U.S. Navy Governor's Newsletter January 2025

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CDR Nancy L. Miller, MD, FACP, ACP Governor

CAPT Nancy L. Miller, MD, FACP, ACP Governor

 


From the Governor

Happy January!

I hope this message finds you well, having enjoyed the holidays and New Year. It was great to see those in attendance at the TriService ACP meeting in San Antonio in September! We learned a lot, connected with friends and had the privilege of recognizing our colleagues with our 2024 Navy Chapter Awards. The podium competition was fierce, and the winners will present posters at the national meeting in April. Cheers to the Walter Reed Doctor's Dilemma team, who earned the opportunity to represent our chapter at the national competition in New Orleans.

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2024 Navy Chapter Awards

Laureate: Dr. Joon Yun

CAPT Patricia V. Pepper Senior Leader: Dr. Celeste Young

Young Leader in IM: Dr. Allison Bush

Sparks Award for Excellence: Dr. Christina Breckenridge

Master Teacher: Dr. Amy Frankston

Medical Student of the Year: Dr. Patrick Lisko (awarded June 2024)

Staff Teacher of the Year: Dr. Jeannette Collins (Portsmouth), Dr. Jaime Stull (San Diego), Dr Andrew Spiro (Walter Reed)

Resident of the Year: Dr. Tyler Reed (Portsmouth), Dr. Christian Sanchez, (San Diego), Dr. Benjamin Cardenas (Walter Reed)

Podium Winners

Clinical Vignette: Dr. Michael Urbanowski (Walter Reed), “The Tell-Tale Heart: A rare case of Staphylococcus aureus pericarditis illustrating key diagnostic and management consideration”

Clinical Research: Dr. Ashley Otto (Portsmouth), “Clearance of Penicillin Allergies Via Direct Oral Provocation Testing (DOPT): A Meta-analysis and Systemic Review”

High Value Care: Dr. Ashley Serjilus (Portsmouth), Addressing Educational Gaps in Social Determinants of Health for Healthcare Providers: Curriculum Development and Impact”

Physician Well-Being and Professional Fulfillment: Dr. Jake Cresta (Walter Reed), Enhancing Electronic Medical Record Workflow to Optimize Professional Fulfillment through Standardized Intern Training for Inpatient Medicine Wards”

Quality Improvement: Dr. Christian Sanchez (San Diego), “Delabeling Penicillin Allergy Labels: A Resident-led Quality Improvement Initiative”

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Chapter Leadership

Treasurer

Huge thanks to Dr. Celeste Young for her years of service to the Chapter and welcome to Dr. Laura Barrett for taking over this important position.

Wellbeing Champions

Thanks to Dr. Mitch Day (Guam), Dr. Joyce Hall (San Diego) and Dr. Nora Maddy (San Diego) for volunteering to serve as our newest Chapter Well-Being Champions!

Governor-elect

The call will go out for our next Chapter Governor in the coming weeks. This Navy Surgeon-General appointment is a 5-year commitment (one year as governor elect and four years as governor). It's a great opportunity to advocate for Navy IM and engage with ACP!

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Congratulations to our newest ACP Fellows!

Dr. Patrick Bagley

Dr. Matthew Baker

Dr. Matthew Bauer

Dr. Brandon Boldt

Dr. Michael Burns

Dr. John Chin

Dr. Emily Emerick

Dr. William Raney Johnson

Dr. Nancy Lentz

Dr. Kristin Mangalindan

Dr. Andrew Ritter

Dr. Andrew Spiro

Dr. Jason Williams

Dr. Piotr Wisniewski

Learn more about FACP

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Renew your ACP membership today!

If you haven't already, renew your ACP membership today to regain access to your member-exclusive educational and clinical benefits, valued at over $6,000! As a valued member of ACP, your success is important to the internal medicine community.

Stay connected with the internal medicine community. Get free subscriptions to Annals of Internal Medicine® and DynaMedex®. You'll also get discounts on ACP MKSAP, Board Review courses, the annual Internal Medicine Meeting, and more. [If applicable, insert info about an upcoming chapter activity]

Don't let these valuable opportunities slip away—renew now and thrive with us!

Renew your membership today to explore all your member-exclusive benefits.

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Upcoming Meetings

2025 National ACP Meeting will be held in New Orleans, LA from April 3-5, 2025

Register Here for IMM 2025. We'll be hosting a TriService Chapter reception at the meeting – likely Friday evening at the conference hotel, so please save the date. I'll share details with meeting attendees, as they become available.

2025 TriService ACP Meeting is beginning and we're targeting September 10-12, 2025 in Norfolk/Virginia Beach, VA. Dr. Mike Burns michael.burns@usuhs.edu is our lead Navy planner this year and there are lots of opportunities to participate in meeting planning and execution.

Thank you for being part of our Navy ACP family! I look forward to seeing you at the national ACP meeting in April or our TriService chapter meeting in September!

Very respectfully,

Nancy

Nancy L. Miller, MD, FACP

US Navy Chapter Governor

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