Professional Development and Fulfillment Committee

Reports to

Board of Regents

Charge

To advise ACP staff on strategies to promote internal medicine physicians’ professional development and fulfillment and guide the creation of high-quality programs, resources, and opportunities to support and advocate for the well-being of ACP members and the ability of ACP members to thrive personally and professionally.

Composition (14)

Chair, who is an ACP member physician; Vice Chair, who is a Governor; one Regent; one Governor; one Medical Student member; one Resident/Fellow member; one Early Career Physician member; one non‐clinician representative with relevant experience and expertise; one patient representative; five at‐large positions. The Vice Chair position may be filled by a non-Governor if the Chair is a Governor.

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

Susan Thompson Hingle, MD, MACP, Chair
Professor of Internal Medicine and Medical Humanities
Associate Dean for Human and Organizational Potential
Chair of the Department of Medical Humanities
Director of Professional Development and Wellness
SIU School of Medicine
Springfield, IL
Specialty: Internal Medicine

Kenton E. Powell, MD, FACP, Vice Chair (Governor)
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon, NH
Specialty: Internal Medicine

Bisi Alli, DO, MS, FACP, FAMWA
LEAN Six Sigma Black Belt
Assistant Professor
University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix
Principal, WellNEST Medicine LLC
Phoenix, AZ
Specialties: Internal Medicine & Lifestyle Medicine

Khalid M. Azzam, MBBS, FACP (Governor)
Professor, CAWAR, Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences
McMaster University
Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
Specialty: Internal Medicine

Anna Legreid Dopp, PharmD
Director, Clinical Guidelines & Quality Improvement
American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
Bethesda, MD

David Hilden, MD, MPH, FACP, Chair (Regent)
Scott F. Davies Chair of Medicine, Hennepin Healthcare
Professor and Vice Chair of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School
Minneapolis, MN
Specialties: Internal Medicine, Hospital Medicine

Susan Y. Lee, MD, FACP (Regent)
Medical Director, Stony Brook Primary Care
Deputy, Chief Medical Information Officer for SBMIT
Professor of Clinical Medicine
SUNY Stony Brook
East Setauket, NY
Specialty: Internal Medicine

Jabraan S. Pasha, MD, FACP, RDMS
Associate Professor of Medicine
University of Oklahoma School of Community Medicine
Tulsa, OK
Specialty: Hospital Medicine

Allison Ruff, MD, MHPE, FACP
Clinical Associate Professor
University of Michigan Health
Ann Arbor, MI
Specialty: Internal Medicine

Vidya Sundareshan, MD, MPH, FACP, FIDSA
Professor and Chief, Infectious Diseases
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Springfield, IL
Specialties: Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine

Rashmeet Kaur (CSM)
Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine Candidate
Lake Erie College of Medicine
Bradenton, FL

Elora Friar, MD (CRFM)
Internal Medicine Resident
University of South Florida Health
Tampa, FL
Specialty: Internal Medicine

Abigail Bales, MD, FACP (CECP)
Clinical Program Medical Director - Primary Care
SSM Health - Dean
Middleton, WI
Specialty: Internal Medicine

Staff Liaison: Daisy Smith, DSmith@acponline.org
Crissy Walter, cwalter@acponline.org
Selam Wubu, SWubu@acponline.org

To contact any of these individuals, please consult the Member Directory (members only) or request assistance from acpgovernance@acponline.org.