A Yale New Haven Hospital doctor and professor at Yale School of Medicine has been named president-elect of the American College of Physicians, putting him in line to lead the organization in 2019.
The national organization for internists, the nation’s second-largest physicians’ group, elevated Dr. Robert McLean of Woodbridge to the post at its annual meeting last month, YNHH officials said Monday.
McLean will become president on April 13, 2019, the organization said. Last year’s president-elect, Ana Maria Lopez, an oncologist from Salt Lake City, is now president.
McLean, an internist and rheumatologist with Yale New Haven Health’s Northeast Medical Group, said he’s been active with ACP since his residency days at Yale, where he’s been an attending physician since 1994.
He most recently served on the organization’s Board of Regents, its main policy-making body, and was governor of the Connecticut Chapter from 2009-2013.
“I look forward to the opportunity to serve in this role as a leader and spokesman for ACP as it continues to advocate for a healthcare delivery system that serves our patients better,” he said in a statement.
McLean earned a bachelor’s degree from Williams College and a medical degree from University of Maryland School of Medicine.
With 152,000 members, ACP is the largest medical specialty organization in the U.S., according to the organization’s website.
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