Chapter awardees

Chapters honor Members, Fellows, and Masters of ACP who have demonstrated by their example and conduct an abiding commitment to excellence in medical care, education, research, or service to their community, their chapter, and ACP. Awardees have a long history of excellence and peer approval in the specialty of Internal Medicine. In recognition of their outstanding service, these exceptional individuals received chapter awards in January, February and March, 2009:

Colorado

Mark A. Levine, FACP, Aurora, Col., Laureate Award

Scott D. Phillips, FACP, Englewood, Col., Laureate Award

Rita S. Lee, ACP Member, Denver, Col., Volunteerism & Community Service Award

Delaware

Virginia U. Collier, FACP, Newark, Del., Laureate Award

Michael G. Sweeney, FACP, Dover, Del., Leonard Land Award

Joanne C. Brice, ACP Member, Newark, Del., Excellence in Hospital Medicine Award

Georgia

Evan B. Weisman, FACP, Atlanta, Ga., Laureate Award

Senator Don Thomas, Dalton, Ga., Leadership Award

Jeffrey L. Stephens, FACP, Macon, Ga., J. W. Hurst Teaching Award

Stacey M. Higgins, FACP, Lilburn, Ga., Volunteerism & Community Service Award

Gregory M. Rogers, ACP Member, Rome, Ga., Community Based Teaching Award

Sandra Francis-Rogers, ACP Member, Macon, Ga., Outstanding Resident in Volunteerism and Advocacy Award

Kharia J. Holmes, ACP Member, Smyrna, Ga., Outstanding Medical Student in Volunteerism and Advocacy Award

Hawaii

Patricia A. L. Blanchette, FACP, Honolulu, Hawaii, Laureate Award

Iowa

Barbara A. Muller, FACP, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Laureate Award

Mark W. Purtle, FACP, Des Moines, Iowa, Laureate Award

Robert A. Sedlacek, FACP, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Chapter Excellence Award

Louisiana

Lawrence Blonde, FACP, New Orleans, La., Laureate Award

Perry G. Rigby, FACP, New Orleans, La., Laureate Award

Maryland

Philip A. Mackowiak, MACP, Baltimore, Md., Theodore E. Woodward Award

Steven J. Kravet, FACP, MBA Owings Mills, Md., Samuel P. Asper Award

Antony Rosen, MD, Baltimore, Md., Mary Betty Stevens Award

Mississippi

Gilliam S. Hicks Jr., FACP, Madison, Miss., Laureate Award

Nevada

Warren H. Evins, FACP, Las Vegas, Nev., Volunteerism & Community Service Award

John A. Ellerton, FACP, Las Vegas, Nev., Laureate Award

New Jersey

Asif A. Hashmi, FACP, Aiken, S.C., Laureate Award

North Carolina

Yogesh K. Patel, FACP, Concord, N.C., Volunteerism & Community Service Award

Marco A. Aleman, FACP, Chapel Hill, N.C., Laureate Award

Marshall C. Runge, FACP, Chapel Hill, N.C., Laureate Award

Ontario

Peter G. Fernandez, FACP, St. Catherines, Ontario, Laureate Award

Virginia

Edward I. Lilly, FACP, Norfolk, Vir., Volunteerism & Community Service Award

Frederick H. Koslowski, FACP, Winchester, Vir., Young Internist Award

Barry S. Strauch, FACP, Mc Lean, Vir., Laureate Award