FL Chapter ACP 2015 Annual Scientific Meeting

I N S I D E

T H I S I S S U E :

2015 Poster Com-

petition Winners

2

Chapter Awards 3

Chapter Excel-

lence Award

5

2016 Annual Resi-

dent & Medical

Student Meeting

Save the Date

5

Upcoming News 6

Florida Chapter American College of Physicians

N O V E M B E R 2 0 1 5

S P E C I A L

P O I N T S O F

I N T E R E S T :

The FL Chapter will

be sponsoring the

Orlando Health

Doctors’ Dilemma

team, and Abstract

Competition partici-

pants Dr. Prakhar

Vijayvargiya and

Dr. Shane Bobart as

they represent the

chapter at Internal

Medicine 2016 in

Washington, DC

Abstract Competition

Resident/Fellow

Oral Competition

First Place

Prakhar Vijayvargiya, MD

UM Regional Campus

Doctors’ Dilemma© Competition

2015 Champions Orlando Health

Team Members:

Daniel Anscher, MD

Ariel Perez Perez, MD

Omar Qazi, MD

E-News

September 11—13, 2015 ~ Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay ~ Tampa, Florida

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Research Division

First Place

Kayin Jeffers, MD

Mayo Clinic Florida

Clinical Vignette Division

First Place

Shane Bobart, MD

Cleveland Clinic Florida

Resident/Fellow Poster Competition

Medical Student Poster Competition

Research Division

First Place Clinical Vignette Division

First Place

Melanie Weinstein

University of Central Florida

Francesca Raffa

University of Miami

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SAVE THE

DATE

FL Chapter 2016

Annual Scientific

Meeting

September 9—11, 2016

Palm Beach Gardens, FL

Watch for more

information in future

E-Newsletters and on the

FL Chapter website.

Special Thanks to

N Lawrence Edwards MD, MACP

2015 Scientific Program Chair

and the Program Committee

for their contributions

to a very successful

Annual Scientific Meeting!

2015 Annual Scientific Meeting

Program Committee Members:

Ankush K. Bansal, MD FACP

Daniel Bendetowicz, MD FACP

Morganna Freeman, DO FACP

Jason M. Goldman, MD FACP

Naresh H. Pathak, MD FACP

David Winchester, MD FACP

2015 Laureate Award JOHN T. SINNOT, MD FACP

Florida Chapter 2015 Awards

Laureate Award winners are long-standing

and loyal supporters of the College who

have rendered distinguished service to

their chapters and community and have

upheld the high ideals and the profession-

al standards for which the College is

known. The Senior Florida physician has

demonstrated through his or her example

and conduct, a commitment to excellence

in medical care, education, or research and

service to their community and ACP.

F L O R I D A C H A P T E R A M E R I C A N C O L L E G E O F P H Y S I C I A N S

Florida Chapter ACP

Chapter Service Award

H. Frank Farmer, Jr, MD FACP

In Recognition of Your Meritorious

Service to our State, Country, &

Medical Profession

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Internist of the Year

Naresh H. Pathak, MD FACP FAAHPM A physician who has demonstrated

outstanding leadership and dedication to the practice of internal medicine.

Outstanding Teacher

Himangi Kaushal, MD FACP A physician who has demonstrated outstanding

leadership and dedication to medical education.

Community Based Teacher

Pran M. Kar, MD FACP FAACP A physician who has demonstrated outstanding

leadership and who has contributed to the education of medical students, residents and

fellows as an office based internist.

Volunteerism and

Community Service Award

Lucy Guerra, MD MPH FACP FHM A physician who has distinguished themselves in voluntary service in the area of medicine like a commitment to continuing education,

which is an established tradition for internists and the College.

Congratulations to Michelle L. Ros-

si, MD FACP; President/Governor

and , John G. Langdon, MD FACP;

Governor for the Florida Chapter

receiving the 2015 Chapter Excel-

lence Award! Special thanks is ex-

tended to those chapter members

who assisted in all of these endeav-

ors! For their hard work and dedi-

cation, we received this award.

2015 Chapter

Excellence Award

SAVE THE DATE: April 9-10, 2016 FL Chapter ACP Annual Residents & Medical Students Meeting

Make plans now and mark your calendar to attend the Florida Chap-

ter ACP 2016 Annual Resident & Medical Student Meeting which will

be held April 9-10, 2016 at the Doubletree Downtown Orlando in

Orlando, FL .

The Annual Resident & Medical Student Meeting will include Oral

Presentations by Resident/Fellow Members, a formal Poster Compe-

tition for both Resident/Fellow and Medical Student Members and

the always popular Doctors’ Dilemma

Competition. Watch for more infor-

mation on Medical Student Work-

shops and Call for Abstracts.

Additional information will be posted on the website as it becomes available.

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American College of Physicians

Chapter Centennial Legacy Award

Cecil B. Wilson, MD MACP

The Chapter Centennial Legacy Award

celebrates ACP’s centennial by recognizing one seminal chap-

ter member whose service to the chapter had a significant im-

pact on the chapter’s viability. This individual should exempli-

fy ACP’s core values including:

Leadership • Excellence • Respect

Compassion • Professionalism • Responsibility

We’re on the web! http://www.acponline.org/about_acp/chapters/fl/

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The Florida Chapter is pleased to welcome 224 new members.

We hope to see you at upcoming meetings!