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Congratulations New Chapter Fellows

Ajay Agarwal, Sr, MBBS MD FACP
Bimal K Agrawal, MD FACP
Gaurav Chhaya, MD FACP
Siba Dalai, MBBS MD FACP
Preeti Dhoat, V, MBBS MD FACP
Naseem A Hussain, MD FACP
Amandeep Kaur, MD FACP
Dhiraj Kishore, MD FACP
Abhijeet Kumar, MD FACP
Vijay Shankar Mishra, MD FACP
Deepak Gargi Pande, MD FACP
Mamatha B Patil, MD FACP
Surajeet Kumar Patra, MBBS MD FACP
Avilash K Tiwari, MBBS MRCP FACP
Arun Tyagi, MBBS MD FACP
Anil Vardani, 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.

Congratulations New Chapter Fellows

Apu Adhikari Adhikary, MBBS MD FACP
Uday Subhas Bande, MD FACP
Sanjaykumar Bandyopadhyay, MBBS MD FACP
Arindam Chatterjee, MD FACP
Manoj Kishore Chhotray, MBBS MD FACP
Wasim Kadri, MBBS FACP
Dhiren C Patel, MD FACP
Sreeram Sankar Puthenveetil, MD FACP
Shivaram P Singh, MBBS MD 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

Ashutosh Biswas, MD
Pradeep G Mathew, MBBS MD
Banshi Saboo, MD FACP
Peter George, MD FACP
Deepak gargi Pande, MD
Ayondyuti Bora, MD
Deodatta Shripad Chafekar, MD FACP
Sajid Ansari, MD FACP
BG Ravindra K Anadure, FACP MD
Vivek Agarwal, MBBS MD
Ajoy Kumar Tewari, MD FACP
Prasanth Sankar, MBBS MD
Shiva shankara KN, MBBS MD
Parag Rana, MD FACP
Venkataraman Nagarajan, MD FACP
Nihal Thomas, MD FACP
Jayanta Sharma, MBBS MD FACP
Abhijeet Kumar, MD
Mrinal Kanti Roy, MD FACP
AJAY KUMAR GUPTA, MBBS MD
Mradul Kumar Daga, MD FACP
Narendra Chandrakala Varma, Sr, MD
Rama Subbu, MBBS MD FACP
Rahul Agarwal, MD
Anil B Boralkar, MBBS
Debaki Nandan Banerjee, MBBS
Amitesh Kumar Chatterjee, MBBS FACP
Suresh Kanna Subramaniam, MBBS MD
Swapan Sarkar, MBBS
Bablu Banik
Biju Mohan
Gopinath C Reddy, DNB MBBS
Anil Pragaji Savani, MD
Bharat Kumar Gupta, MBBS MD FACP
Satyajit Ray, MD
L Sreenivasa Murthy, MD FACP
Hitesh Saraogi, MD
Indira Pattnaik, MD FACP
Mohsin Ali, MBBS MD
Surendra Kumar, MD FACP
Asheesh Sinha, MBBS MD
Krishna Sundeep Alapati, MBBS
Manish Kumar, MBBS MD
Pratik Bhowmik, MDB K Sodhi, MD
Laxmi Nand, MBBS MD FACP
Lovedeep Saini, MD
Madhusudhan Reddy L, MD
Sanjeeva Rao Girimaji, MD
Rishad Ahmed, MD
V R MUJEEB, MD
AMIT BHASKAR, MD
Dhruvaraj Singh, MBBS MD
Achintya Narayan Ray, MD
Debasis Chakrabarti, MBBS MD FACP
Avik Chakraborty, MBBS MD
Vijaykumar R Patel, MBBS MD
Shahid Barmare, MBBS MD
Anuj Gupta, MBBS MD
ARJUN BAIDYA, MBBS MD
Bharat Maheshwari, MBBS MD
KUNAL LALA, MD
S S Dariya, MD FACP
Rama Pati Ram, MBBS MD
Nishant Kumar, MBBS MD
JAGDISH CHANDRA DHAKAAN, MD
KAPIL KHANPARA, MBBS MD
MAHESHPANDIAN MARIAPPAN, MBBS MD

10 Years

Ravi K Kshirsagar, MD
Thambu David Sudarsanam, MD
Kaushik Ghosh, MBBS MD MRCP FACP
Bimal K Agrawal, MD
Amitabh Sagar, FACP MBBS MD
Girish R Mood, MD FACP
Mukhyaprana M Prabhu, MBBS MD FACP
Ranjit Unnikrishnan, MBBS,MD FACP
Vishal Kumar Gupta, MD FACP
Narinder Pal Singh, MD FACP
Methil Pradeep, MD FACP
S N Narasingan, MD FACP
Chandran Gnanamuthu, MD FACP
Alok Nath, MBBS,MD
Brij Mohan Makkar, MBBS,MD FACP
Pinaki Sengupta, MD
Anil Kumar Yadav, MBBS,MD FACP
Ranjit Mohan Anjana, MBBS,MD,PhD FA
Anuradha Subramanian, MD FACP
Mahesh Mahadevaiah, MD FACP
Meenakshi A Bhattacharya, MD
Bharat Panigrahy, MD FACP
Srinivasan A Kasthuri, MD FACP
Ripudaman Singh, MD
Sunita Aggarwal, MD FACP
Ashis K Saha, MBBS,MD FACP
Rajeev Chawla, MD,MBBS FACP
Sajesh Asokan, MBBS MD
Prahlad Chawla, MD FACP
Ashish Srivastava, MD FACP
Birendra Singh, MD
Vishav Bandhu Jindal, MD
Sanjay Dash, MD FACP
Ambarish Bhattacharyya, MBBS MD FACP
Asha N Shah, MD FACP
Anuj Maheshwari, MD FACP
Atanu Kundu, MD FACP
Rajagopalan Sundararaman, MD FACP

15 Years

Mahmaud Shirazi, MBBS FACP
Sabitha Krishnamoorthy, MD FACP
Ashok Kumar Agarwal, MBBS FACP
Nadathur D Ramanujam, MBBS FACP
Badurudeen B Mahmood, MD FACP

20 Years

Nasseer A Masoodi, FACP 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

Smitha Bhat, MBBS FACP
Sanjay Mahajan, MBBS MD FACP
Laxmi Nand, MBBS MD FACP
Prabhat Pandey, MD FACP
Indira Pattnaik, MD FACP
Dwijendra Prasad, MD FACP
Parag Rana, MD FACP
Mahesh C Srivastava, MBBS 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.

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

Ravindra Bhardwaj, MD FACP
Vipul Chavda, MD FACP
Surendra Kumar, MD FACP
Jaggi Rawat, MBBS MD FACP
Hemantkumar Mishrilal Shah, MBBS MD FACP
Rama Subbu, MBBS MD FACP
Kavyachand Yalamudi, Sr, 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.

Internal Medicine Meeting 2024 - April 18-20, 2024

Boston, Massachusetts

Share the knowledge. Share the experience. Share the savings!

This April, we will join together for 3 days of unmatched education and invaluable personal connections. ACP’s Internal Medicine Meeting is the place to find expert presenters, influential speakers, invigorating activities, and the sense of community that inspires pride in internal medicine.

International attendees receive substantial savings when you register a group of 10 or more! Don’t miss this opportunity and contact the India Chapter to register with the chapter delegation by March 15, 2024!

Discount off the Standard Access registration rate.
Group rates not valid on Premium Access registration.
All group registrations must be submitted together with one payment by one primary contact.

Note: Resident/Fellow Members, Physicians in-training, and Medical Students are not eligible for group discounts.

Learn more about Internal Medicine Meeting 2024.

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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

Vineet Behera, MD FACP
Amitesh Kumar Chatterjee, MBBS FACP
Atanu Kundu, MD FACP
Ashish Srivastava, MD FACP
Rojith K Balakrishnan, MD FACP
Deodatta Shripad Chafekar, MD FACP
S S Dariya, MD FACP
Abhay Singh Deora, MD FACP
Srikant Kumar Dhar, MBBS FACP
Rajesh Kumar Jha, MD FACP
Robin George Manappallil, MD FACP
Mukesh Mehra, MD FACP
Sirshendu Pal, MBBS FACP
Prasan Kumar Panda, MBBS MD FACP
Puneet Saxena, 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 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

Sasthi Narayan Chakraborty, MBBS MD FACP
Anupam Dey, MBBS MD FACP
COL Sambhu Dutta, MBBS FACP
Anirban Ghosh, MD FACP
Munna Lal Patel, MBBS 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.

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.

Debasis Chakrabarti, MBBS MD FACP

Prahlad Chawla, MD FACP

Arvind Gupta, MD FACP

Gururaj K Kulkarni, II, MBBS DNB FACP

Arvind Kumar, MBBS FACP

Ch Vasanth Kumar, MD FACP

Manoj Kumar Srivastava, IV, MBBS MD FACP

Harsh Vardhan, MBBS MD FACP

Rajiv Srivastava, MD FACP

Balamurugan Subbiah, MBBS 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!

Global Reception at Internal Medicine Meeting 2023

(March 2023) If you’re attending IMM23, please join us at our global reception, to be held Thursday, April 27 from 7:30-9:00pm at HQ San Diego.

This reception, featuring live entertainment, is open to all international attendees and their guests, as well as other attendees who are interested in meeting with leaders from ACP and internal medicine societies from around the world. 

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.

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.

Ghulam R Jeelani, MD FACP
Mohammed Riyaz, MD FACP
Krishnendu Roy, MD FACP
Prasenjit Sarkar, MBBS MD FACP
Jayanta Sharma, MBBS MD FACP
Vivek P Singh, MDFACP
Vikas Goel, MD FACP
Bharat Kumar Gupta, MBBS FACP
Harish Jayakumar, MBBS MD FACP
Nishant Kanodia, MBBS MD FACP
Akashkumar Navinprakash Singh, MD FACP