Coinciding with the two-day PROGRESS conference, the Iowa Chapter of the American College of Physicians (ACP) held its chapter meeting as it usually does. Because many of the state’s chapter members are already in attendance getting updates in a variety of subspecialty topics, it is a natural time to convene and address chapter business. Though […]
Katherine Harris, MD, has been serving as Governor of the Iowa Chapter of the American College of Physicians (ACP) for a little more than a year. “Do you know how many other women have held this position?” she asked an audience earlier this month. “One. In about a hundred years.” (That woman was Janet Schlechte, […]
On Saturday, October 28, we celebrated #InternalMedicineDay along with the American College of Physicians (ACP) and thousands of Internal Medicine physicians across the country. We did this by joining in the conversation, asking our clinicians, “Why did you choose Internal Medicine?” and “Why are you proud to be an Internal Medicine clinician?” We reached out […]
Joining a long list of her Internal Medicine colleagues, Andrea N. Weber, MD, MME, FACP, clinical assistant professor of Internal Medicine and Psychiatry, received the Laureate Award from the Iowa Chapter of the American College of Physicians (ACP). The Laureate Award honors ACP Fellows and Masters who have demonstrated a commitment to excellence in medical […]
Martha Carvour, MD, PhD, assistant professor in Infectious Diseases, will present her capstone project, “Optimizing Communication in Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic,” at the 2021 American College of Physicians (ACP) Internal Medicine Meeting. The project was the final phase Carvour had to complete the ACP and the American Association of Physician Leadership’s joint […]
Though meeting only virtually, unlike in years past, the Iowa Chapter of the American College of Physicians delivered two distinct honors among its other chapter business. The first, the 2020 Laureate Award, was presented to Katherine Harris, MD, FACP, Clinical Professor and Associate Program Director of the Internal Medicine Residency. The Laureate Award honors ACP […]
Progress is a two-day conference that draws providers from across the state, eager to learn the latest in that year’s chosen five or six subspecialties and to catch up with long-time friends and colleagues. Often it is scheduled the same week as the University of Iowa’s Homecoming or another home football game. Progress is thus […]
The below is a post from Iowa ACP (immediate-past) Governor Scott Vogelgesang, MD. It was fitting that Philadelphia was the location for the American College of Physicians (ACP) Internal Medicine Meeting last month. In the same city where our nation’s constitution was written, it is no small stretch to imagine that tenacity, compromise, and hope […]
Coinciding with the 2018 Progress conference, the Iowa Chapter of the American College of Physicians (ACP) held its meeting at the end of the day’s presentations. Though most of the business had been conducted among the chapter leadership the previous evening, there still remained a few more pieces of business. Foremost among them was which […]
Coinciding with the two-day Continuing Medical Education conference, Progress, the conclusion of the annual meeting of the Iowa Chapter of the American College of Physicians (ACP) was held just down the block in the Hotel Vetro. Most of the chapter business had been addressed the previous evening, allowing the medical society the opportunity to enjoy […]