Chapter awardees
In recognition of their outstanding service, these exceptional individuals received chapter awards in the winter of 2016.
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 of 2016.
Arizona
Helene Labonte, DO, FACP, Laureate Award
William S. Nevin, MD, FACP, Volunteerism & Community Service Award
Donna M. Holland, MD, FACP, Educator of the Year
Gabrielle Ochoa, MD, Internist of the Year
Anita C. Murcko, MD, FACP, Leader of the Year
Sherman Mitchell Harman, MD, Researcher of the Year
Emily Mallin, MD, FACP, Hospitalist of the Year
Hamed Abbaszadegan, MD, FACP, Early Career Physician of the Year
Katie Murphy, MBBCh, Resident/Fellow of the Year
Jessica August, MD, Resident/Fellow of the Year
Katherine Marsh, Medical Student of the Year
Dustin McCurry, Medical Student of the Year
California Northern
John E. Tysell, Jr., MD, FACP, Lifetime Achievement Award
Bruce E. Kessler, MD, FACP, Lifetime Achievement Award
Angie Hood-Medland, MD, Resident Leadership & Recognition Award
Paul B. Aronowitz, MD, FACP, Laureate Award
Tim W. Grennan, MD, FACP, Laureate Award
Colorado
Allan V. Prochazka, MD, FACP, Laureate Award
Mary Elizabeth Anderson, MD, FACP, Colorado Early Career Physicians Award
Delaware
Patricia M. Curtin, MD, FACP, Laureate Award
Jennifer M. LeComte, DO, FACP, Leonard P. Lang Award
Erin Meyer, DO, FACP, Hospitalist Award
District of Columbia
Przemyslaw Hirszel, MD, FACP, Laureate Award
A. Kaldun Nossuli, MD, FACP, Laureate Award
Andrew F. Shorr, MD, Sol Katz Teaching Award
Ross Fletcher, MD, Walter Lester Henry Jr. Award for Lifetime Excellence in Teaching
Victor F. Scott, MD, MACP, Walter Lester Henry Jr. Award for Lifetime Excellence in Teaching
Shelly McDonald-Pinkett, MD, FACP, Volunteerism and Community Service Award
Joan B. Ritter, MD, FACP, Volunteerism and Community Service Award
George K. Philips, MBBS, FACP, Chapter Leadership Award
Marc Siegel, MD, Sol Katz Teaching Award
Florida
Cynthia Miller, MD, FACP, Adult Immunization Champion Award
Karen Echeverria-Beltran, MD, FACP, Community Based Teacher of the Year Award
Cuc Mai, MD, FACP, Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award
Benjamin Mena, MD, Volunteerism and Community Service Award
Ankush K. Bansal, MD, FACP, Internist of the Year Award
Yank D. Coble, MD, MACP, Laureate Award
Illinois Northern
Catherine Cheng, MD, FACP, Laureate Award
Illinois Southern
Rajesh Govindaiah, MD, FACP, Laureate Award
Jennie Hsu-Lumetta MD, FACP, Laureate Award
Gregory L. Damhorst, Volunteering & Community Service Award
Indiana
Ahdy W. Helmy, MD, FACP, Laureate Award
Theresa Rohr-Kirchgraber, MD, FACP, Laureate Award
Maryland
Eric B. Bass, MD, MPH, FACP, Theodore E. Woodward Award
Edward T. Souweine, MD, Samuel Asper Award
Stephen N. Davis, MD, MACP, Mary Betty Stevens Award
Ada U. Offurum, MD, FACP, Outstanding Hospitalist Award
Eskandar A. Yazaji, MD, FACP, Early Career Physician Award
Janaki Deepak, MBBS, FACP, Governor's Service Award
Joshua Prudent, Philip Mackowiak Student Award
Massachusetts
Stuart B. Mushlin, MD, FACP, Laureate Award
Mark Arun Abel, MBBCh, Resident Leadership Award
Aswanth Reddy, MD, Resident Leadership Award
Aravind Ajakumar Menon, MD, Resident Leadership Award
Ebrahim Barkoudah, MD, FACP, Young Leadership Award
Nii A. Tetteh, MD, FACP, Young Leadership Award
Stephen G. Pauker, MD, MACP, Distinguished Service Award
Nevada
Jennifer Hagen, MD, FACP, Women Physician of the Year
Kirk Bronander, MD, FACP, Teacher of the Year
Ellen Cosgrove, MD, FACP, Chapter Service Award
Warren Evins, MD, PhD, FACP, Laurate Award
New Mexico
Eileen D. Barrett, MD, FACP, Early Career Physician Leadership Award
Louise M. Abel, MD, FACP, Laureate Award
Keshab Paudel, MD, FACP, Community Service & Volunteerism Award
Lynn Bickley, MD, FACP, Excellence in Teaching Award
Robert B. White, MD, Community Mentorship Award
North Carolina
Michael Towarnicky, MD, Laureate Award
Muhammad Hayat Syed, MD, FACP, Volunteerism Award
John Emery, Jr., MD, FACP, Community Service Award
Ontario
Gordon Guyatt, MD, FACP, Laureate Award for Research Excellence
Ameen Patel, MD, FACP, Laureate Award for Distinguished Service
Oregon
Richard Wernick, MD, FACP, Laureate Award
Jack McAnulty, MD, Howard P. Lewis Distinguished Service Award
Imran Mohamedy, MBBS, FACP, Howard P. Lewis Distinguished Teaching Award
Avital Y. O’ Glasser, MD, FACP, Outstanding Early Career Physician Award
Stephanie Halvorson, MD, FACP, Outstanding Early Career Physician Award
Pennsylvania Eastern
Francis A. Salerno, MD, FACP, Laureate Award
A. Rashid Mahkdomi, MD, FACP, Clinical Practice Award
John A. King, MD, Special Recognition Award
Susan M. Baroody, DO, John Derrickson Early Career Physician Service Excellence
Pennsylvania Western
Ibrahim Ghobrial, MBBcH, FACP, MRCP, Laureate Award
Frederick R. DeRubertis, Jr., MD, FACP, Clinical Practice Award
Pennsylvania Southeastern
Christine Laine, MD, MPH, FACP, Laureate Award
Andrew B. Ulichney, MD, Clinical Practice Award
Allison H. Ferris, MD, FACP, Special Recognition Award
Narendra Desai, MD, Herbert S. Waxman Award
Charles Cutler, MD, MACP, Pressman Award
Emily Stewart, MD, FACP, John Derrickson Early Career Physician Service Excellence
Tennessee
Daphne M. Norwood, MD, FACP, Laureate Award
Texas
Thomas Das, Andy Diehl On Being a Doctor Award
Julie Stephen, MD, MBA, FACP, Early Career Physician Award
Margaret Hayden, MD, FACP, GIMSPP Decade of Service Awardee
Michael S. Marshall MD, FAAP, FACP, GIMSPP Decade of Service Awardee
William H. Pieratt DO, FACP, GIMSPP Decade of Service Awardee
Aaron Samsula MD, FACP, GIMSPP Decade of Service Awardee
Allan Rowan Kelly, MD, FACP, GIMSPP Emerald Awardee
William Mania MD, FACP, GIMSPP Emerald Awardee
Louis Torres, Jr., MD, FACP, GIMSPP Emerald Awardee
Larry A. Warmoth MD, FACP, GIMSPP Emerald Awardee
Roger Khetan, MD, FACP, TXACP Services Snyder/Chumley Advocate of the Year Award
Jim Sawyer, MD, FACP, Laureate Award
Robert Jackson, MD, MACP, Laureate Award
U.S. Army
2nd Lt. Timothy Hunter, Greg Argyros Outstanding Achievement Award
Maj. Nathalie Paolino, FACP, Colonel Robert H. Moser Award
Lt. Col. (P) David G. Bell, FACP, Master Teacher Award
Lt. Col. (P) Andrew P. Cap, FACP, William Crosby Superiority in Research Award
Lt. Col. Ramey L. Wilson, FACP, Excellence in Operational Medicine Award
U.S. Air Force
Capt. Michael Gonzales, MD, Grollman Award
U.S. Navy
Capt. Mark L. Dick, MD, FACP, Laureate Award
Thakorbhai G. Patel, MD, MACP, Volunteerism and Community Service Award
Capt. John S. Parrish, MD, FACP, Master Teacher Award
Lt. Jonathan M. Sardina, DO, Sparks Award
Lt. James R. Ripple, MD, Young Leader Award
Washington
Emily Savage, MD, FACP, Internist of the Year
Tara Nysoe, MD, FACP, Golden Apple Award
Steven Weinberger, MD, Golden Apple Award
Emily Bulley, Student Of the Year Award
Paul A. Smith, MD, MACP, Laureate Award
