Talk:American College of Physicians

Citing References or Sources
Many reference sources were added on 20 October 2014. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Smajewski (talk • contribs) 15:38, 21 October 2014 (UTC)

Political Stance Section
American Medical Association has a section on political stances, it seems appropriate that APC have a section on it too. Recent news demonstrates they are political. http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSN1560610120080215 69.158.8.127 (talk) 18:10, 17 February 2008 (UTC)


 * So add it! There appears to be no objectionsJS747 (talk) 04:20, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

Deleted a subjective, politically charged sentence re: ACA from political stance/activities section. Not appropriate, obviously written by ACA opponent. 10 Jul 2014. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.183.84.136 (talk) 05:25, 11 July 2014 (UTC)

Main Picture
I thought that putting a picture and infobox on the main ACP page improved the overall quality of the article, so I did so. I am just letting everybody know because I saw that on other articles that when putting a main image on an article, talk about it on the discussion page. I hope you like the improvement! -- Tyrol5  [Talk]  13:28, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

Additional Information and Suggestions
Hi, I'm an ACP employee and just wanted to provide some information and suggestions to help improve this page.

History ACP was founded by Dr. Heinrich Stern (1867-1918), a German-born physician who came to the United States at age 20 to study medicine. He later became a US citizen and practiced internal medicine in New York City. After attending the 1913 conference of the Royal College of Physicians of London, he returned to the states to establish a similar society in the US.

In January 1915, the American Congress of Internal Medicine was incorporated for the purposes of holding an annual clinical congress to facilitate scientific intercourse among physicians interested in internal medicine. In May 1915, the American College of Physicians was incorporated as an educational institution with a broader scope of purpose.

ACP sponsored its first annual meeting in 1917, known then as Clinical Sessions, to facilitate scientific discussion among internists. The first official Annual Session took place at the William Penn Hotel in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on December 27-28, 1917.

--EddieVatACP (talk) 20:42, 5 June 2019 (UTC)

Color Bar
It would be useful to note when the American College of Physicians began to admit non-white doctors. When Louis Tompkins Wright became the first black Fellow of the American College of Surgeons in 1934, Time magazine noted that the ACP remained all-white. The American Medical Association allowed its local societies to operate a colour bar until 1968. NRPanikker (talk) 13:51, 24 July 2021 (UTC)