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 the winter and spring 2012:

Central America

Nestor Sosa, MD, FACP, Laureate Award

Chile

Marcelo J. Wolff, MD, FACP, Laureate Award

Colorado

Frederic B. Walker, IV MD, FACP, Laureate Award

Delaware

Stephanie A. Lee, MD, FACP, Leonard Lang Award

Stephen F. Wetherill, MD, FACP, Laureate Award

Iowa

Daniel P. Allen, MD, FACP, Laureate Award

Douglas B. Hornick, MD, Laureate Award

Janet A. Schlechte, MD, MACP, Chapter Excellence Award

Japan

Eve C. Swiacki, Sakura Award

Fumiaki Ueno, MD, FACP, Laureate Award

Maryland

Daniel J. Brotman, MD, FACP, Outstanding Hospitalist Physician Award

Barry S. Handwerger, MD, Mary Betty Stevens Award for Excellence in Clinical Investigation

Saba S. Sheikh, MD, FACP, Samuel Asper Award for Excellence in Internal Medicine

Eugene Shenderov, Philip Mackowiak Student Achievement Award

Myron L. Weisfeldt, MD, FACP, Theodore Woodward Award for Outstanding Contributions to Medical Education

Nevada

Theodore B. Berndt, MD, FACP, Community Service and Volunteerism Award

Mitchell D. Forman, DO FACP, Laureate Award

New Jersey

Beth R. Nalitt, MD, FACP, Laureate Award

North Carolina

Kevin P. High, MD, MS, FACP, FIDSA, Laureate Award

J. Blake Long, MD, MS, Volunteerism and Community Service Award

Robert C. Turner, MD, FACP, Laureate Award

Rhode Island

Richard W. Besdine, MD, FACP, Milton Hamolsky Lifetime Achievement Award

J. Russell Corcoran, MD, FACP, Laureate Award

Venezuela

Manuel Guzman Blanco, MD, FACP, Volunteerism Award

Eddie Kaswan, MD, FACP, Laureate Award

Virginia

Joseph Aloi MD, FACP, Paul Florentino Volunteer Award

Ranjit Cheriyan, MD, Community Teaching Award

John N. Clore, MD, FACP, Laureate Award

Rebecca Dillingham MD, FACP, Young Internist Award

Eric Houpt, MD, Teaching Award