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Mississippi Chapter ACP
The Year in Review
2014 MS/LA ACP Educational &
Scientific Meeting
September 4, 2014
Fellowship Workshops
 Friday Afternoons / Usually one or two
candidates
 Executive Director and Governor did a step by
step walk through the application process
 Culminated in:
 11 new Fellows in 2014
 7 of those walked with
us at Convocation
Newsletter
 Attempt to inform Members of the Valuable
Services ACP Offers and what's going on
 Governor writes rough first draft followed by
editing and polishing by brighter younger
associate
 BOG highlights / Hot Topics / New Services /
Advocacy / National and Chapter Meeting
News
Guest Speaker
 We were delighted to have the ACP Star of
Clinical Pearls Dr. Scott Litin Speak at Grand
Rounds / Chairman's Conference on
Presentations
 This was a very practical guide on how to
make a successful presentation
 Dr. Thigpen organized this and
arranged for a workshop afterwards
for the Chief Residents
Leadership Day
 Dr. Ben Horton and Dr. Wes Aldred went with
Dr. Woodliff to Leadership Days / It's 2 days in
Washington D.C.
 1st day – Preparation by Nationally known
Speakers on the Legislative Process and
Advocacy
 2nd day – actual visits with congressmen,
senators, and their staff
 Our primary focus this year was increasing
funding for Graduate Medical Education
Evergreen Award
 Given to Chapters that foster careers in Internal
Medicine, improve communication, and enhance
diversity
 The Mississippi Chapter entered it's Associate /
Resident Council which has accomplished all of
these goals with:
 Community service projects like the Wellness Fair
at Jackson Free Clinic
 Career mentoring
 Debates on Obesity and other health topics
 Congratulations to Dr. Calvin Thigpen and our
Residents for their vision and hard work
Residents Council
 Started in 2006
 Multiple purposes
 Link the residents to ACP and organized
medicine
 Keep residents attuned to issues in public
health
 Encourage scholarship
 Provide opportunity for community service
Residents Council Leadership
Dominique Pepper
2012-2013
Claire Brabec
2013-2014
Avnish Tripathi
2014-2015
Abstract Day
 Celebration of scholarship of
MS students, residents, &
fellows
 Fifty abstracts presented
 44 poster presentations
 6 oral presentations
 Involvement of faculty as
judges, mentors
 Former Governor Sam
Peeples, MD, FACP
IM 2014 Abstract Competition
 Winners
 Doris Hansen – clinical
vignettes
 Avi Tripathi – quality
improvement & patient safety
 John Bridges – clinical research
 Rupesh Patel – basice science research
 At large acceptance
 Kamel Gharaibeh
 Derek Hansen
Jackson Free Clinic
 Run by UMMC medical  Screening Day in late
students
 Resident council
members volunteer
April
 Blood pressure
 Blood glucose
 Lipids
 Dietary counseling
Subspecialty Fellows Council
 Started in 2011
 Multiple purposes
 Encourage participation in ACP after
residency
 Provide bridge to department leadership for
fellows
 Increase cohesiveness among fellows
 Increase participation in scientific meetings
 Increase teaching opportunities for fellows
Fellows Council Leadership
Carter Milner
2012-2013
John Saxon
2013-2014
Allyn Harris
2014-2015