Philadelphia, April 16, 2018 – The American College of Physicians (ACP) is honoring six chief residents as winners of the Herbert S. Waxman Chief Resident Teaching Scholarships at Internal Medicine Meeting 2018, ACP’s annual scientific meeting. The 2018 chief resident awardees are:

The 2018 chief resident awardees are:

Philadelphia, April 16, 2018 -- The American College of Physicians (ACP) will honor the winners of its national abstract competitions during Internal Medicine Meeting 2018, ACP’s annual scientific meeting that takes place April 19 - 21 in New Orleans. The competitions are open to ACP Early Career Physician Members, ACP Resident/Fellow Members, and Medical Students Members.

Philadelphia, March 27, 2018 – Physicians who participate in short-term global health experiences such as volunteer medical trips have ethical obligations to the individuals and communities they serve, the American College of Physicians (ACP) advises in a new position paper published today in Annals of Internal Medicine.

More needs to be done on the issues of firearms safety and protections for Dreamers

Statement attributable to:
Jack Ende, MD, MACP
President, American College of Physicians

Washington, DC (March 23, 2018) — The American College of Physicians (ACP) is encouraged that the spending bill passed by Congress meets many of our priorities for federal health care programs.  The fiscal year 2018 spending bill, as passed, will result in health policy gains for physicians and our patients.

Statement attributable to:
Jack Ende, MD, MACP
President, American College of Physicians

Washington, DC (March 19, 2018) — The American College of Physicians is encouraged by the emphasis on treatment and prevention in the White House’s plan to address the opioid epidemic that was released today. ACP supports policies that help expand treatment and therapy options for individuals and communities facing opioid addiction and other substance use disorders.

Philadelphia, March 16, 2018 -- The 2018 Main Residency Match revealed that internal medicine continues to be the largest training specialty, offering over one-quarter (26.2 percent) of all PGY-1 positions in the Match. Internal medicine programs offered 7,542 categorical positions and 374 primary care positions, an increase of 309 categorical positions (4.3 percent) and 33 primary care positions (9.7 percent) from the 2017 Match. Of these positions, 7,733 (97.7 percent) were filled, 3,424 (44.3 percent) by U.S. medical school seniors.

Washington, DC (March 15, 2018) —Excessive administrative tasks are a diversion of physicians’ time and focus away from patient care, the American College of Physicians (ACP) told a panel of members of Congress this afternoon. Robert M. McLean, MD, FACP, an internist with the Northeast Medical Group of Yale New Haven Health System in New Haven, Ct. presented ACP’s ideas for how to address the burdensome administrative tasks physicians face to the first Red Tape Relief Initiative roundtable, convened by the House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee.