Wisconsin Chapter News

Congratulations New Chapter Fellows

Jeremy W Jaskunas, MD FACP
Ashley M Osenga, MD FACP

(September 2024) Congratulations to the Chapter's new Fellows. Fellowship in the College is an honor. Being an FACP® is a distinction earned from colleagues who recognize your accomplishments and achievements over and above the practice of medicine. The most important considerations for ACP Fellowship are excellence and contributions made to both medicine and to the broader community in which the internal medicine physician lives and practices.

2024 Chapter Excellence Award-Gold Level Winner

(August 2024) We are pleased to announce that our chapter is in receipt of the Gold Level of the 2024 Chapter Excellence Award! The award recognizes truly extraordinary chapters that surpass excellence in chapter management. We are in the company of 59 other outstanding chapters. In order to achieve the Gold Level of the Chapter Excellence Award, chapters must meet 20 Bronze criteria, 14 Silver criteria and multiple Gold level activities. Criteria include such activities as having a legislative action plan or agenda, holding a volunteerism/community service activity, holding multiple stand-alone meetings, having revenue sources outside of dues and meeting registration fees, implementing a strategic plan, implementing a formal recruitment and retention plan and measuring outcomes, conducting various activities for Medical Students, Residents and Early Career Physicians. We would like to extend a special thanks to those chapter members who assisted us in all of these endeavors! For their hard work and dedication, we received this award.

Empower Your Advocacy: Introducing Our Comprehensive Toolkit

(August 2024) We are excited to announce the launch of our Advocacy Toolkit: Using Your Voice as a Physician Advocate, a powerful resource designed to equip medical students and physicians with the skills and knowledge needed to become effective advocates for health care in their communities. This toolkit comprises five self-contained and independent modules, each presented as engaging voice-over PowerPoint presentations. Whether you're a seasoned advocate or new to the field, these modules offer valuable insights and practical guidance.

Module Highlights

Physician as Advocate

Discover advocacy tips and real-life examples that showcase how physicians can use their voice to drive positive health outcomes in their communities. This module emphasizes the pivotal role of physicians in advocating for public health.

Legislative Advocacy

Gain a comprehensive understanding of the legislative process at both state and federal levels. Learn about the opportunities available for physician advocacy within this process and how to navigate the legislative landscape effectively.

Print Media Advocacy

Explore the various types of print media, their audiences, and their scope in the realm of advocacy. This module provides insights into crafting compelling messages that resonate with readers and drive change through traditional media channels.

Social Media Advocacy

Delve into the dynamic world of social media and its potential as a powerful advocacy tool. Learn about the key features of different social media platforms and how to leverage them to amplify your advocacy efforts and engage a broader audience.

Audio Media Advocacy

Understand the motivations and uses of audio media in advocacy. This module focuses on the unique advantages of podcasts, radio, and other audio formats, offering strategies to effectively communicate your advocacy messages through these channels.

Each module begins with a standard introduction and overview, followed by an in-depth exploration of the topic, and concludes with a concise one-page outline to reinforce key points.

Toolkit: Using Your Voice As A Physician Advocate

By integrating these modules into your advocacy efforts, you will be better equipped to influence public health policy and drive meaningful change. Empower yourself and your community with the tools and knowledge provided in our Advocacy Toolkit.

Together, let's make a difference!

State Health Advocacy August Recess Grassroots Mobilization Challenge

(August 2024) Members of Congress are returning home to their districts during the August congressional recess. During this time, ACP is calling on internal medicine physicians to engage their representatives on important issues we need Congress to act on before the end of 2024.

To incentivize participation in this grassroots mobilization, the Advocates for Internal Medicine Network (ACP grassroots network) is challenging members to see which states will have the highest engagement. Advocates can score points for their states by choosing to take one or more advocacy actions identified in the campaign.

Access the August Recess Grassroots Mobilization Challenge Now!

Congratulations New Chapter Fellows

Kartikey B Acharya, MBBS FACP
James Alstott, MD FACP
Sanjay Bhandari, MD FACP
Tony Davis-Maxwell, MD FACP
Sonia Dhingra, MD FACP
Blair Golden, MD FACP
Vishnu T Kommineni, MBBS FACP
Whitney L Lynch, MD FACP
Cristian Madrid, MD FACP
Carla J Meister, MD FACP
Hari R Paudel, MD FACP
Weston W Radford, MD FACP
Cecilia Scholcoff, MD FACP
Ajaya Sharma, MD FACP
FNU Shweta, MBBS FACP
Yazhini Vallatharasu, MBBS FACP

(July 2024) Congratulations to the Chapter's new Fellows. Fellowship in the College is an honor. Being an FACP® is a distinction earned from colleagues who recognize your accomplishments and achievements over and above the practice of medicine. The most important considerations for ACP Fellowship are excellence and contributions made to both medicine and to the broader community in which the internal medicine physician lives and practices.

Call for Spring 2025 Resolutions

(July 2024) Are you concerned about a practice or clinical issue or have an idea you would like to suggest? If so, you might consider submitting a resolution to your Governor or chapter council.

Initiating a resolution provides ACP members an opportunity to focus attention at the ACP national level on a particular issue or topic that concerns them. Participating in the Board of Governors resolutions process provides the ACP grassroots member a voice and allows you to shape College policy that impacts the practice of internal medicine.

Not sure how to begin drafting a resolution? Researching the College's position on an issue can give you a start. The ACP Board of Governors Resolutions Guide for ACP Members is available to download and will help, too. The Guide was created to provide members a short overview of the resolutions process essentials and highlights critical ACP online resources you must use.

Once drafted, members must submit resolutions to their Governor and/or chapter council. Chapter council approval is required to move resolutions forward to ACP national. Although not official ACP policy, a resolution becomes property of the chapter once the chapter council approves forwarding it to national. If effecting change interests you, the deadline for submitting new resolutions to be heard at the Spring 2025 Board of Governors Meeting is September 27, 2024.

Share your good idea with us. Draft a resolution.

We want to hear from you: Fall 2024 BOG Resolutions

(July 2024) The following resolutions are up for consideration at the Fall 2024 Board of Governors (BOG) Meeting. We invite you to review each resolution and share your support or opposition by completing the electronic response form by August 12.

Developing Policy to Address Consolidation in Healthcare
Gaining an Understanding of the 1-Year and 3-Year Mortality Rates of Patients that Have Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Stays
Supporting Patients’ Access to Documentation and Communications in their Preferred Language
Declaring Access to Equitable, Affordable Healthcare is a Human Right
Developing Policy on Reducing Traffic Fatalities and Injuries in the United States
Revising ACP’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Policy to Promote an Age-Friendly Professional Home and Create Engagement Opportunities for Senior and Retired Physicians
Advocating for Funding of a Direct Comparison of Two Highly Touted Dietary Approaches to Control Type Two Diabetes Clinical Measures and Costs

Resolutions provide our members an opportunity to focus attention at the national level on particular issues or topics that concern you and gives grassroots members a voice, allowing you to shape College policy that impacts the practice of internal medicine. Involvement in the resolutions feedback process is essential for maintaining a responsive and effective professional organization that truly represents its members.

Your feedback is valuable and will be forwarded to your Governor to assist in their testimony on behalf of the chapter. Thank you for your input.

(NOTE: Proposed resolutions should be considered confidential information and are intended to be viewed by ACP members only. Under no circumstances should proposed resolutions be shared with the news media or social networking media, nor should they be shared with other individuals and organizations. Proposed resolutions do not represent ACP policy.)

Happy Anniversary to our Chapter Members!

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5 Years

Heidi L Twedt, MD FACP
Andrew D Calvin, MD FACP
Tarundeep Kaur, MD FACP
Abdul M Khan, MBBS FACP
Gerald T Pankratz, MD
Jeremiah Stromich, MD
Katherine S Winiarczyk
Cameron Malone, MD
Emily A Ciula, DO
Analise Hanneman, MD
Devin Madenberg, DO FACP
Milena M Cardozo, MD
Daniel J McCulley, MD FACP
Vidya Sagar Reddy Cirra, MD
Prachi Pophali, MBBS FACP
Amer Al Homssi, MD
Charlene m Sealy, MBBS
Sreerag Alumparambil Surendran, MBB
Asif Surani, MD FACP
Gulrayz Ahmed, MD FACP
Konstantin Talitskiy, MD
Antoni Wojtkowski, MD FACP
Steven Wiebe, DO
Kristine Arndt, MD
Todd J Talbot, DO
Arick P Sabin, DO
Kleitia Dida, MD
Veitla S Rao, MBBS MD

10 Years

Jagdev R Bhatoya, MD
Agnes M Lun, MD
Steven R Brooks, MD
Adam P Karewicz, MD
Ammar F Nasrallah, MBBS
Alejandra Pineda Siddalingaiah, MD
Kevin J Ferreira, MD
Jolanta Pentala, MD
Orson D Bangert, DO
Jillian Ewing Haas, MD
Kiran A Patel, MD
Elizabeth R Doherty, MD
David L Hamel, Jr, MD FACP
Sarah D Savu, MD FACP
Ana N Caban Cardona, MD FACP
Athanasios A Soskos, MBChB
Cynthia Kay, MD FACP
Desh Bandhu Nepal, MBBS FACP
Khine T Swe, FACP FHM MD
Julie M Kolinski, MD FACP
Sumithra D Tirunagaram, MD FACP
John-Jeremiah Kretchy, MD FACP
Amalia J Lyons, MD FACP
Mara Terras, MD FACP
Jendra Gosai, MD
Paul Anthony Bergl, MD FACP
Anthony J Marquis, MD
George Sisson, MD
Kraig Kumfer, MD PhD
Richard Amankwah, MD FACP
Alexander Villareal, MD

15 Years

Michael A Netzel, MD
Deborah J Hower, MD
Ann N Hudson, MD FACP
Bartho Caponi, III, MD FACP
Shannon E O'Mahar, MD
Kelechi N Chiori-Omotoso, MBBS FACP
Nilay Kumar, MBBS FACP
Kevin J Wergeland, MD
Thomas D Shiffler, MD FACP
Rahaman Mujibur, MD
Anna B Edlebeck, MD FACP
Talal R Khairi, MD FACP
Chinmaya B Trivedi, MD
Danielle M Smith, MD FACP
Zoran D Gajic, MD
Pinky Jha, MD FACP

20 Years

Mariana Rincon, MD
Mark D Horneffer, MD FACP
Ann M Liebeskind, MD
Kshamata Shalini, MBBS FACP
John J Conzemius, MD FACP
Natalie S Callander, MD
Venkata V Anne, MD FACP
Daniel K Short, MD PhD FACP
Jaswinder K Sidhu, MD FACP
Adine E Rodemeyer, MD FACP
Jason A Yelk, DO FACP
David F Bleidorn, MD FACP
Ahsan Khalid, MBBS FACP
Christopher A Nestleroad, MD
Linda M Daly-O'Neill, MD

(May 2024) Your ACP Chapter thanks you for your continued Membership and all you do every day to serve your patients and support the future of internal medicine. We’re proud that you’ve chosen us as your professional home, and we’re committed to remaining by your side—advocating for and supporting your professional journey.

BOR Action on Spring 2024 BOG Resolutions

(May 2024) A summary of Board of Regents (BOR) actions on resolutions debated at the Spring 2024 Board of Governors (BOG) meeting is now available. Resolutions initiated by ACP members and endorsed by a chapter council and the BOG become ACP policy when adopted by the BOR.

If you have an idea you would like to suggest to ACP, consider submitting a resolution to your Governor or local ACP chapter. Visit the advocacy section of your ACP chapter website for more information on how to propose a resolution.

Congratulations New Chapter Fellows

Yassir A Ahmed, MD FACP
Tarundeep Kaur, MD FACP
Samantha Klebe, DO FACP
Stephanie A Rossi, MD FACP

(April 2024) Congratulations to the Chapter's new Fellows. Fellowship in the College is an honor. Being an FACP® is a distinction earned from colleagues who recognize your accomplishments and achievements over and above the practice of medicine. The most important considerations for ACP Fellowship are excellence and contributions made to both medicine and to the broader community in which the internal medicine physician lives and practices.

2024 John Tooker Evergreen Awards

(April 2024) The John Tooker Evergreen Awards Program provides opportunities to recognize the valuable contributions of ACP Chapters as they strive to enrich, educate, and engage membership. In 2024, ACP recognized ten winning chapters. Our Chapter received the 2024 John Tooker Evergreen Award for our initiative, New Multigenerational Scientific Program Session – Bridging the Gap for Student and Senior Chapter Members

New Multigenerational Scientific Program Session – Bridging the Gap for Student and Senior Chapter Members

The Bridging the Gap Program was launched at Wisconsin’s September 2023 Chapter Scientific Meeting to create an opportunity that would engage senior chapter members and medical students in mentorship. Finding ways to re-engage our senior members, many of whom have retired, but continue to pay dues, has been a priority for our Chapter. Bridging the Gap also resulted in the creation of a medical student poster session at Wisconsin’s annual meeting. In the past, students listened to the scientific program sessions and often displayed a poster but did not have programming that targeted them. Some students felt they did not get to interact with senior physicians because the judges were overwhelmed with many leaving immediately after the session. The chapter increased non-student, non-resident members attending by 10%+. We had 86 members in attendance in 2023 and 64 in 2022.

For more information on the John Tooker Evergreen Awards, contact Dana Acord.

Member Feedback is Requested on Spring 2024 Resolutions

(February 2024) Twenty-one (21) resolutions will be considered at the Spring 2024 Board of Governors (BOG) Meeting. With the exception of Resolution 9-S24, which will not be debated because this resolution is slated for adoption as a reaffirmation, please review each resolution and then indicate your support or opposition by completing the electronic response form by the deadline your ACP Chapter Governor has requested or by midnight March 13, whichever comes first.

Your comments will be forwarded to your Governor to be used as part of his/her testimony on behalf of the chapter. If you have any questions, please contact Mary Giampietro, BOG Administrator, at chapter@acpmembership.org. Thank you for your input.

Call for Fall 2024 Resolutions

(February 2024) Are you concerned about a practice or clinical issue or have an idea you'd like to suggest? If so, you might consider submitting a resolution to your Governor or chapter council.

Not sure how to begin drafting a resolution? Researching the College's position on an issue can give you a start. The just released ACP Board of Governors Resolutions Guide for ACP Members is now available to download and will help, too. The Guide was created to provide members a short overview of the resolutions process essentials and highlights critical ACP online resources you must use.

Once drafted, members must submit resolutions to their Governor and/or chapter council. Chapter council approval is required to move resolutions forward to ACP national. Although not official ACP policy, a resolution becomes property of the chapter once the chapter council approves forwarding it to national. If effecting change interests you, the deadline for submitting new resolutions to be heard at the Fall 2024 Board of Governors Meeting is March 29, 2024.

Share your good idea with us. Draft a resolution.

Congratulations New Chapter Fellows

Babajide Adio, DO FACP
Mandeep K Babbra, MD FACP
Momcilo Durdevic, MD FACP
Sabri Elamin A Elkhidir, MD FACP
Lindsay Hoogenboom, MD FACP
Prachi Pophali, MBBS FACP
Muhammad Usama, MD FACP
Mohamed Zakarya, MD FACP
Ana N Caban Cardona, MD FACP
Molly M Kleiman, MD FACP
Andrea L Woodard, MD FACP
Kun Xiao, MD FACP

(February 2024) Congratulations to the Chapter's new Fellows. Fellowship in the College is an honor. Being an FACP® is a distinction earned from colleagues who recognize your accomplishments and achievements over and above the practice of medicine. The most important considerations for ACP Fellowship are excellence and contributions made to both medicine and to the broader community in which the internal medicine physician lives and practices.

Dr. Noel Deep, MACP Elected to ACP National Board of Regents!

(January 2024) Congratulations to Noel Deep, MD, MACP, ACP-WI Immediate Past Governor, on being elected to the ACP National Board of Regents! Dr. Deep commented, "I am incredibly grateful to serve our profession and our patients through this new role in the ACP. I am honored and look forward to contributing to the outstanding work and advocacy efforts of the ACP for the betterment of healthcare.” The Board of Regents manages the business and affairs of ACP. It is the policy-making body of the College. The Board is composed of officers and Council chairs, who serve ex officio, and Regents, who have been elected by the combined membership of the Board of Regents and the Board of Governors. Dr. Deep’s term becomes effective at the conclusion of the Annual Business Meeting (ABM) and Town Hall scheduled to take place on Saturday, April 20, 2024, from 12:45 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. ET in Boston, MA.

Dr. Deep Congratulations

Chapter Speakers at Internal Medicine Meeting 2024

(December 2023) We’d like to bring attention to our local chapter members who will be presenting as faculty at ACP’s Internal Medicine Meeting 2024 in Boston, Massachusetts this April. Early-bird registration is available through January. For a full schedule or for more information on the meeting, click here.

Christina	Jensen	Clinical Skills Center	Chronic Leg Wound Management
Anne	Kennedy	Clinical Skills Center	Chronic Leg Wound Management
Theodore	MacKinney	Clinical Skills Center	Chronic Leg Wound Management
Margaret	McCarty Stanisic	Clinical Skills Center	Chronic Leg Wound Management
Kurt	Pfeifer	Meet the Professor	Preoperative Cardiac Risk Assessment in the Hospitalized Patient: Case-Based Evaluation and Management Tips	Friday, April 19, 2024

BOR Action on Fall 2023 BOG Resolutions

(December 2023) A summary of Board of Regents (BOR) actions on resolutions debated at the Fall 2023 Board of Governors (BOG) meeting is now available. Resolutions initiated by ACP members and endorsed by a chapter council and the BOG become ACP policy when adopted by the BOR.

Congratulations New Chapter Fellows

Ifeyinwa Igwe, MD FACP
Scott M Mead, MD FACP
Eric Luy, MD FACP
Gabriel Mikhael, MD FACP
Brian W Quinn, MD FACP

(November 2023) Congratulations to the Chapter's new Fellows. Fellowship in the College is an honor. Being an FACP^® is a distinction earned from colleagues who recognize your accomplishments and achievements over and above the practice of medicine. The most important considerations for ACP Fellowship are excellence and contributions made to both medicine and to the broader community in which the internal medicine physician lives and practices.

2023 Annual Scientific Meeting Abstract Competition Winners

(November 2023) ACP-WI would like to acknowledge the winning abstracts from our 2023 Annual Scientific Meeting, as well as the winning Doctors Dilemma team. Congratulations to all of the winning individuals! Please see below for the list of winners.Clinical Posters

1st Place: THE HIDDEN GIANT - A RARE CASE OF GIANT BASAL CELL CARCINOMA - Christopher Ehret, MD, Resident at Gundersen
2nd Place: AN ATYPICAL CAUSE OF CHEST PAIN: A CASE REPORT OF THYMIC CARCINOID TUMOR - Alexander Kerschner, MD, Resident at MCW
3rd Place: SYNCOPE, SARCOIDOSIS, AND STRUCTURAL CAUSES OF VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA: A CASE REPORT - Matthew Konz, MD, Resident at UW

Research Posters

1st Place: IMPACT OF BRIEF CULTURAL HUMILITY & IMPLICIT BIAS TRAININGS AT THE SATURDAY CLINIC FOR THE UNINSURED – RESEARCH POSTER- Buruj Mohammed, Medical Student at MCW
2nd Place: THE STATE OF PATIENT REPORTED OUTCOME MEASURES IN RHEUMATOLOGY: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW - Kenrick Manswell, Medical Student at MCW
3rd Place: THE EFFECTS OF APOLIPOPROTEIN E (APOE) GENE LOSS AND DIET ON PENTRAXIN 3 LEVELS AND ATHEROSCLEROSIS - Olivia Chao, Medical Student at UW

Clinical Orals

Winner: UNEXPLAINED LVH AND HEART FAILURE WITH PRESERVED EJECTION FRACTION: A CASE OF FABRY’S DISEASE, Ahmed El Shaer, MBBS, Resident at UWRunner Up: A TICKY CASE OF ANAPLASMOSIS, Bianca Mulaikal, DO, Resident at MCW

Research Orals

Winner: IMPROVING INTERNAL MEDICINE INTERN CLINICAL TRANSITION VIA INTENSIVE ORIENTATION, Rinki Pandya, MD, Resident at Marshfield ClinicRunner Up: COMPARISON OF PREDICTED BENEFIT USING RS CLIN VERSUS OBSERVED BENEFIT IN A US REGISTRY OF STAGE I ER POSITIVE HER2 NEGATIVE HIGH ONCOTYPE DX RS BREAST CANCER, Christopher Walden, MD, PhD, Resident at Gundersen Health SystemDoctors Dilemma Winning Team: Gundersen Health System - Brooke Jennings, MD, Brett Macleod, MD, and Sean O'Neil, MD

2023 Narrative Medicine Competition Winners

Congratulations to the winners of the 2023 Narrative Medicine Competition Winners!1st Place Poetry: Amy Holzer, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, “Dissection”1st Place Essay (tie): Amber Bo, Medical College of Wisconsin, “In Moments of Vulnerability, We Respond”1st Place Essay (tie): Meghan Schilthuis, Medical College of Wisconsin, “The Dream Killer”

2023 Chapter Excellence Award – Gold Winner

We are pleased to announce that our chapter is in receipt of the Gold Level of the 2023 Chapter Excellence Award! The award recognizes truly extraordinary chapters that surpass excellence in chapter management. We are in the company of 54 other outstanding chapters. In order to achieve the Gold Level of the Chapter Excellence Award, chapters must meet nineteen Bronze criteria, seventeen Silver criteria and multiple Gold level activities. Criteria include such activities as having a legislative action plan or agenda, holding a volunteerism/community service activity, holding multiple stand-alone meetings, having revenue sources outside of dues and meeting registration fees, implementing a strategic plan, implementing a formal recruitment and retention plan and measuring outcomes, conducting various activities for Medical Students, Residents and Early Career Physicians.

We would like to extend a special thanks to those chapter members who assisted us in all of these endeavors! For their hard work and dedication, we received this award.

We Request Your Feedback on the Proposed Fall 2023 Board of Governors Resolutions

(August 2023) We would like to request your feedback regarding resolutions that will be considered at the Fall 2023 Board of Governors Meeting. With the exception of Resolution 3-F23 which was accepted as a reaffirmation and will not be debated, please review the balance of the slate and then indicate your support or opposition by completing the resolutions electronic response form by August 30th.

After considering the intent of each resolution and how it fits with the College’s Mission and Goals, please provide your feedback on each resolution and indicate your support or opposition by completing the electronic response form by August 30. Your input will be used as part of testimony on behalf of the chapter.

Thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to provide comments regarding these resolutions. By providing your feedback on the Board of Governors resolutions, you have helped to shape College policy that impacts the practice of internal medicine.

Congratulations New Chapter Fellows

Guirish A Agni, MD FACP
Amit Aneja, MD FACP
Mary C Bassing, MD FACP
Ellen S Danto-Nocton, MD FACP
Sara Dunbar, DO FACP
Leonard E Egede, MBBS
Erin M Fouch, MD FACP
Peter A Gill, MD FACP
James F Heise, FACP MD
Joseph P Holt, III, MD FACP
Farah Kaiksow, MD FACP
Abdul M Khan, MBBS FACP
Sharath Kommu, MD FACP
Christopher R Lieb, MD FACP
Daniel J McCulley, MD FACP
Kyle B Nichols, MD FACP
Jennifer C Passini, MD FACP
Kerry Rees, MD FACP
Adine E Rodemeyer, MD FACP
Harsimran S Sekhon, MBBS FACP
Joshua S Shapiro, MD FACP
Antoni Wojtkowski, MD FACP

(July 2023) Congratulations to the Chapter's new Fellows. Fellowship in the College is an honor. Being an FACP^® is a distinction earned from colleagues who recognize your accomplishments and achievements over and above the practice of medicine. The most important considerations for ACP Fellowship are excellence and contributions made to both medicine and to the broader community in which the internal medicine physician lives and practices.

Call for Spring 2024 BOG Resolutions

(July 2023) Are you concerned about a practice or clinical issue or have an idea you'd like to suggest? If so, you might consider submitting a resolution to your Governor or chapter council.

Not sure how to begin drafting a resolution? Researching the College's position on an issue can give you a start. The recently released ACP Board of Governors Resolutions Guide for ACP Members is now available to download and will help, too. The Guide was created to provide members a short overview of the resolutions process essentials and highlights critical ACP online resources you must use.

Once drafted, members must submit resolutions to their Governor and/or chapter council. Chapter council approval to move resolutions forward to ACP national is required. A resolution becomes a resolution of the chapter once the chapter council approves forwarding it to national. If effecting change interests you, the deadline for submitting new resolutions to be heard at the Spring 2024 Board of Governors Meeting is October 16, 2023.

Share your good idea with us. Draft a resolution.

BOR Action on Spring 2023 BOG Resolutions

(June 2023) summary of Board of Regents (BOR) actions on resolutions debated at the Spring 2023 Board of Governors (BOG) meeting is now available. Resolutions initiated by ACP members and endorsed by a chapter council and the BOG become ACP policy when adopted by the BOR.

Gun Violence Awareness Day

(June 2023) The ACP Wisconsin Chapter is committed to promote gun injury prevention and signed on to a statement recognizing Gun Violence Awareness Day (GVAD) on June 2nd. GVAD serves as a significant reminder of the urgent need to address gun violence and the devastating impact it has on individuals, families, and communities. Through a public health, multi-faceted approach, healthcare and public healthcare organizations, departments and systems can play a vital role in decreasing both intentional and unintentional firearm injuries and deaths. Together, we can work towards a future free of gun violence and create safer environments for everyone. .

Wisconsin Receives the 2023 John Tooker Evergreen Award

(May 2023) The John Tooker Evergreen Awards Program provides recognition and visibility to chapters that have successfully implemented programs to increase membership, improve communication, encourage member involvement, enhance diversity, foster careers in internal medicine or improve chapter management. The Wisconsin Chapter received the 2023 John Tooker Evergreen Award for their initiative, Narrative Medicine: Celebrating Internal Medicine Physicians.

Narrative Medicine: Celebrating Internal Medicine Physicians

A key reason that ACP-WI plans to continue the Narrative Medicine program is that we have been struck by the broad participation ranging from student members to retirees who have participated in a workshop or submitted a narrative medicine piece./p>

In 2021-2022, the Wisconsin Chapter's Women in Medicine Committee decided to enhance the “In the Life of this Wisconsin Doctor” narrative medicine program. The goal was to make the program a year-round chapter activity and to provide training to members who desired improvement of their creative writing skills and to connect with colleagues. Thirty members participated in this workshop. During the summer of 2022, the Women In Medicine and Medical Student Committee hosted a narrative medicine competition that culminated in a published e-booklet. Twenty-two narrative medicine pieces were submitted, and six prizes were awarded including a “People’s Choice Award” voted on by meeting attendees.

Chapter Members Elected to ACP Fellowship

(March 2023) We would like to congratulate our chapter members on election to Fellow of the American College of Physicians. The distinction recognizes achievements in internal medicine.

Gulrayz Ahmed, MD FACP

Sreerag Alumparambil Surendran, MBBS FACP

Ateeq Mubarik, MBBS MD FACP

Aaron A H Smith, MD FACP

Bicky Thapa, MD FACP

Muhammad B Abid, MD FACP

Brenda L Boschek, MD FACP

Amy H Farkas, MD FACP

John R Zandt, MD FACP

Paul Anthony Bergl, MD FACP

Edward Cooney, MD FACP

Anna B Edlebeck, MD FACP

Norris A Norman, MD FACP

Fellowship is elected upon the recommendation of peers and the review of ACP’s Credentials Subcommittee. They may now use the letters “FACP” after their name in recognition of this honor. Please join me in congratulations!

Chapter Reception at Internal Medicine Meeting 2023

(March 2023) If you’re attending IMM23, please join us at our Massachusetts, Michigan, and Wisconsin Chapters Reception—6:00-7:00 p.m. on Friday, April 28 at the Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina, Marriott Grand Ballroom, Section 9.

Member Feedback is Requested on Spring 2023 Resolutions

(March 2023) Fourteen (14) resolutions will be considered at the Spring 2023 Board of Governors (BOG) Meeting. Please review each resolution and then indicate your support or opposition by completing the electronic response form by the deadline your ACP Chapter Governor has requested or by March 22, whichever comes first.

Your comments will be forwarded to the Chapter Governor to be used as part of their testimony on behalf of the chapter. If you have any questions, please contact Mary Giampietro, BOG Administrator, at chapter@acpmembership.org. Thank you for your input.

Call for Fall 2023 Resolutions

(February 2023) Are you concerned about a practice or clinical issue or have an idea you'd like to suggest? If so, you might consider submitting a resolution to your Governor or chapter council.

Once drafted, members must submit resolutions to their Governor and/or chapter council. Chapter council approval to move resolutions forward to ACP national is required. A resolution becomes a resolution of the chapter once the chapter council approves forwarding it to national. If effecting change interests you, the deadline for submitting new resolutions to be heard at the Fall 2023 Board of Governors Meeting is March 30, 2023.

Share your good idea with us. Draft a resolution.

2023 ACP-WI Award Nominations Form

(February 2023)The ACP-Wisconsin Chapter believes that it is important to recognize and honor distinguished internal medicine physicians and colleagues for their teaching, research, service and leadership accomplishments through our 2023 ACP-Wisconsin Chapter Awards. The Awards Committee requests your assistance in recognizing these individuals. Please refer to the information below for the details of each award and please consider nominating a deserving colleague.

Read Descriptions and Vote Now!

Mary Bieter All Star Awards Voting Open

(December 2022) For the past 30 years, ACP has celebrated chapter-led programming through an annual awards program known as the John Tooker Evergreen Awards. This year we are celebrating the 30th year anniversary of this program through a special recognition program. The Mary Bieter Evergreen All-Stars Award program recognizes exceptional and sustained chapter-initiated programs that has supporting and adapted to the Internal Medicine landscape in the United States and around the world.

The goals of this program are to:

Celebrate chapter-initiated programs that align with ACP's priority themes;
Increase prominence of chapter programs by granting ACP's 161,000 membership base autonomy to select All-Star winners

Our chapter recently submitted "Story Telling: On the Front Lines of the COVID-19 Pandemic - and Beyond " and we need your help. For the first time in 30 years, ACP's 161,000 membership will be asked to vote on the All-Star nominations they believe are the best. If you're a Chapter member, you have 3 votes. Review the nominations at acponline.org/allstars and vote today! Voting ends January 31, 2023.

Vote Now!

Board of Regents Action on Fall 2022 BOG Resolutions

(November 2022) A summary of Board of Regents (BOR) actions on resolutions debated at the Fall 2022 Board of Governors (BOG) meeting is now available. Resolutions initiated by ACP members and endorsed by a chapter council and the BOG become ACP policy when adopted by the BOR.

If you have an idea you'd like to suggest to ACP, consider submitting a resolution to your Governor or local ACP chapter. Visit your ACP chapter website for more information on how to contact your Governor or chapter staff about proposing a resolution.

Chapter Members Elected to ACP Fellowship

(November 2022) We would like to congratulate our chapter members on election to Fellow of the American College of Physicians. The distinction recognizes achievements in internal medicine.

Megan Mirkes, MD FACP
Safa Shiari, MD FACP
Rachel Bernard, MD FACP
Joel A Burnet, DO FACP
Andrew D Calvin, MD FACP
Mohan S Dhariwal, DO FACP
Abdel Nasser Hosein, MD, PhD FACP
Devin Madenberg, DO FACP
Albert J Musa, MD FACP
Sarah S Naik, MD FACP
Katherine Ann Recka, MD FACP
J Douglas Rizzo, MD
Lawrence J Sprecher, MD FACP
Asif Surani, MD FACP