Membership

• Stephanie Beavers, MD has been appointed Associate Dean for Clinical Education at the Mercer University School of Medicine.
• Patricia Sime, MD, has been appointed Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine in the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine.

The following members have received awards and recognition from their institutions.

• Ariela Marshall, MD, from the Department of Internal Medicine at Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, received a Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education Innovation Award.
• Cherie Ros, assistant division manager in the Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine at University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, was the recipient of the 2019 Star Achievement Award.
• Rachel Stark, MD, Residency Program Director at Cambridge Health Alliance, received the Young Mentor Award from Harvard Medical School.
• Gerome Escota, MD, received Teaching Faculty of the Year awards in infectious disease and general internal medicine from Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine.
• Laurel Fick, MD, FACP, Associate Program Director in the Department of Internal Medicine at St. Vincent Hospital and Health Care Center, was awarded the Robert H. Love Distinguished Faculty Award.
• Avital O'Glasser, MD, Assistant Program Director in the Department of Internal Medicine at Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine, was recognized for outstanding contributions to resident scholarship.

• Kelly Caverzagie, MD, Associate Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at University of Nebraska College of Medicine, was elected to the American Medical Association Council on Medical Education.
• Jeanette Tetrault, MD, Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine at Yale-New Haven Medical Center, was co-awarded a grant to develop a behavioral health and addiction training program.
• Lisa Bellini, MD, has been appointed Senior Vice Dean for Academic Affairs at Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
• Jeffrey LaRochelle, MD, MPH, has been named Assistant Dean of Medical Education at University of Central Florida College of Medicine.
• Beth Liston, MD, Associate Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at Ohio State University College of Medicine, was the primary sponsor of HB 61 in the Ohio State Legislature. The bill passed unanimously.
• Gyongyi Szabo, MD, PhD, Vice Chair for Research in the Department of Medicine at University of Massachusetts Medical School, was named Chief Academic Officer of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
• Chad Vokoun, MD, has been named Acting Section Chief of hospital medicine in the Department of Internal Medicine at University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) and Medical Director for Hospital Medicine for Nebraska Medicine.
• Steven Bailey, MD, has been appointed Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine at LSU Health Shreveport.
• Lee Ann Merchen, MD, has been named Assistant Dean for Clinical Curriculum at Medical College of Georgia and Augusta University Health.
• Tiffany Egbe, MD, Program Director in the Department of Internal Medicine at University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler/Good Shepherd Medical Center (Longview) has been named to the board of directors of Refuge International.

The following members were named Masters of the American College of Physicians:

• Keith B. Armitage, MD, MACP
  Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
• Marie L. Borum, MD, EdD, MPH, MACP
  George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
• Patricia D. Brown, MD, MACP
  Wayne State University School of Medicine
• Lynn M. Cleary, MD, MACP
  State University of New York Upstate Medical University College of Medicine
• Richard E. Deichmann Jr., MD, MACP
  Ochsner Clinic Foundation
• Andrew S. Dunn, MD, MACP
  Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
• George D. Everett, MD, MACP
  Florida Hospital Medical Center Program
• Carrie A. Horwitch, MD, MACP
  Virginia Mason Medical Center
• Daniel W. Jones, MD, MACP
  University of Mississippi School of Medicine
• Gregory C. Kane, MD, MACP
  Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
• Lia S. Logio, MD, MACP
  Drexel University College of Medicine
• Ernest D. Moritz, MD, MACP
  Yale-New Haven Medical Center (Primary Care)
• Stuart B. Mushlin, MD, MACP
  Harvard Medical School Brigham and Women's Hospital
• Robert J. Nardino, MD, MACP
  University of Connecticut School of Medicine
• Michael P. Pignone, MD, MPH, MACP
  University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School
• Joel H. Popkin, MD, MACP
  Vincent Hospital
• Rechell G. Rodriguez, MD, MACP
  Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine
• Robert S. Urban, MD, MACP
  Texas Tech University (Amarillo)
• Andrew J. Varney, MD, MACP
  Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
• Soma Wali, MD, MACP
  Olive View/UCLA Medical Center
• Jeffrey G. Wiese, MD, MACP
  Tulane University School of Medicine 

The following members received awards from the American College of Physicians:

• American College of Physicians Award for Outstanding Work in Science as Related to Medicine
  Mary M. Horowitz, MD, MACP, Medical College of Wisconsin
• Jane F. Desforges Distinguished Teacher Award
  Jeffrey G. Wiese, MD, MACP, Tulane University School of Medicine
• Nicholas E. Davies Memorial Scholar Award for Outstanding Contributions to Humanism in Medicine
  Joseph J. Fins, MD, MACP, Weill Cornell Medicine
• Walter J. McDonald Award for Young Physicians
  Jillian S. Catalanotti, MD, FACP, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
• W. Lester Henry Award for Diversity and Access to Care
  Deidra Crews, MD, FACP, Johns Hopkins University/Bayview Medical Center
• Samuel Eichold II Memorial Award for Contributions in Diabetes
  Ruth S. Weinstock, MD, FACP, State University of New York Upstate Medical University College of Medicine
• Steven E. Weinberger Award for Physician Executives/Leaders
  D. Craig Brater, MD, MACP, Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine
• Elizabeth and Emily Blackwell Award for Outstanding Contributions to Advancing the Careers of Women in Medicine
  Jeanne M. Clark, MD, FACP, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

• The following members received awards at the ACGME Annual Educational Conference:

  • Sima Desai, MD, Oregon Health & Science University; Sandra A. Moutsios, MD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Brett W. Robbins, MD, University of Rochester —Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Award
  • Kelli A. Corning, University of Washington School of Medicine— GME Institutional Coordinator Excellence Award
• Michael H. Crawford, MD, Chief of Division of Cardiology at University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, was named a Master of the American College of Cardiology.
• Sharon Moe, MD, and Michael J. Econs, MD, of Indiana University School of Medicine, have been appointed distinguished professor.
• Abby L. Spencer, MD, MS, FACP, was named a fellow of the Case Western Reserve School of Medicine Academy of Scholar Educators.
• Moises Auron , MD, FAAP, FACP, SFHM, was named a member of the Case Western Reserve School of Medicine Academy of Scholar Educators.
• Lawrence I. Kaplan, MD, Professor of Medicine at Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, received a Great Teacher Award at Temple University's Faculty Teaching, Research and Creative Awards ceremony.

• Kimberly Manning, MD, FACP, FAAP, has been named associate vice chair of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the Department of Medicine at Emory University School of Medicine.
• Mitchell Heflin, MD, has been named Associate Dean for Interprofessional Education and Care and director of the new Center for Interprofessional Education and Care at Duke University School of Medicine.
• Valerie Stone, MD, has been appointed vice chair for diversity, equity, and inclusion in the Department of Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
• Ricardo Correa, MD, Es. D, FACP, FAPCR, Diabetes and Metabolism Fellowship Director, University of Arizona College of Medicine, was named a Presidential Leadership Scholar.
• Laurel Fick, MD, FACP, Associate Program Director in the Department of Internal Medicine at St. Vincent Hospital and Health Care Center, received the Caring Angel Lily Award.
• Starr Steinhilber, MD, MPH, from the Department of Medicine at University of Alabama School of Medicine, received the Southern Region Society of General Internal Medicine Clinician Educator Award.
• The Journal of Graduate Medical Educationrecently acknowledged the following members as Top Reviewers for 2018:
  • Paul Bergl, MD, Medical College of Wisconsin
  • Davoren Chick, MD, Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
  • Abra Fant, MD, MS, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
  • Janae Heath, MD, Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

• Monica Vela, MD, Professor of Medicine and Associate Dean of Multicultural Affairs at University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, received the University of Chicago Diversity Leadership Award.
• The following individuals were named to "2019 Top Doctors" in Chicago magazine:
  • Gregory J. Ozark, MD, of Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
  • Robert Balk, MD, Gordon M. Trenholme, MD, Melody Cobleigh, MD, Timothy Kuzel, MD, Roger Rodby, MD, and Philip Bonomi, MD, of Rush University Medical Center
  • Jennifer Bierman, MD, Stephen Hanauer, MD, and John P. Flaherty, MD, of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
  • Asra R. Khan, MD, and Richard Novak, MD, of University of Illinois College of Medicine
  • Stacie Levine, MD, Everett E. Vokes, MD, and Walter Stadler, MD, of University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
• Ricardo Correa MD, EsD, FACP, FACE, FAPCR, program director of endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism at University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix and Phoenix VAMC was appointed to serve on the ACGME Milestone 2.0 Committee.
• Jamie Conti, MD, has been named chair of the department of medicine at University of Florida College of Medicine.

• Alexandra Mieczkowski, MD, from the Department of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, received the Patient Experiences Physician Champion Award.
• Patricia Sime, MD, has been appointed chair of the Department of Internal Medicine at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine.
• Melody Alijani was named director of graduate medical education at University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine.
• Vincent W. Yang, MD, PhD, Chair of Medicine and Professor in the Department of Medicine at Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University, has been named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
• Susan Thompson Hingle, MD, MACP, has been appointed Associate Dean for the Center for Human and Organizational Potential at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine.
• Amy Shaheen, MD, MSc, FACP, Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Department of Internal Medicine at University of North Carolina School of Medicine, has been honored with the Craver Medical Student Teaching Award.

• The following members were profiled in the ACP Hospitalist Top Hospitalist issue:
  • Mobola Campbell-Yesufu, MD, MPH, faculty member in the Department of Medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
  • Carrie Herzke, MD, MBA, FACP, assistant professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
  • Chi-Cheng Huang, MD, FACP, from the Department of Internal Medicine at Wake Forest School of Medicine of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.
  • Richard M. Wardrop III, MD, PhD, FACP, Med-Peds Program Director in the Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine.
• Dennis J. Esterbrooks, MD, chair of the Department of Internal Medicine at Creighton University School of Medicine, received the Walter J. O’Donohue, Jr. MD Award at the Nebraska ACP chapter meeting.
• Cuc Mai, MD has been appointed DIO at University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine.
• Jared Honigman, MD, associate program director of the Department of Internal Medicine at Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra Northwell, received the Northwell Academic Hospitalist Summit award for Teaching.
• Susan Gersh, MD, core faculty in the Department of Medicine at Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, received the Pennsylvania ACP Chapter Clinical Practice Award.
• Reeni Abraham, MD, clerkship director at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Southwestern Medical School, was named a 2019 Gold Humanism Scholar at the Harvard Macy Institute.
• Jeanette M. Tetrault, MD, associate professor at Yale-New Haven Medical Center, received the W. Anderson Spickard, Jr., Excellence in Mentorship Award from the Association for Medical Education and Research on Substance Use and Addiction.

• Beth Liston, MD, Associate Professor of Clinical Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives.
• Nancy Day Adams, MD, MACP, Professor Emeritus in the Division of Nephrology at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine, received the Robert G. Narins Award from the American Society of Nephrology.

• Darryll Patterson, MD, has been named interim chair of the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine.
• Gopal Yadavalli, MD, Residency Program Director in the Department of Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine, received the 2018 Boston Medical Center GME Program Leadership Award.
• Scott Gitlin, MD, professor of internal medicine in the Division of Hematology/Oncology at the University of Michigan Medical School has been appointed assistant dean for GME.  
• Gabriel T. Bosslet, MD, assistant professor of clinical medicine in the Department of Internal Medicine at Indiana University School of Medicine, has received the Scholar Educator Award from Indiana University School of Medicine.

• Luci K Leykum MD, professor of medicine and chief of the Division of General and Hospital Medicine at the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine, has been named to head a first of its kind center of excellence to improve services to veterans and their caregivers.
• Jerry L. Nadler, MD, MACP, FAHA, FACE,  has been named dean of the School of Medicine at New York Medical College.
• Subha Ramani, MBBS, MMEd from Harvard Medical School Brigham and Women's Hospital has been named Director of Research and Scholarship at the Harvard Macy Institute.
• Santhosh Koshy, MD, has been named chair of the Department of Internal Medicine at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine.
• Rama Mallampalli, MD has been named chair of the Department of Internal Medicine at The Ohio State University College of Medicine.

ABIM has announced new board and council members:

• M. Safwan Badr, MD, from Wayne State University, and Amy W. Williams, MD, from the Mayo Clinic, are new board members.
• Jeffrey S. Berns, MD, from Perelman School of Medicine at University of Pennsylvania is now chair of ABIM Council. Bruce A. Leff, MD, from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, is chair-elect.
• George M. Abraham, MD, from Saint Vincent Hospital (MA), Ashok Balasubramanyam, MD, from Baylor College of Medicine, and Asher A. Tulsky, MD, from Boston University School of Medicine, are new members of ABIM Council.

• Vineet Arora, MD, from University of Chicago, and Jessica Dine, MD, from University of Pennsylvania, were named 2018 Faculty Scholars by the Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation.
• David Jacoby, MD, has been named chair of the Department of Medicine in the Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine. Dr. Jacoby has served as interim chair since August 2017.

• Jonathan Ripp, MD, MPH, has been named Senior Associate Dean for Well-Being and Resilience and Chief Wellness Officer at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
• Jason Daniel, MBA, has been named vice president for the University of Alabama Health Services Foundation and senior executive administrator for the school of medicine, effective July 1.
• Richard Page, MD, has been appointed Dean of The Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine at University of Vermont, effective Oct. 1. Dr. Page currently serves as the George R. and Elaine Love Professor and Chair of the Department of Medicine at University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.

The following members received end-of-year faculty awards from their institutions:

• Allan Gelber, MD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine: W. Barry Wood , Jr. Award for Excellence.
• Scott J. Gilbert, MD, FASN, Tufts University School of Medicine: Excellence in Teaching Award.
• Erin M. Bonura, MD, Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine: OHSU faculty senate award for outstanding teaching contributions.
• Dana Sall, MD, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine: Silver Apple for outstanding teaching.
• David B. Neely, MD, MPH, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine: 2018 DOM GIM Excellence in Teaching Award.
• Dominique Cosco, MD, James N. Kim, MD, Theresa Vettese, MD, Emory University School of Medicine: recognized at Emory Educator Appreciation Day for dedication to teaching excellence.

• Jeff Sands, MD, Director of the Division of Renal Medicine in the Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, was named President of the American Physiological Society.
• Mary Ann C. Gilligan, MD, MPH, Associate Professor, Medical College of Wisconsin, and Dana Dunne, MD, Clerkship Director, Yale School of Medicine, along with their coauthors received the John A. Benson Jr., MD Professionalism Article Prize from the ABIM Foundation.
• Holly J. Humphrey, MD, MACP, Dean for Medical Education, University of Chicago Division of the Biological Sciences, Pritzker School of Medicine, has been named President of the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation.
• Clyde Yancy, MD chief of cardiology, Northwestern University, was awarded a 2018 Wenger Award for excellence in medical research by WomenHeart: The National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease.
• Hilary Ryder, MD, MS, FACP, clerkship director, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, received an AAMC Excellence in Medical Education award for research.
• Gordon Tomaselli, MD, has been named dean of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, effective July 1.
• Sandra Ordonez, C-TAGME, was recently promoted to Program Manager for the Center of Diversity and Inclusion at Massachusetts General Hospital.
• Nancy Day Adams, MD, professor emeritus at University of Connecticut School of Medicine, was awarded the Robert G. Narins Award from the American Society of Nephrology.

The following received awards at the American College of Physicians Internal Medicine 2018 meeting:

• Hasan Bazari, MD, FACP
  Harvard Medical School Massachusettes General Hospital
  ACP Award for Outstanding Educator of Residents and Fellows
• Jehan El-Bayoumi, MD, FACP
  George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
  W. Lester Henry Award for Diversity and Access to Care
• Auguste H. Fortin, MD, MACP
  Yale-New Haven Medical Center (Primary Care)
  Jane F. Desforges Distinguished Teacher Award
• Silvo E. Inzucchi, MD, FACP
  Yale School of Medicine
  Samuel Eichold II Memorial Award for Contributions in Diabetes
• Bharat Kumar, MD, FACP
  University of Iowa
  Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine
• Joseph E. Johnson Leadership Award
  Devang Patel, MD
  University of Marlyand School of Medicine
• Walter J. McDonald Award for Young Physicians
  Jeffrey H. Samet, MD, FACP
  Boston University School of Medicine
• Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Award #1
  from The Rosenthal Family Foundation

The following were recognized as Masters of the American College of Physicians at ACP's Internal Medicine 2018 meeting:

• Nancy D. Adams, MD, MACP
• Paul B. Aronowitz, MD, MACP
• Lisa M. Bellini, MD, MACP
• Kathleen A. Cooney, MD, MACP
• William E. Davis, MD, MACP
• John M. Flack, MD, MPH, MACP
• Auguste H. Fortin VI, MD, MPH, MACP
• Kevin P. High, MD, MACP
• Susan Thompson Hingle, MD, MACP
• Mary M. Horowitz, MD, MACP
• Cynthia A. Jumper, MD, MPH, MACP
• George H. Karam, MD, MACP
• Mark Linzer, MD, MACP
• David T. Martin, MD, MACP
• Diana B. McNeill, MD, MACP
• Eileen M. Moser, MD, MACP
• Stephen M. Pastores, MD, MACP
• Steven B. Pearson, MD, MACP
• Timothy E. Quill, MD, MACP
• Eileen E. Reynolds, MD, MACP
• Gregory W. Rouan, MD, MACP
• Moro O. Salifu, MD, MACP
• Robert C. Smith, MD, MACP
• Jennifer C. Thompson, MD, MACP
• Sara L. Wallach, MD, MACP

• Andrew Auerbach, MD, Program Director of the Division of Hospital Medicine at University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, was named a Master in Hospital Medicine by the Society of Hospital Medicine.
• Daniel Brotman, MD, Division Director, Hospitalist Medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, was named a Master in Hospital Medicine by the Society of Hospital Medicine.
• Lia Logio, MD, FACP, was named as the June F. Klinghoffer Distinguished Chair of the Department of Medicine at Drexel University.
• Louis Pangaro, MD, chair at Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, received the 2018 John P. Hubbard Award from NBME.
• Mary Andrews, MD, Assistant Clerkship Director at Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, was awarded the Stemmler Medical Education Research grant from NBME.
• L. Ebony Boulware, MD, Division Chief in the Division of General Internal Medicine at Duke University School of Medicine, received the Diversity in Nephrology Award from Mass General Hospital.

• E. Dale Abel, MD, PhD, chair of the department of internal medicine at University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, recently began his term as president-elect of the Endocrine Society.
• Jerra N. Brandon, MHCM, from University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Southwestern Medical School, was recently promoted to the role of administrative manager.

The following AAIM members were honored during the ACGME 2018 Annual Educational Conference:

• ACGME Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Award: John Del Valle, MD, University of Michigan; Benjamin Doolittle, MD, MDiv; Yale University; Kimberly D. Manning, MD; Emory University School of Medicine; Jamshid Shirani, MD; St. Luke's University Health Network; Bethlehem, PA; Suzanne Woods, MD; Duke University Hospital
• ACGME David C. Leach Award: Brett Sadowski, MD, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
• ACGME GME Program Coordinator Excellence Award: Linda Howell, Emory University School of Medicine; Lisa Miller, C-TAGME, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

• Frank Friedenberg, MD has been named chief of the Section of Gastroenterology at Temple University Hospital and at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University.
• Cuc Mai, MD has been appointed senior associate dean for GME at the University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine.
• Deidra C. Crews, MD, FASN, FACP received the Johns Hopkins University President's Frontier Award.
• Katherine Chretien, MD, associate professor at George Washington University School of Medicine, edited the recently published anthology Mothers in Medicine: Career, Practice, and Life Lessons Learned.

• Michelle Lee, Recruitment and Alumni Relations Administrator at Stanford University School of Medicine, was recently named Stanford DOM Employee of the Month.
• Ronald Falk, MD, from University of North Carolina, was awarded the 2017 American Society of Nephrology John P. Peters Award.
• Martin Pollak, MD, from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School, was awarded the 2017 American Society of Nephrology Homer Smith Award.
• Jerry Yee, MD, from Henry Ford Hospital/Wayne State University, was recognized as the 2017 Kidney Crusader by the National Kidney Foundation of Michigan.
• Ed Murphy, MD, from University of Colorado School of Medicine, received the Early Career Physician Award from the ACP Colorado Chapter Council.
• Katrina Armstrong, MD, from Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital, with others, recently published a perspective in the New England Journal Medicine, "Toward a Culture of Scientific Inquiry-The Role of Medical Teaching Services."

• Neera Ahuja, MD, from Stanford University School of Medicine, was named Division Chief of Hospital Medicine.
• Maj. Tatjana P. Calvano, DO, from Brooke Army Medical Center, received a MHS Female Physician Awards.
• William Curry, MD, from University of Alabama School of Medicine, was designated governor-elect of the Alabama chapter of the American College of Physicians.

• Robert A. Hromas, MD has been named Dean and vice president of the university for medical affairs of the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long University of Texas School of Medicine at San Antonio.
• Patrick G. O'Connor, MD, Professor of General Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, received the 2017 John P. McGovern Award from the Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse.
• Salahuddin Kazi, MD, from University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center received the 2017 American College of Rheumatology Distinguished Service Award.
• W. Winn Chatham, MD, from University of Alabama School of Medicine received the 2017 American College of Rheumatology Distinguished Clinician Scholar Award.
• Simon Helfgott, MD, from Harvard Medical School Brigham and Women's Hospital received the 2017 American College of Rheumatology Distinguished Fellowship Program Director Award.
• The following received an ACR Master Designation: Keith Elkon, MD, David T. Felson, MD, V. Michael Holers, MD, James R. O'Dell, MD, E. William St. Clair, MD, William Stohl, MD, and George Tsokos, MD.
• Dinesh Bande, MD was named chair of the Department of Internal Medicine at University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences.
• Shanta Zimmer, MD, has been appointed senior associate dean for education at University of Colorado School of Medicine.
• Marcus Urquiaga, nephrology and rheumatology division administrator at Emory University School of Medicine, has been awarded a 2017 Emory University Award of Distinction.

• Eric Warm, MD, from University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, was honored as the 2017 International Residency Educator of the Year Award at the International Conference on Residency Education.
• Gary Smith was appointed division administrator at University of Michigan Medical School.
• Marisa Rodriguez was promoted to serve as the inaugural administrator for the Division of Hospital Medicine at University of Michigan Medical School.
• Terry Bennett, C-TAGME, of University of Virginia School of Medicine received the Leonard Sandridge Outstanding Contribution Award from the University of Virginia.
• Jeanette Tetrault , MD, FACP, FASAM, from Yale-New Haven Medical Center was named as a Macy Faculty Scholar by the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation.
• Robert Centor, MD, from the University of Alabama Hospital received the Ellen Gregg Ingalls/UAB National Alumni Society Award for Lifetime Achievement in Teaching.

• Eric Bass, MD, MPH, FACP of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine was named Chief Executive Officer of the Society of General Internal Medicine.
• Geetha Gopalakrishnan, MD, of Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, and Jennifer Hsu, MD, of University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine, were recognized by the AMA Women Physicians Section as Inspirational Physicians.
• Mark Entman, MD, of Mercer University School of Medicine, received the Lifetime Achievement Award in Cardiovascular Science, Medicine and Surgery from the International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences.

• J. David Baxter, MD, of Mercer University School of Medicine, was appointed Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at Mercer University.
• Karl Patrick Ober, MD, of Wake Forest School of Medicine, was awarded the AAMC 2016 Alpha Omega Alpha Robert J. Glaser Distinguished Teacher Award.
• Richard Pels, MD, Rachel Stark, MD, MPH, and Priyank Jain, MD, with others, recently published "Training Internal Medicine Residents in Social Medicine and Research-Based Health Advocacy: A Novel, In-Depth Curriculum" in Academic Medicine.

• Ali Mehdi, MD and Abby Spencer, MD, with others, recently published "A Professionalism Curricular Model to Promote Transformative Learning Among Residents."
• Amit K. Pahwa, MD, Leonard S. Feldman, MD, and David B. Hellmann, MD recently published "Advancing High-Value Health Care: A New AJM Column Dedicated to Cost-Conscious Care Quality Improvement."
• Jennifer Kogan, MD and Karen Hauer, MD, PhD, with others, recently published a research report: "How Supervisor Experience Influences Trust, Supervision, and Trainee Learning: A Qualitative Study."
• Matthew Ryan, MD, PhD has been named one of the 10 MedEdPORTAL Outstanding Reviewers.
• Rehan Qayyum, and Mukta Panda, with others, recently published an article about reducing resident physician burnout in the Journal of Graduate Medical Education.

• Ole-Petter Hamnvik, MB BCh BAO, MMSc, of Harvard Medical School Brigham and Women's Hospital, was promoted to program director of the endocrinology fellowship program, effective July 1, 2017.
• Stephanie A. Call, MD, of Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, led her institution in receiving the 2017 ACGME and Gold Foundation Dewitt C. Baldwin, Jr., Award.
• Ashna Saxena, MHA, of Georgetown University School of Medicine, was named administrator of the Division of General Internal Medicine in February, 2017.
• Kyra P. Clark, MD, FACP, was appointed associate program director of the internal medicine residency program at Morehouse School of Medicine in March, 2017.
• Brian M. Aboff, MD, MMM, began serving in the role of senior associate dean for GME & DIO at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine on April 24, 2017.
• Kimberly Rize was named division administrator of general internal medicine at University of Michigan Medical School
• Robert J. Nardino, MD, FACP, was named named internal medicine residency program director at University of Connecticut School of Medicine
• Sajid Saraf, MD, was recently named program director of the internal medicine residency program at Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island/Brown University
• Aleksandra Rosinski, MD, was recently promoted to assistant program director of the internal medicine residency program at St. Vincent's Medical Center

• Dorothy Schroeder was appointed division administrator for hematology/oncology and molecular medicine and genetics at University of Michigan Medical School in January, 2017.
• Ijeoma Nnodim, MD, was promoted to associate program director of the internal medicine-pediatrics residency at Wayne State University School of Medicine in December, 2016.
• Mary Ann Garcia, MBA, became the program manager for the cardiology fellowship at Morehouse School of Medicine in January, 2017.

• Christian A. Koch, MD, PhD, FACP, FACE, Professor in the Department of Medicine at University of Mississippi Medical Center, who will receive the 2017 Master of the American College of Endocrinology (MACE) Award
• Robert L. Trowbridge Jr., MD, FACP, who recently received the ACP Herbert S. Waxman Award for Outstanding Medical Student Educator
• Congratulations to the Alliance members who became ACP Masters in 2017:
  • John M. Carethers, MD, MACP (University of Michigan Medical School)
  • Anne B. Curtis, MD, MACP (Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo)
  • Stephen Neil Davis, MBBS, MACP (University of Maryland School of Medicine)
  • Edwin W. Grimsley, MD, MACP (Mercer University School of Medicine)
  • James F. Hanley, MD, MACP (University of Texas Rio Grande Valley)
  • John E. Nestler, MD, MACP (Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine)
  • James R. O'Dell, MD, MACP (University of Nebraska College of Medicine)
  • Mukta Panda, MD, MACP (University of Tennessee College of Medicine at Chattanooga)
  • Michael W. Peterson, MD, MACP (University of California (San Francisco)/Fresno)
  • Mitchell H. Rosner, MD, MACP (University of Virginia School of Medicine)
  • Mone Zaidi, MD, MACP (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai)
• Congratulations to the recipients of the 2017 ACGME Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Awards:
  • Melvin S. Blanchard, MD, FACP, Chief of Medical Education in the Department of Internal Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine
  • Jill A. Patton, DO, Program Director in the Department of Medicine at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital
  • Richard J. Pels, MD, Program Director in the Department of Medicine at Cambridge Health Alliance
  • William T. Shimeall, MD, MPH, FACP, Program Director in the Department of Medicine at National Capital Consortium

• Nora Y. Osman, MD, who was appointed as Clerkship Director in the Department of Medicine at Harvard Medical School Brigham and Women's Hospital.
• Amy Sussman, MD, who was named Vice Chair for Education in the Department of Medicine at University of Arizona College of Medicine.
• Augustine M.K. Choi, MD, who has been named Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean of Weill Cornell Medicine and Cornell University’s Provost for Medical Affairs.
• Eric Mortensen, MD, who has been appointed Chief of the Division of General Internal Medicine at University of Connecticut School of Medicine.

• APM President Mary E. Klotman, MD, has been named Dean of Duke University School of Medicine and Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs at Duke University, effective July 1.
• Former APDIM Councilor Mark Levine, MD, has been named as Health Commissioner for the state of Vermont.

• Donna Holland, MD, from University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix, has been named 2016 American College of Physicians Arizona Educator of the Year for her service as medicine-pediatrics program director for almost 20 years.
• Eva Rimler, MD, won an Emory University School of Medicine 2016 Dean's Teaching Award. She was also honored with a Rising Star Award for excellence in innovative teaching and programs.
• Olga Karasik, MD, was recently promoted to Associate Program Director at University of Central Florida College of Medicine.
• Doug Walden, MD, was the first faculty member inducted into Saint Louis University School of Medicine’s Teaching Scholars program.

• Chester "Chet" Szerlag, at University of Illinois at Chicago has been named to the editorial board for Management in Healthcare, a new international journal for health care management.
• Susan Lane, MD, at Stony Brook University School of Medicine has been named a 2016 Leadership Fellow of the Alpha Omega Alpha National Medical Society.