College Fellows honored

Two ACP Fellows were recently honored, one for contributions to bioethics and one for volunteerism.

Joseph J. Fins, FACP, was elected president of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities in recognition of his major contributions to bioethics and broad expertise in the field. He will assume the presidency in 2011 for a two-year term. Dr. Fins is chief of the Division of Medical Ethics in the Departments of Public Health and Medicine and professor of medicine, professor of public health and professor of medicine in psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College. He is also director of medical ethics at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center and chairs its ethics committee. Dr. Fins is a governor of the New York Downstate 1 Chapter of the American College of Physicians and a trustee of the American College of Physicians Foundation.

Zaven Ayanian, FACP, was awarded the 2010 Jack B. McConnell Award for Excellence in Volunteerism by the American Medical Association Foundation. The award is part of the Excellence in Medicine Awards program and is presented to senior physicians who increase access to health care for underserved and uninsured patients in the U.S. Dr. Ayanian was recognized for his work at the Parker Family Health Center, a free clinic in Monmouth, N.J., which provides 10,000 patient visits annually with support from 200 volunteers.