PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION

Founded 1915 at the American Congress on Internal Medicine.

"The American College of Physicians is a national organization of internists -- physicians who specialize in the prevention, detection and treatment of illnesses in adults. ACP is the largest medical-specialty organization and second-largest physician group in the United States. Its membership of 126,000 includes internists, internal medicine subspecialists, and medical students, residents, and fellows."

Official Website:
http://www.acponline.org/

Location:
Philadelphia, PA

Founding Date:
8-Jan-1915

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Steven C. Beering	Educator	20-Aug-1932		President of Purdue, 1983-2000
Michael S. Brown	Biologist	13-Apr-1941		Metabolism of cholesterol
Sanjiv Chopra	Doctor	9-Sep-1949		Dr. Chopra Says
Dr. Drew	Radio Personality	4-Sep-1958		Loveline
Julie Gerberding	Doctor	22-Aug-1955		Director, Centers for Disease Control, 2002-09
Lee Goldman	Doctor	6-Jan-1948		Goldman Index for cardiac risk
Joseph L. Goldstein	Scientist	18-Apr-1940		Hypercholesterolemia and cell metabolism
Pedro José Greer, Jr.	Doctor	15-Jun-1956		Gastroenterologist, RAND Trustee
Margaret A. Hamburg	Government	1955		FDA Commissioner
Bernard A. Harris, Jr.	Astronaut	26-Jun-1956		First black astronaut to spacewalk
William N. Kelley	Doctor	23-Jun-1939		Kelley-Seegmiller Syndrome
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey	Doctor	1954		Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Victor A. McKusick	Scientist	21-Oct-1921	22-Jul-2008	Father of medical genetics
John Mendelsohn	Biologist	31-Aug-1936		Cancer researcher
Woodrow A. Myers, Jr.	Doctor	14-Feb-1954		EVP at Wellpoint, 2000-05
Gilbert S. Omenn	Business	30-Aug-1941		Professor, University of Michigan
David Satcher	Government	2-Mar-1941		US Surgeon General, 1998-2002
David J. Skorton	Educator	22-Nov-1949		Smithsonian Institution
Helen B. Taussig	Doctor	24-May-1898	20-May-1986	Mother of pediatric cardiology
Samuel O. Thier	Doctor	23-Jun-1937		CEO of Massachusetts General, 1996-2002
Aldona Wos	Diplomat	?		US Ambassador to Estonia, 2004-06

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