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In this Issue:
- Governor's Message
- ACP Internal Medicine: 2025 in New Orleans
- Get Involved with Your Chapter
- Advocacy in Action: Leadership Day
- New members
- Members in the News
- Chapter Social media
Tseganesh Selameab, MD, FACP , ACP Governor
Governor's Message
Dear ACP Minnesota Members,
We had such a wonderful time connecting with many of you at the ACP Internal Medicine Meeting in New Orleans! From the powerful sessions to the incredible music and food (beignets and brass bands, anyone?), it was a joy to be together as a community committed to learning and growing in medicine.
Congratulations to our new ACP Fellows!
We're so proud of the Minnesota members who achieved Fellowship this year. Your commitment to excellence and service is inspiring. If Fellowship is on your horizon, we encourage you to explore the process and apply—learn more here. Please also view this between myself and membership chair, Dr. Katie Helgan where you can get your questions answered.
Nominate a Colleague for ACP Mastership
We are fortunate to have many colleagues whose careers reflect deep impact, leadership, and service. ACP Mastership honors those with outstanding contributions to internal medicine and the College. While this is not a self-nomination process, we as a community can celebrate and recognize one another.
If someone comes to mind, we hope you'll consider nominating them. You can find more information here, and please feel free to reach out to me directly with any questions.
Thank you for being part of this incredible community.
Warmly-
With gratitude,
Tseganesh Selameab, MD, FACP
Governor, Minnesota chapter of the Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½
MN-ACP Mission: To foster excellence, education and professionalism among all internists in our community and to work together to shape the future of healthcare in Minnesota.
MN-ACP Vision: To be Minnesota's recognized leader for patient care, advocacy and education and to enhance career choice, satisfaction and collaboration for specialists and subspecialists in Internal Medicine
ACP Internal Medicine: 2025 in New Orleans
Over one hundred eighty Minnesotans were in New Orleans to attend the national ACP meeting in April.
- The Minnesota Doctors' Dilemma team was ably represented by Mayo internal medicine residents Drs. Caroline Ledet, Agata Sularz and Nehal Ahmed.
- Eighteen Minnesota internal medicine physicians served as national faculty presenters including: Doctors John Bundrick, Amy Holbrook, Charles Reznikoff, Karen Mauck, David Tierney, Daniel Desimone, James Newman, Thomas Martens, Gregg Simonson, Win Shen, Andrea Kattah, Jacob Strand, Michael Cullen Rodolfo Savica, Cole Pueringer, Hannah Nordhues, Brandon Verdoorn, and Michel Cramer Bornemann.
- Congratulations to Drs. Anne Kate Hust, Isaac Weeks, and Akshay Kohli who were present and recognized as a new Minnesota FACP at the ACP Convocation.
- MN-ACP partnered with the Mayo Alumni Association to sponsor a well-attended reception at the Audubon Aquarium at the national meeting.
Mayo Doctor's Dilemma Team
Convocation
Dr. Austin Hoeg, Recognized for his work as leader of the Medical Student Council
Dr. Cassie Roeder, Resident Poster Presenter
Reception Event at Audubon Aquarium
Current and Past MN Governors
Get Involved with Your Chapter
Looking to deepen your connection to ACP? We're inviting members to join chapter committees and are currently seeking new Chairs for the Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½, Student, and Wellness Committees. Your voice and leadership can help shape the future of our chapter. Terms are for two years and Chairs also have the privilege of serving on the Governor's Council. Please contact Michelle Herbers at Minnesota.acp@gmail.com by May 30th, 2025 if you are interested in applying for one of these opportunities.
Upcoming Events:
IM Retired Breakfast will be held on Friday, May 23rd at 9am at the Colossal Café. Space is limited. Please contact Michelle Herbers at Minnesota.acp@gmail.com if you are interested in attending.
The Minnesota ACP Annual Scientific
The meeting will be held on October 24th, 2025 in Bloomington, Minnesota at Hilton Hotel- MOA/MSP.
Advocacy in Action: Leadership Day
Many of us from the Minnesota chapter headed to Washington, D.C. for ACP's Leadership Day—an opportunity to bring our voices to Capitol Hill and advocate for policies that support our patients and our profession. In an often turbulent healthcare landscape, joining ACP and engaging in its advocacy efforts is one way we can bring about meaningful change together. Collective advocacy through membership, legislation, and community connection is how we stand up for internal medicine—and for each other.
Congratulations to Grace Hagan, MD (resident) and Katie McLaughlin (medical student) for full scholarships, and Laura DalSanto, MD, FACP (hospitalist) for a partial scholarship.
A heartfelt thank you to Dr. Sally Berryman, Chair of our Health & Public Policy Committee, for her ongoing leadership—and to the entire committee for diligently monitoring legislation and bringing timely updates to our broader community. Your work keeps us informed and engaged. Please let Dr. Berryman know if you are interested in participating in our MN-ACP Health and Public Policy Committee or have any questions about this work. You may contact her at berry022@umn.edu
Dr. Berryman (bottom left) and ACP delegation at MMA Day at the Capital (2024)
New members
Congratulations New Fellows!
Achieving ACP Masters and Fellowship is a mark of distinction and a milestone in a physician's career.
Please join me in congratulating the following as new Minnesota Fellows named by ACP in the last 12 months:
- Aaron Rutzick, MD, FACP, Minneapolis
- Aditya Devalapalli, MD, FACP,
- Adriana Dhawan, MD, FACP, Minneapolis
- Akshay Kohli, MBBS, FACP,
- Anne Katherine Hust, MD, FACP, Minneapolis
- Anne Becker, MD, FACP, Minneapolis
- Christopher Stephenson, MD, FACP, Rochester
- Cristina Corsini, MD, FACP
- Daniel Partain, MD, FACP, Rochester
- Isaac Weeks, MD, FACP, Minneapolis
- Kyaw Hein, MD, PhD, FACP, Rochester
- Maral Kenderian, MD, FACP
- Margaret Doose, MD, FACP
- Michael May, MD, FACP
- Nikolai Mendonca, MBBS, FACP
- Paul Meirick, MD, FACP
- Rachael Whitley Starcher, MD, FACP
- Scott Biggerstaff, DO, FACP
- Sumeet Kumar Yadav, MD, FACP, Minneapolis
- Michael Leventhal, MD, FACP, Minneapolis
Welcome New Minnesota Medical Students to ACP and MN-ACP!
Ten new medical students have joined ACP and MN-ACP since January 2025 with their training programs in Minneapolis, Rochester and Duluth, MN.
- Brittany Carlson
- Cole Jensen
- Dalton Driggers
- Elijah Garcia
- Kara Werth
- Kathryn Robinson
- Leah Zhu
- Michaela Tonsager
- Peter Salam
- Rashika Shetty
Welcome New Minnesota Resident/Fellows, Affiliates, Transitional Residents and Members!
Seventeen new internists, physician affiliates, resident/fellows, affiliates, and transitional medical graduates have joined ACP and the MN chapter since January 2025. Thank you for your membership and count ACP and MN-ACP as a professional home and resource for you.
- Ala Dababneh, MD
- Aniruddha Paranjpe, MD
- Chinar Singhal, MD
- Christopher Martin, MD
- Gabriel Asumeng, MD
- Jennifer Haglund, MD
- Lana White-King, MD
- Lane Uhing, MD
- Meiyappan Udayappan, MD
- Miles Turk
Members in the News
- Andrew Olson, MD of the University of Minnesota featured on the front page of the St. Paul Star and Tribune in an about A.I. use in medical care
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How can we better serve you? Please contact me with questions or thoughts on how the MN-ACP can serve you. Tseganesh Selameab, MD, FACP Governor, MN-ACP