if you would like to join this group and you will be sent furtherinstructions. Non-members are eligible too.Please do not register for the meeting individually if you plan to join the group.Note: you will need to pay the entire registration fee to Dr. Sprott via Zelle or Venmo as part of the group registration process.In order to allow enough time for coordination and processing, the deadline to jointhe SoCal III group isTuesday,JANUARY 30, 2024 at 8 pm Pacific time. Hope to see you in Boston for a fantastic meeting and a superb educational experience!

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 .

California Northern Paul Aronowitz Case-Based Learning Clinical Images to Improve Your Knowledge Base and Refine Your Clinical Reasoning Skills Thursday, April 18, 2024
California Northern Paul Aronowitz Case-Based Learning Clinical Images to Improve Your Knowledge Base and Refine Your Clinical Reasoning Skills Thursday, April 18, 2024
California Northern Paul Aronowitz Panel Teaching and Coaching in the Inpatient Setting Friday, April 19, 2024
California Northern Maja Artandi Clinical Skills Center Teaching Bedside Clinical Skills in the 21st Century
California Northern Sam Brondfield Meet the Professor Carcinoma of Unknown Primary: A Case-Based Approach Thursday, April 18, 2024
California Northern Jonathan Chen Panel Applying Augmented Intelligence and Machine Learning in Your Practice Friday, April 19, 2024
California Northern Gurpreet Dhaliwal Workshop Stump the Professor Saturday, April 20, 2024
California Northern Amanda Downey Meet the Professor Primer on Eating Disorders in Adolescents and Young Adults Thursday, April 18, 2024
California Northern John Inadomi Update Update in Gastroenterology Saturday, April 20, 2024
California Northern Anjlee Mahajan Meet the Professor Outpatient Management of VTE Thursday, April 18, 2024
California Northern Ashley McMullen Panel Humanism in Medicine: Re-emphasis on Human-to-Human Interactions Thursday, April 18, 2024
California Northern Karly Murphy Case-Based Learning Partnering for Depression Care: Evidence-based Care of Major Depression Thursday, April 18, 2024
California Northern Karly Murphy Case-Based Learning Partnering for Depression Care: Evidence-based Care of Major Depression Thursday, April 18, 2024
California Northern Roxanna Pourmirzaie Clinical Skills Center POCUS for Beginners
California Northern Lisa Rotenstein Panel Making the EHR Work for Us, Not Vice Versa Saturday, April 20, 2024
California Northern Linda Rudolph Panel How Environmental Exposures Harm Patients and What Physicians Can Do About It: From Air Pollution to Toxic Substances Thursday, April 18, 2024
California Northern Matthew Sakumoto Panel Optimizing Team-Based Telehealth Thursday, April 18, 2024
California Northern Carlin Senter Clinical Skills Center Diagnosis-Driven Physical Examination of the Shoulder
California Northern Carlin Senter Clinical Skills Center Diagnosis-Driven Physical Examination of the Knee
California Northern Eric Widera Pre-course Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine for Internal Medicine Physicians Tuesday, April 16, 2024
California Southern 1 Carolyn Crandall Update Update in Women's Health Thursday, April 18, 2024
California Southern 1 Carolyn Crandall Panel More News You Can Use: Current Clinical Guidelines in COVID-19 and Type 2 Diabetes Friday, April 19, 2024
California Southern 1 Akira Ishiyama Meet the Professor Otology for the Internal Medicine Physician Saturday, April 20, 2024
California Southern 2 Jaesu Han Pre-course Primary Care Psychiatry: Practical Skills for Internal Medicine Physicians Wednesday, April 17, 2024
California Southern 2 Heather Hofmann Panel Are SOAP Notes Clean or Dirty? Friday, April 19, 2024
California Southern 2 Robert McCarron Pre-course Primary Care Psychiatry: Practical Skills for Internal Medicine Physicians Wednesday, April 17, 2024
California Southern 2 Deepti Pandita Panel Applying Augmented Intelligence and Machine Learning in Your Practice Friday, April 19, 2024
California Southern 3 Michal Hose Clinical Skills Center Diagnosis-Driven Physical Examination of the Shoulder
California Southern 3 Michal Hose Clinical Skills Center Diagnosis-Driven Physical Examination of the Knee
California Southern 3 John Kelso Meet the Professor Clinical Features and Management of Chronic Urticaria and Angioedema Thursday, April 18, 2024
California Southern 3 John Kelso Meet the Professor Office-Based Allergy Testing for the Primary Care Physician Thursday, April 18, 2024
California Southern 3 Sean Kenmore Clinical Skills Center The Patient Will Be YOU Now
California Southern 3 Andrea Kossoudji Clinical Workshop A Brief Military History: The Key to Good Health Care for Veterans in Your Practice Thursday, April 18, 2024
California Southern 3 Khanh Le Clinical Skills Center The Patient Will Be YOU Now
California Southern 3 Melissa Le Roux Clinical Skills Center Diagnosis-Driven Physical Examination of the Shoulder
California Southern 3 Melissa Le Roux Clinical Skills Center Diagnosis-Driven Physical Examination of the Knee
California Southern 3 Jess Mandel Update Update in Pulmonary Medicine Saturday, April 20, 2024
California Southern 3 John-Michael Maury Clinical Workshop Medical Improv: Novel Method to Improve Communication Skills with Empathy Friday, April 19, 2024
California Southern 3 Anna Quan Clinical Skills Center Diagnosis-Driven Physical Examination of the Shoulder
California Southern 3 Anna Quan Clinical Skills Center Diagnosis-Driven Physical Examination of the Knee
California Southern 3 Candace Sprott Meet the Professor Life Hacks for Better Time Management (Session not eligible for CME credit.) Friday, April 19, 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

California Northern

Michael Kim, MD FACP

Ramya Akella, MBBS FACP

Sharon J Jones, MD FACP

Mrinmayee V Naik, MBBS FACP

Manisha Yadav, MBBS FACP

California Southern 1

Angela Aboutalib, MD FACP

Alanna Chau, MD FACP

Bryan G Lopez, MD FACP

Seyedehsan Navabi, MD FACP

Joon S Park, MD FACP

Janette N Zara, MD FACP

John H Baird, MD FACP

Manuel Hakimi, MD FACP

Samar Hazzan, MD FACP

Arun S Karlamangla, MD FACP

Manvel Kondradzhyan, MD FACP

California Southern 2

Samia Faiz, MD FACP

Brandon L Nathaniel, MD FACP

Shawna Rinker, MD FACP

Steve Serrao, MD FACP

California Southern 3

Ruth Abeles, MD FACP

Adam R Pacal, MD FACP

Meredith B Barnes, MD PhD FACP

William T Tseng, 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

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.

Bronze Winner - California Northern

Chapter Excellence Award BronzeWe 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.

Gold Winners - Southern California Region 1, Southern California Region 2, Southern California Region 3

Chapter Excellence Award Bronze We are pleased to announce that our regions are 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.

The DEI Scholars Program for Visiting Medical Students

(August 2023) The DEI Scholars Program aims to provide financial support and mentorship for underrepresented and historically marginalized medical students completing an Internal Medicine (IM) elective in San Diego hospitals or clinical settings. This grant program seeks students committed to upholding and expanding diversity, equity, and inclusion within health care. Students will also be eligible to access mentors in San Diego.

Grant and Eligibility Information and link to application can be found here

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

California Northern

  • Abhishek Gulati, MD FACP
  • Umer Hayyat, MD FACP
  • Matthew R Sakumoto, MD FACP
  • Mark G Shapiro, MD FACP

California Southern 1

  • Haris Ali, MD FACP
  • Utibe R Essien, MD FACP
  • Meghana K Frenchman, MD FACP
  • George Ishak, MD FACP
  • Nitya A Nathwani, MD FACP
  • Sharif Tarazi, MD FACP

California Southern 2

  • Joan M Fishman, MD FACP

California Southern 3

  • Sean Kenmore, MD FACP
  • William Mobley, MD

(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.

California Southern III Region Receives the Mary Bieter Evergreen All Stars Award

(May 2023) The Mary Bieter Evergreen All-Star Awards recognized exceptional and sustained chapter-initiatedprograms that supported and adapted to the Internal Medicine landscape in the United States andaround the world.ACP Members were asked to review and select All-Star nominations they believed were worth of recognition.The California Southern III Region received the Mary Bieter Evergreen All-Star Award for their initiative, The DEI Shift Podcast, Changing the Way We Think, Talk and Practice Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

The DEI Shift Podcast, Changing the Way We Think, Talk and Practice Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

The DEI Shift podcast was created to change the practice of diversity, equity, and inclusion within medicine. It is intentionally led and produced by an extremely diverse team from pre-medical students to attending physicians from various racial, ethnic, religious, linguistic, geographic, and specialty backgrounds. Monthly team meetings facilitate educational and professional development opportunities as well as sense of belonging and inclusion.

Over four seasons, a global audience has downloaded over 18,250 podcast episodes across 6 continents, in 81 countries and nearly 2000 cities. A wide range of topics and guests have been featured in enduring learning materials increasing awareness, advocacy, cultural humility, and empathy. This innovative educational platform has led to multi-Chapter, cross-specialty, and interdisciplinary collaborations as well as increased member engagement, mentorship, connections, and leadership development. It has successfully promoted the goals, core values, and DEI-related strategic priorities of the 鶹ֱapp and the ACP Southern California Region III Chapter.

California Southern III Region Receives the 2023 John Tooker Evergreen Award

(May 2023) The John Tooker Evergreen Awards Program provides recognition and visibility to chapters that have successfully implemented programs to increase membership, improve communication, encourage member involvement, enhance diversity, foster careers in internal medicine or improve chapter management. The California Southern III Region received the 2023John Tooker Evergreen Award for their initiative, Wellness Wave.

Wellness Wave

It empowered the students to connect with mentors, experts, and their colleagues locally and nationally and allowed the creation of a platform for them to share the fruits of their labor and hard work.

The Southern California Region III's Wellness Wave was a "for us, by us" student-driven initiative led by the Council of Medical Students to empower medical students to connect with mentors, experts, and their colleagues locally and nationally to develop 38 student-led interview videos and a separate Wellness Wave website. It was created to engage medical students/residents to decrease feelings of isolation, burn out, anxiety, depression, imposter syndrome, and perfectionism. Local and national faculty, leaders, and mentors were interviewed on their journeys in medicine, asked about career advice, and best practices on creating and maintaining wellness. The Chapter collaborated with three additional ACP chapter to accomplish the Wellness Wave strategy.

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.

California Northern

Kathleen Doo, MD FACP

Babikir OMA Kheiri, MBBS MD FACP

Maria N Marmol, MD FACP

Tim Muldoon, MD FACP

Ahana Sandhu, MD FACP

Heather Nye, MD PhD SFHM FACP

Hongtao Wang, MD FACP

Lauren Yokomizo, MD FACP

Theresa Duong, MD FACP

Diane M McGrew, MD FACP

Amit Saini, MD FACP

Berhanu C Tesfaye, MD FACP

California Southern 1

Sarah Blake, DO MBA FACP

Starleen Frousiakis, MD FACP

Jason Gilbert, DO FACP

Swetha Gogineni, MD FACP

Nima Golzy, MD FACP

Sunita Hingorani, MD FACP

Randy Luu, MD FACP

Mia Mattioli, MD FACP

Arsen Osipov, MD FACP

Aram Srapyan, MD FACP

Matt Welzenbach, MD FACP

Anshu R Abhat, MD FACP

Christine I Bishop, MD FACP

Christopher Brown, MD FACP

Christopher Dagher, MD FACP

Nimy John, MD FACP

Marie I Montoya, MD FACP

Salim F Ahmed, MD FACP

Omar Aly, MD FACP

Michael F Ayoub, MD FACP BG

Wossen Belachew, MD FACP

Jeffrey Chung, MD FACP

Hripsime Gharibjanyan, MD FACP

Grace P Huang, MD FACP

Tyler B Larsen, MD FACP

Amit Levi, MD FACP

Julie E Magorien, MD FACP

California Southern 2

Nikhil Ghatnekar, DO FACP

Puja Gupta, MBBS MD FACP

Lucas Akihiko Puttock, DO FACP

Babak Gachpaz, MD FACP

Kathleen L Keating, DO FACP

California Southern 3

Aneesh Kuruvilla, DO FACP

Alan Sit, MD FACP

Andrew Busby, MD FACP

Susan D Heifetz, MD FACP

Arsenio I Jimenez, MD FACP

Bruce J Kimura, MD FACP

Siu Ming J Geary, MD FACP

Kenton O Smitherman, 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.

Paul Aronowitz Napa California Northern Clinical Workshop Clinical Images to Improve Your Knowledge Base and Refine Your Clinical Reasoning Skills Saturday, April 29, 2023
Paul Aronowitz Napa California Northern Clinical Workshop Clinical Images to Improve Your Knowledge Base and Refine Your Clinical Reasoning Skills Friday, April 28, 2023
Jonathan Chen Palo Alto California Northern Panel Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning: Practical Applications in Medicine Friday, April 28, 2023
Helen Chew Davis California Northern Update Update in Oncology Saturday, April 29, 2023
Eliza Chin Piedmont California Northern Panel Harnessing Mentoring Relationships for Women Friday, April 28, 2023
Gurpreet Dhaliwal San Francisco California Northern Workshop Stump the Professor Friday, April 28, 2023
Randall Edson Larkspur California Northern Clinical Pearls Clinical Pearls: Women's Health & Infectious Diseases Thursday, April 27, 2023
Kimberly Hardin Sacramento California Northern Meet the Professor Sleep Disorders in Primary Care: This Lecture Is a Snoozer Thursday, April 27, 2023
Nazia Hasan Oakland California Northern Meet the Professor Pancreatobiliary Disease for the Internist Saturday, April 29, 2023
Michelle Hauser Sunnyvale California Northern Meet the Professor Food for Thought: What Should I Eat and When? Friday, April 28, 2023
Manu Hegde Belmont California Northern Meet the Professor Seizures and Epilepsy Management Basics for the Hospitalist Saturday, April 29, 2023
Steven Lane Palo Alto California Northern Panel Caring About Sharing: Maintaining Patient Privacy While Improving Communication through the Electronic Health Record Thursday, April 27, 2023
Sei Lee San Francisco California Northern Clinical Triad Clinical Triad: Prognosis, Cancer Screening, and Deprescribing: When Should We Stop? Friday, April 28, 2023
Bernard Lo Berkeley California Northern Meet the Professor Reducing Disparities in the Care of Patients With Critical Illness Friday, April 28, 2023
Samuel Louie Davis California Northern Meet the Professor Newer Biologics for Patients With Severe Asthma Thursday, April 27, 2023
Heather Nye San Francisco California Northern Meet the Professor Hospitalists as Consultants: Best Communication Practices in a Team-Based Care Approach Saturday, April 29, 2023
Douglas Owens Palo Alto California Northern Panel News You Can Use: Current Clinical Guidelines In Treatments for Depression and COVID-19 Thursday, April 27, 2023
Matthew Sakumoto San Francisco California Northern Panel Optimizing EHRs: How to Make the EHR Work for You and Your Patients Friday, April 28, 2023
Jorge Salinas Palo Alto California Northern Clinical Triad Clinical Triad: Infectious Diseases: Clostridium difficile, Positive Blood Cultures, and Urinary Tract Infections Saturday, April 29, 2023
Christian Sandrock Sacramento California Northern Meet the Professor COVID-19 Vaccination on the National and Global Scale Saturday, April 29, 2023
Urmimala Sarkar San Francisco California Northern Panel Leveraging Digital Health Tools to Support Equity Saturday, April 29, 2023
Eleanor Schwarz Sacramento California Northern Multiple Small Feedings of the Mind Multiple Small Feedings of the Mind: Infectious Diseases, Women’s Health, General Internal Medicine Saturday, April 29, 2023
Bradley Sharpe San Francisco California Northern Update Update in Hospital Medicine Friday, April 28, 2023
Louise Walter San Francisco California Northern Clinical Triad Clinical Triad: Prognosis, Cancer Screening, and Deprescribing: When Should We Stop? Friday, April 28, 2023
Eric Widera San Francisco California Northern Clinical Triad Clinical Triad: Prognosis, Cancer Screening, and Deprescribing: When Should We Stop? Friday, April 28, 2023
Theodore Wun Sacramento California Northern Update Update in Hematology Thursday, April 27, 2023
Natalie Bello Los Angeles California Southern 1 Meet the Professor Hypertension in Women: Special Considerations Across a Woman's Lifespan Saturday, April 29, 2023
Rachel Brook Los Angeles California Southern 1 Multiple Small Feedings of the Mind Multiple Small Feedings of the Mind: Cardiology, Pulmonary Medicine, Neurology Thursday, April 27, 2023
William Carroll Los Angeles California Southern 1 Multiple Small Feedings of the Mind Multiple Small Feedings of the Mind: Infectious Diseases, Women’s Health, General Internal Medicine Saturday, April 29, 2023
Chidinma Chima-Melton Palos Verdes Estates California Southern 1 Multiple Small Feedings of the Mind Multiple Small Feedings of the Mind: Cardiology, Pulmonary Medicine, Neurology Thursday, April 27, 2023
Carolyn Crandall Los Angeles California Southern 1 Panel More News You Can Use: Current Clinical Guidelines in Treatments for Osteoporosis and Acute Pain Friday, April 28, 2023
Obidiugwu Duru Los Angeles California Southern 1 Meet the Professor High-Value Management of Back Pain: Lumbar-ing Along Saturday, April 29, 2023
Kari Franson Los Angeles California Southern 1 Meet the Professor Getting Into the Weeds on Cannabis Saturday, April 29, 2023
Kim Gregory West Hollywood California Southern 1 Meet the Professor The Well-Woman Exam: Update From the Women's Preventive Services Initiative Saturday, April 29, 2023
Brian Hurley Los Angeles California Southern 1 Clinical Workshop Motivational Interviewing for the Busy Clinician Friday, April 28, 2023
Peter Marshall Los Angeles California Southern 1 Meet the Professor Acute Dyspnea: Etiology, Evaluation, and Management Friday, April 28, 2023
Peter Marshall Los Angeles California Southern 1 Meet the Professor Shock: Approaches to Diagnosis and Management Friday, April 28, 2023
Jason Napolitano Los Angeles California Southern 1 Meet the Professor In-Flight Emergencies: Is There a Doctor on the Plane? Friday, April 28, 2023
David Reuben Los Angeles California Southern 1 Meet the Professor Managing Older Adults With Frailty and Multimorbidity Thursday, April 27, 2023
Zaldy Tan LOS ANGELES California Southern 1 Meet the Professor Dementia Diagnosis and Management in Primary Care Thursday, April 27, 2023
Scott Allen Riverside California Southern 2 Panel Caring and Advocating for Patients Involved in the Justice System: The Internal Medicine Physician's Many Roles Thursday, April 27, 2023
Danielle Belardo Newport Beach California Southern 2 Workshop Food as Medicine Saturday, April 29, 2023
Diana Ramos Laguna Beach California Southern 2 Panel Providing Women’s Healthcare in a Post-Dobbs America: What Internal Medicine Needs to Know Friday, April 28, 2023
Timothy Fernandes San Diego California Southern 3 Meet the Professor Pulmonary Embolism for the Hospitalist Saturday, April 29, 2023
Andrea Kossoudji San Diego California Southern 3 Clinical Workshop A Brief Military History: The Key to Good Health Care for Veterans in Your Practice Thursday, April 27, 2023
Brett Lindgren San Diego California Southern 3 Meet the Professor Shock: Approaches to Diagnosis and Management Friday, April 28, 2023
John-Michael Maury San Diego California Southern 3 Clinical Workshop Medical Improv: Novel Method to Improve Communication Skills with Empathy Saturday, April 29, 2023
David Wetherhold La Jolla California Southern 3 Panel Optimizing EHRs: How to Make the EHR Work for You and Your Patients Friday, April 28, 2023
Tony Yaksh LA Jolla California Southern 3 Meet the Professor Dr. Ananda Prasad Lecture in Physiology: The Physiology of Pain (Note: This session is not designated for CME credit.) Friday, April 28, 2023

If you’re attending IMM23, please join us at our ACP California/Arizona and Hawaii Chapters Reception, Friday, April 28, 2023 from 6:00-7:30pm at the Half Door Brewery. Please RSVP to.

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.

Board of Regents Action on Fall 2022 BOG Resolutions

(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.

Contracts: Everything You Wanted to Never and Never Thought to Ask

Here is the of our recent Zoom meeting on contracts.

New Advocacy Resources Available to ACP Members and Chapters

(August 2022) We would like to make you aware of two new advocacy resources available to ACP members and chapters.

Understanding Advocacy and Why We Do It - A Comprehensive Toolkit for Chapters

ACP has created an advocacy best practices toolkit to support engagement in and the efficacy of chapter-level advocacy at the state and federal level. This comprehensive toolkit breaks down the different methods and mediums for advocacy engagement and highlights all the programs and resources offered by ACP to make the most of chapters’ advocacy efforts. This toolkit is only accessible to ACP members.

Reproductive Health Toolkit Now Updated

ACP's toolkit for chapters to utilize in navigating issues surrounding abortion rights and related policies in their states following the overturning of Roe v. Wade has been updated. The toolkit now includes sample letters that chapters can use to advocate with state officials and information on recent federal activity.

For questions regarding these toolkits, please submit all requests through thisto ensure we can track inquiries and respond in the most timely and efficient manner."

Are you a member of the Advocates for Internal Medicine Network (AIMn)? Learn more.

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.

Northern California

  • Kausalya N. Chennapragada, MBBS, FACP
  • Anita Corradetti, MD, FACP
  • Lindsay Mazotti, MD, FACP
  • Alexandra E, Shawo, MD, FACP

Southern California Region I

  • Jessica M. Adkins, MD, FACP
  • Kelley Chuang, MD, FACP
  • Linda K. Czypinski, MD, FACP
  • Sean Delshad, MD, FACP
  • Reece R. Doughty, MD, FACP
  • Sonali L. Iyer, MD, FACP
  • Ramzy Jandali, MD, FACP
  • Matthew Jung, MD, FACP
  • Khushboo Kaushal, MD, FACP
  • Jane Ma, MD, FACP
  • Yuri Matusov, MD, FACP
  • Satya Patel, MD, FACP
  • Jared T. Perrin, MD, FACP
  • Amna A. Rizvi, MD, FACP
  • Christopher J. Thrash, MD, FACP
  • Huynh Tran, MD, FACP
  • Kristopher K. Yoon, MD, FACP

Southern California Region II

  • Faraz Afridi, MD, FACP
  • Kanchana Keerthipala, MBBS, MD, FACP
  • Scott Kubomoto, MD, FACP
  • Michael T. Ulrich, Jr., MD, FACP
  • Chit Su Wai, MBBS, MD, FACP
  • Debralynne Zickafoose, MD, FACP

Southern California Region III

  • Kelley L. Hagerich, MD, FACP
  • Jennifer L. Poast, DO, 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 us in congratulations!

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.

Congratulations to Chapter Members on Receiving National Awards or Mastership

(October 2022) We are excited to share that the Mastership and Awards Committees and the Board of Regents have approved the following chapter members to receive an award recognition during the 2023 Internal Medicine Meeting in San Diego, California.

Jane F. Desforges Distinguished Teacher Award

Lawrence K. Loo, MD, MACP, Southern California Region II

The award is bestowed upon a Fellow or Master of the College who has demonstrated the ennobling qualities of a great teacher as judged by the accomplishments of former students. These students should have been inspired by the nominee and achieved positions of influence in the field of medical education, primarily as teachers. If the awardee has not previously been elected to Mastership, it will be awarded when elected.

Masterships

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.

Daniel S. Anderson, MD, MACP, Southern California Region III
Robert H. Brook, MD, MACP, Southern California Region I
Joel C. Diamant, MD, MACP, Southern California Region III
Simerjot K. Jassal, MD, MACP, Southern California Region III
Shagufta Yasmeen, MBBS, MACP, Northern California