Reports to: Board of Regents
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Charge
Approve Fellowship candidates and recommend policies to facilitate advancement to Fellowship. Establish and implement guidelines and procedures to ensure that the requirements of membership approved by the Board of Regents are met, and to evaluate and grant exceptions to membership applicants who do not meet the stated requirements
Composition (9)
Chair, who is an FACP or MACP; Vice Chair and seven members.
Terms
Chair, Vice Chair, and members serve one-year terms renewable up to three times for a total of four years, unless extended by the Chair, Board of Regents.
2025-26 Members
Ruth E. Weissberger, MD, FACP, Chair
Program Director, Yale-Waterbury Internal Medicine Residency Program
Assistant Clinical Professor, Yale School of Medicine
Assistant Clinical Professor, Frank H. Netter School of Medicine of Quinnipiac University
Waterbury Hospital
Madison, CT
Specialty: Internal Medicine
Rachel L. Ramirez, MD, FACP, Vice Chair (Governor)
Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program
Abington Hospital, Jefferson Health
Abington, PA
Specialty: Internal Medicine
Parul M. Goyal, MBBS, FACP
Medical Staff, Department of Medicine
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Brentwood, TN
Rhett L. Jackson, MD, MACP (Governor)
Primary Care Physician
ArchWell Health
Norman, OK
Specialty: Internal Medicine
Aneesh Kuruvilla, DO, FACP
Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor
Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine
University of California, San Diego
San Diego, CA
Specialty: Internal Medicine
Vipul Mahajan, MBBS, FACP, FHM
Medical Director Acute Care Services
Providence Medford Medical Centre
Medford, OR
Specialty: Internal Medicine
CAPT. Nancy L. Miller, MD, FACP (Governor)
Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency
Naval Medical Center San Diego, California
San Diego, CA
Specialty: Internal Medicine
Katherine A. Schmidt, MD, FACP
Internal Medicine Physician
University of Cincinnati Medical Center
Cincinnati, OH
Specialty: Internal Medicine
Noelle A. Thomas, MD, FACP
Billings, MT
Staff Liaison:
Daisy Smith, dsmith@acponline.org
Brian Hammer, bhammer@acponline.org
To contact any of these individuals, please consult the Member Directory (members only) or request assistance from acpgovernance@acponline.org.