ACOI Recognizes Mark Baldwin, DO, MACOI, FASN as 2025 Teacher of the Year
by ACOI
September 9, 2025
The American College of Osteopathic Internists (ACOI), a national professional organization representing osteopathic internal medicine physicians and subspecialists, has selected Mark Baldwin, DO, MACOI, FASN, as the 2025 Teacher of the Year. Dr. Baldwin will be presented with the award at ACOI 2025 in Marco Island, Florida.
Dr. Baldwin is a professor and Chair of the Department of Primary Care Medicine at Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine. Board-certified in both nephrology and internal medicine, he is a graduate of Kansas City University of Medicine. Prior to his current role, he served as a Professor and Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine at the Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences (PNWU) College of Osteopathic Medicine.
An incredibly engaged physician, Dr. Baldwin is involved with several committees and associations, including as Chair of the Washington Osteopathic Medical Association CME Committee, Vice President of the Washington Osteopathic Medical Association, and Fellow of the American Society of Nephrology Kidney. Within ACOI, he is a member of the CME Committee and Osteopathic Medical Education Continuum Council (OMECC), Chair of the Student Lecture Series for Pre-clinical Students, Faculty of the Annual Internal Medicine Board Review Course, and Chair and Educational Coordinator of the Nephrology Subsection.
Dr. Baldwin is the recipient of several teaching awards, and was most recently honored with the Golden Cane Award of Outstanding Achievement in Educational Excellence by the PNWU Class of 2027. He has also been awarded the 2023 Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award by PNWU College of Osteopathic Medicine’s Arnold P. Gold Humanism Honor Society; the 2022 Storyteller Award from PNWU College of Osteopathic Medicine’s classes of 2024 and 2025 and MAMS class of 2022; and the 2017-18 Sir William Osler Internal Medicine Teacher of the Year Award from Skagit Regional Health.
Dr. Albert M. Brady, DO, FACP, FACOI, a colleague of Dr. Baldwin’s at PNWU School of Osteopathic Medicine, shared these words in his letter of nomination:
“Dr. Baldwin is an exceptional physician educator with his unique combination of academic prowess and commitment to learning. He is a skilled instructor of students, residents and his peers. Students and residents are drawn to him because of his prodigious knowledge and the enthusiasm with which he shares that knowledge. His sagacious character and benignant world view are infectious, and I have seen their dramatic and lasting impact on students.”
About ACOI
Since 1941, the American College of Osteopathic Internists (ACOI) has represented current and aspiring osteopathic internal medicine physicians and subspecialists. The ACOI provides leadership, networking, and education to help members be successful and stay true to why they pursued medicine. For more information, visit www.acoi.org.