ACCP Grassroots Advocacy
2009 ACCP Grassroots Advocates of the Year
Henri Colt, MD, FCCP
Professor of Pulmonary Medicine, University of California-Irvine Medical Center
Dr. Colt is Vice-Chair for the ACCP US and
Canadian Governors and the ACCP Governor
for Southern California. In addition to meeting
with his federal legislators as part of the 2009
ACCP Capitol Hill Caucus, Dr. Colt arranged
several follow-up meetings with the office of
Representative Duncan Hunter (R-CA-52) to
urge the Congressman to support legislation
to address the critical care workforce shortage.
As one of the five original ACCP Governors
to participate in the ACCP “First-at-Home”
Grassroots Advocacy Pilot Project, Dr. Colt
also successfully recruited ACCP Grassroots
Advocates. Dr. Colt has been accepted and will
be participating in the AMA Political Action
Committee Campaign School in April 2010.
Pulmonary
Health Physicians
Syracuse, New York
Encouraged by their
Practice Administrator,
Linda Sharp, the six ACCP
members of Pulmonary
Health Physicians, including Thomas Aiello, DO,
FCCP; Edward Downing, MD, FCCP; Sherif El
Bayadi, MD, FCCP; Michael Flintrop, MD, FCCP;
Xiwu Sun, MD, FCCP; and Manuel Cunanan, MD,
have sent a total of 235 messages to Congress
since 2003 using the online ACCP Legislative
Action Center. The group also posts ACCP
Action Alerts in their office waiting area to
inform patients of public policies affecting chest
medicine.
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