ACP lists chapter awardees
In recognition of their outstanding service, exceptional individuals received chapter awards in the fall of 2014.
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 fall of 2014:
Alberta
Robert Herman, MD, Laureate Award for Distinguished Service
Arizona
Binh Duong, DO, FACP, Volunteerism/Community Service Award
Lisa Driscoll, Morton Fuchs Rural Health Professions Program Award
Shannon Driscoll, Morton Fuchs Rural Health Professions Program Award
Sonal Haerter, MD, Educator of the Year
Hiba Khan, Morton Fuchs Rural Health Professions Program Award
Mayar Al Mohajer, MD, FACP, Educator of the Year
Srishti Nayak, Morton Fuchs Rural Health Professions Program Award
Shakaib Rehman, MD, FACP, Leader of the Year
Pablo A. Sanchez, Medical Student of the Year
Peter Soliman, Morton Fuchs Rural Health Professions Program Award
Preethi William, MBBS, Resident of the Year
Scott William Wilson, MD, FACP, Internist of the Year
California Southern 1
Magdalena Ptaszny, MD, Laureate Award
California Southern 2
Edward V. Barnes, MD, FACP, Master Teacher Award
Ingrid Blomquist, MD, Master Teacher Award
Daniel I. Kim, MD, FACP, Laureate Award
George Lawry, II, MD, FACP, Master Teacher Award
Lawrence K. Loo, MD, MACP, Master Teacher Award
Paul A. Selecky, MD, FACP, Laureate Award
California Southern 3
Donald C. Balfour, III, MD, FACP, Laureate Award
Simerjot, K. Jassal, MD, FACP, Teacher of the Year
Colombia
Hernando Matiz MD, FACP, Laureate Award
William Rojas, MD, FACP, Laureate Award
Florida
Daniel S. Bendetowicz, MD, FACP, Internist of the Year
Margarita M. Cancio, MD, FACP, Community-Based Teacher Award
Michael T. Flannery, MD, FACP, Laureate Award
Farzanna S. Haffizulla, MD, FACP, Volunteerism Award
Robert J. Ledford, MD, Outstanding Teacher of the Year
Georgia
Joyce A. Akwe, MD, MPH, FACP, J. Willis Hurst Teaching Award
Lisa B. Bernstein, MD, FACP, Mark Silverman, MD, MACP, Award
Mary T. Bond, MD, FACP, Community-Based Teaching Award
Robert A. Campbell, MD, Community Service/Volunteerism Award
Ruth-Marie Fincher, MD, MACP, Leadership Award
Brian J. Ribeiro, MD, FACP, Laureate Award
Donna W. Whitfield, MD, FACP, Community-Based Teaching Award
Indiana
Brandon S. Dickey, MD, FACP, Indiana Chapter Governor's Award
Debra K. Litzelman, MD, FACP, Indiana Chapter Laureate Award
Toan Robert Vu, MD, FACP, Indiana Chapter Laureate Award
Kansas
Stewart F. Babbott, MD, FACP, Laureate Award
Segan Smith Chase, MD, FACP, Early Career Physician of the Year
Jared Elliott, DO, Mahlon H. Delp Resident Award
Najla Itani, MD, Mahlon H. Delp Resident Award
Kentucky
George Carter, University of Kentucky Student of the Year
Fred Griffiths, MD, University of Louisville Resident Award
Glenn Hirsch, MD, University of Louisville Faculty Award
Gregory Hood, MD, FACP, Laureate Award
Andrew Nguyen, University of Louisville Student of the Year
Reema Patel, MD, University of Kentucky Resident of the Year
Charles Sargent, MD, University of Kentucky Faculty Award
Louisiana
Joan Blondin, MD, Laureate Award
Patrick Mottram, MD, Laureate Award
Maine
James Rines, MD, FACP, Laureate Award
Michigan
Robert E. Bloom, MD, FACP, Laureate Award
John M. Carethers, MD, FACP, Laureate Award
Carl Lauter, MD, FACP, Great Internist of Michigan
Mark Loehrke, MD, FACP, Raymond Murray Governor's Award
John Popovich, MD, MACP, Lifetime Achievement Award
Vanessa Robinson, MD, FACP, Volunteerism/Community Service Award
John N. Sheagren, MD, MACP, Lifetime Achievement Award
Sam Silver, MD, MACP, Laureate Award
Susan Steigerwalt, MD, FACP, Laureate Award
Jerry Yee, MD, FACP, Raymond Murray Governor's Award
Minnesota
David R. Hilden, MD, MPH, FACP, Community Volunteer Award
Paul S. Mueller, MD, MPH, FACP, Laureate Award
Mississippi
Robert Brahan, MD, FACP, Laureate Award
Missouri
Thomas M. De Fer, MD, FACP, Laureate Award
Shannon Devlin, Clerkship Award
Scott A. Helgeson, Clerkship Award
Sam Jersak, Clerkship Award
Christopher L. Chung, Clerkship Award
Evan Wiley, Excellence in Physical Diagnosis Award
Payal Patel, Excellence in Physical Diagnosis Award
Darrah Berck, Excellence in Physical Diagnosis Award
Emily Connor, Excellence in Physical Diagnosis Award
Montana
Kathleen Blair, DO, Early Career Physician Award
Pamela Hiebert, MD, FACP, Laureate Award
Nebraska
Jason Shiffermiller, MD, FACP, Early Career Physician Award
Jennifer R. Parker, MD, FACP, LeeRoy Meyer Dedicated Teacher Award
Khalid Bashir, MCCS, FACP, Walter J. O’Donahue Jr. Award
Joann L. Derby-Porter, MD, FACP, Laureate Award
New Hampshire
Lin A. Brown, MD, FACP, Laureate Award
New Mexico
Allen Adolphe, Laureate Award
Maricruz Merino, MD, FACP, Volunteerism/Community Service Award
Kendall Rogers, MD, FACP, Excellence in Teaching Award
North Dakota
Jon Allen, MD, Innovation Award
Rolf Paulson, MD, Advocate Award
Julie Blehm, MD, FACP, Community Service Award
Ohio
Ronald R. Jones, MD, FACP, 2014 Internist of the Year Award
Bradley R. Mathis, MD, FACP, Evelyn V. Hess, MD, MACP, Master Teacher Award
Mark D. Mayer, MD, FACP, James S. Tan, MD, MACP, Laureate Award
Craig D. Nielsen, MD, FACP, Evelyn V. Hess, MD, MACP, Master Teacher Award
Hari Polenakovik, MD, FACP, Evelyn V. Hess, MD, MACP, Master Teacher Award
David A. Wininger, MD, FACP, Evelyn V. Hess, MD, MACP, Master Teacher Award
Ontario
Ross Feldman, MD, FACP, Laureate Award
Jeffrey Weitz, MD, FACP, Laureate Award
South Dakota
LuAnn M. Eidsness, MD, FACP, Laureate Award
Jennifer L. Hsu, MD, Early Career Physician of the Year
Jitendra R. Thakkar, MD, FACP, Teacher of the Year
Oregon
Lynn Bentson, MD, FACP, Howard P. Lewis Distinguished Service Award
Honora Englander, MD, FACP, Outstanding Young Physician Award
Linda Humphrey, MD, MACP, Laureate Award
Gregory Magarian, MD, FACP, Howard P. Lewis Distinguished Teaching Award
Michelle Sanders, MD, FACP, Outstanding Young Physician Award
South Carolina
Robert Neal Axon, MD, Early Career Physician Award
Raymond McIntosh Chapman, MD, FACP, Laureate Award
Richard Anthony Hoppmann, MD, FACP, James McFarland Award
Tennessee
William Schaffner, MD, MACP, Laureate Award
U.S. Navy
Capt. (ret.) Brooks D. Cash, MD, FACP, Laureate Award
Lt. Cmdr. Daryl Fick, MD, Young Leader in Internal Medicine Award
Cmdr. Timothy Quast, MD, Sparks Award
Cmdr. Patrick Young, MD, Master Teacher Award
Washington
James Bales Jr., MD, FACP, Internist of the Year
S. Ann Dreyer, MD, FACP, Community Service Award
Carrie Horwitch, MD, FACP, Laureate Award
Maj. George R. Mount, MD, FACP, Golden Apple Award
Wisconsin
Anna B. Corey, MD, MPH, Volunteerism/Community Service Award
Elizabeth A. Jacobs, MD, FACP, Addis Costello Award
Rep. Ron Kind, Legislator of the Year
Kory D. Koerner, MD, Young Internist of the Year
Sophie M. Kramer, MD, Community-Based Physician and Mentor Award
George M. Lange, MD, FACP, Laureate Award
Kurt J. Pfeifer, MD, FACP, Distinguished Internist of the Year
Julie B. Schuller, MD, MPH, FACP, Helen Dickie Woman Physician of the Year
