Governor's Welcome
Dear ACP Member:
As Governor for the Georgia Chapter, I am pleased to welcome you to our web site. The site will keep you updated on our activities and will provide names, addresses, and phone numbers to help you contact us as the need arises. We will also have information about our Associates' programs, internal medicine clubs, and past leadership. I welcome your suggestions for additions to the web site. I hope you will be an active member of our chapter. I look forward to seeing you at our chapter meeting or at the annual College meeting in the Spring.
Vincent M. Nicolais, MD, FACP, FCCM
Governor, ACP-Georgia Chapter
Mission
Our mission is to enhance the quality and effectiveness of health care by fostering excellence and professionalism in the practice of medicine.
Goals
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To establish and promote the highest clinical standards and ethical ideals;
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To be the foremost comprehensive education and information resource for all internists;
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To advocate responsible positions on individual health and on public policy relating to health care for the benefit of the public, our patients, the medical profession, and our members;
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To serve the professional needs of the membership, support healthy lives for physicians, and advance internal medicine as a career;
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To promote and conduct research to enhance the quality of practice, the education and continuing education of internists, and the attractiveness of internal medicine to physicians and the public.
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To recognize excellence and distinguished contributions to internal medicine; and
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To unify the many voices of internal medicine and its subspecialties for the benefit of our patients, our members, and our profession.
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