ACP Announces 2024-25 Recipients of Masterships and National Awards

The Mastership Committee and Awards Committee are pleased to announce that the Board of Regents has approved the following individuals and institutions to receive College awards and Masterships for FY 2024-25. If you would like to personally congratulate any of the new awardees or MACPs, please contact John Haefele, Administrator, Board of Regents and Governance Activities, at awards@acponline.org.

Please join us in congratulating the awardees and new MACPs.


John Phillips Memorial Award for Outstanding Work in Clinical Medicine

Carlos C. Del Rio, MD, MACP
Decatur, Georgia

James D. Bruce Memorial Award for Distinguished Contributions in Preventive Medicine

Peter Kokkinos, PHD
Washington, District of Columbia

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

David A. Fleming, MD, MA, MACP
Columbia, Missouri

Harriet P. Dustan Award for Science as Related to Medicine

Robert Seder, MD
Bethesda, Maryland             

Mone Zaidi, MD, MACP
New York, New York

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

The Emotional PPE Project

Jane F. Desforges Distinguished Teacher Award

Joel C. Diamant, MD, MACP
Rancho Santa Fe, California

Richard M. Schwartzstein, MD, MACP
Brookline, Massachusetts

Ralph O. Claypoole Sr. Memorial Award for Devotion of a Career in Internal Medicine to the Care of Patients

Yong Ki Shin, MD, MACP
Montesano, Washington

Nicholas E. Davies Memorial Scholar Award for Scholarly Activities in the Humanities and History of Medicine

Fred J. Schiffman, MD, MACP
Providence, Rhode Island

Outstanding Volunteer Clinical Teacher Award

Gail J. Povar, MD, FACP
Bethesda, Maryland

Oscar E. Edwards Memorial Award for Volunteerism and Community Service

Vinod Kripalu, MD, FACP
Wilmington, Delaware

Alvan R. Feinstein Memorial Award

Mark Helfand, MD, FACP
Sherwood, Oregon

Walter J. McDonald Award for Early Career Physicians

Adam J. Obley, MD, FACP
Portland, Oregon

Joseph E. Johnson Leadership Award

Mpey K. Tabot Tabot, MD
Silver Spring, Maryland

W. Lester Henry Award for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Cheryl L. Holder, MD, FACP
Pembroke Pines, Florida

ACP Award for Distinguished Contributions to Behavioral Medicine

Megan Gerber, MD, FACP
Albany, New York

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

Robert T. Chow, MD, MACP
Owings Mills, Maryland

ACP Award for a Distinguished Contribution by ACP National or Chapter Staff

Mary Daniels
Flowery Branch, Georgia

Steven E. Weinberger Award for Physician Executives/Leaders

Mahmoud Aljurf, MBBS, MACP
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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

Susan Hingle, MD, MACP
Springfield, Illinois

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

Jonathan Ripp, MD, FACP
New York, New York

ACP Inspirational Global Member Award (Early Career Physician)

Fritz Verly Vernet, MD
Mirebalais, Haiti

ACP Inspirational Global Member Award (Established Physician)

Johanna Adri Kok, MD, FACP
Johannesburg, South Africa

Masterships

Ali J. Afrookteh, MD, MACP
Frederick, Maryland

Michael A. Ainsworth, MD, MACP
Manvel, Texas

Bradley L. Allen, MD, MACP
Zionsville, Indiana

Julia D. Andrieni, MD, MACP
Houston, Texas

KoKo Aung, MD, MPH, MACP
El Paso, Texas

Jitendra Barmecha, MBBS, MD, MPH, MACP
Bronx, New York

Jennifer A. Bierman, MD, MACP
Wilmette, Illinois

Suzanne F. Bradley, MD, MACP
Whitmore Lake, MI

Heather C. Brislen, MD, MACP
Albuquerque, NM

Eduardo Bruera, MD, MACP
Houston, Texas

Jada C. Bussey-Jones, MD, MACP
Atlanta, Georgia

Edward Chin, MD, MACP
Augusta, Georgia

William C. Cushman, MD, MACP
Memphis, Tennessee

Carlos C. Del Rio, MD, MACP
Decatur, Georgia

Lee S. Engel, MD, MACP
New Orleans, Louisiana

Fabrizia Faustinella, MD, MACP
Houston, Texas

Mirela C. Feurdean, MD, MACP
Springfield, New Jersey

Rosalia García Peña, MD, MACP
Toluca, Mexico

Raminder S. Gill, MD, MACP
Sacramento, California

Charles G. Goldberg, MD, MACP
La Jolla, California

Henrique Grunspun, MD, MACP
Sao Paulo, Brazil

Rajesh Gulati, MBBS, MACP
Yorba Linda, California

David R. Haburchak, MD, MACP
Marietta, Georgia

Melissa M. Hagman, MD, MACP
Boise, Idaho

Rebecca B. Hemphill, MD, MACP
Falmouth, Maine

Stuart I. Henochowicz, MD, MBA, MACP
Burke, Virginia

LeRoi S. Hicks, MD, MACP
Newark, Delaware

Pamela J. Hiebert, MD, MACP
Bozeman, Montana

Stacy M. Higgins, MD, MACP
Lilburn, Georgia

Daniel I. Kim, MD, MBA, MACP
Yorba Linda, California

Bruce J. Kimura, MD, MACP
San Diego, California

Juliana M. Kling, MD, MACP
Cave Creek, Arizona

Cathy J. Lazarus, MD, MACP
New Orleans, Louisiana

Claudia S. Leonard, MD, MACP
Portland, Oregon

Luz Maria Letelier, MD, MACP
Santiago, Chile

Diane L. Levine, MD, MACP
Huntington Woods, Michigan

Mario J. Madruga, MD, MACP
Orlando, Florida

Kenji Maeda, MD, MACP
Ageo, Japan

Kimberly D. Manning, MD, MACP
Atlanta, Georgia

Suja M. Mathew, MD, MACP
Hinsdale, Illinois

Caroline K. Milne, MD, MACP
Salt Lake City, Utah

Catherine J. Moltzan, MD, MACP
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Paul S. Mueller, MD, MACP
Austin, Texas

Joseph P. Myers, MD, MACP
Akron, Ohio

Karen J. Nichols, DO, MACP
Mesa, Arizona

Mark S. Noah, MD, MACP
Los Angeles, California

Michelle A. Nuss, MD, MACP
Athens, Georgia

William S. Palmer, MD, MACP
Cornish, New Hampshire

Thomas F. Patterson, MD, MACP
San Antonio, Texas

Cynthia L. Peacock, MD, MACP, FAAP,
Sugar Land, Texas

Daniel H. Pomerantz, MD, MPH, MACP
New Rochelle, New York

Richard M. Schwartzstein, MD, MACP
Brookline, Massachusetts

Yong Ki Shin, MD, MACP
Montesano, Washington

Shmuel Shoham, MD, MACP
Takoma Park, Maryland

Victor Simms, MD, MPH, MACP
Pearland, Texas

Fatima Cody Stanford, MD, MPH, MACP
Boston, Massachusetts

Ky B. Stoltzfus, MD, MACP
Kansas City, Kansas

Paul Y. W. Tam, MD, MACP
Scarborough, Ontario, Canada

Eric Javier Ulloa Isaza, MD, MACP
Panama, Panama

Lawrence D. Ward, MD, MPH, MACP
Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania

Richard M. Wardrop III, MD, PhD, MACP, FAAP
Chagrin Falls, Ohio

Eric J. Warm, MD, MACP
Cincinnatti, Ohio

Russell A. Wilke, MD, MACP
Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Barry J. Wu, MD, MACP
New Haven, Connecticut

Holly B. Yang, MD, MACP
La Jolla, California

G. Alan Yeasted, MD, MACP
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

William J. Yost, MD, MACP
Des Moines, Iowa

Marcus J. Zervos, MD, MACP
Detroit, Michigan