About Us
DESCRIPTION
The New York Chapter of the American College of Physicians (NYACP) is a membership organization dedicated to advancing the specialty of Internal Medicine in New York State through education, advocacy and quality improvement. With volunteer physician leaders across the State, a dedicated full-time staff, effective communications and local, regional and state-wide meetings, the New York Chapter is structured to respond to members as quickly and efficiently as possible. We are New York State's largest medical specialty organization representing over 12,000 internal medicine physicians.
The American College of Physicians (ACP) is the largest national medical-specialty organization and second-largest physician group in the United States. Its membership of 161,000 includes internal medicine physicians, internal medicine subspecialists, and medical students, residents, and fellows.
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OUR MISSION
NYACP is dedicated to advancing the specialty of Internal Medicine and improving patient care in New York State through education, advocacy and quality improvement.
GOALS
- 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;
- To serve the professionals needs of the membership, support healthy lives and improve the practice environment for physicians, and advance internal medicine as a career;
- 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 to the public;
- To recognize excellence and distinguished contributions to internal medicine; and
- To unify the many voices of internal medicine and its subspecialties for the benefit of our patients, our members, and our profession.
NYACP'S DIVERSITY POLICY
NYACP respects and values the opportunity to include a wide range of viewpoints and perspectives in the work of the Chapter.
Therefore, NYACP welcomes members regardless of their race, ethnicity, national origin, gender, religion, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, socioeconomic status, nationality, physical or mental ability, appearance, practice location, and professional activity.
NYACP recognizes diversity, equity, and inclusion as essential to the pursuit of our mission. The Chapter will actively work to achieve these objectives through member recruitment, engagement and recognition; sponsorship and mentorship; leadership development; volunteerism; and training in cultural competency.
NATIONAL RECOGNITION
2025 Gold Level Chapter Excellence Award
The award recognizes truly extraordinary chapters that surpass excellence in chapter management. Criteria include such activities as having a legislative action plan or agenda, holding a volunteerism/community service activity, holding multiple stand-alone meetings, having revenue sources outside of dues and meeting registration fees, implementing a strategic plan, implementing a formal recruitment and retention plan and measuring outcomes, conducting various activities for Medical Students, Residents and Early Career Physicians.
A special thanks to those chapter members who assisted us in all of these endeavors! For their hard work and dedication, we received this award.
2025 John Tooker Evergreen Award Winning Programs
Chapter Advocacy Engagement
In 2024, a variety of new advocacy programs and activities were implemented, all while keeping the Chapter’s mission and goals the most important priority … NYACP’s mission is dedicated to advancing the specialty of Internal Medicine and improving patient care in New York State through education, ADVOCACY, and quality improvement. In addition, the Chapter’s goal is to advocate responsible positions on individual health and on public policy relating to health care for the benefit of the public, patients, the medical profession, and our members. With so many legislative obstacles facing internal medicine and primary care physicians, the Chapter reviewed legislative activities and member responses over the last two years. The total number of NYACP members versus responses to member Call-to-Action requests clearly reflected the need to focus on increasing advocacy activity through member engagement.