The new ACOI Resident Lecture Series program hosts lectures designed to bring current internal medicine residents and subspecialty fellows together with ACOI leadership and mentors. These meetings are free of charge for all ACOI resident members. 

Inspired by the success of both the ACOI Virtual Visiting Professor Program and the ACOI Student Lecture Series, the goal of the Resident Lecture Series is to help internal medicine trainees be successful during their training and be prepared for life after their post-graduate education. 

This new series provides residents and fellows support to navigate some of the most common hurdles and stressors they may face, such as providing insight into the basics of licensing and credentialing and tips on contract review.

Primary Topic: Licensing

• Sub-Topics (20-30 minutes per lecture):
  • #1: Medical licensure and discipline
  • #2: Interstate licensure
  • #3: Artificial intelligence and medical regulation
• Speaker: Humayun “Hank” Chaudhry, DO, MS, MACOI, MACP, FRCP
  • President and Chief Executive Officer of the Federation of State Medical Boards

Primary Topic: Credentialing

• Coming January-February 2026
• Sub-Topics (20-30 minutes per lecture):
  • #1: What is credentialing?
  • #2: How does the process work?
• Speaker: Karen J. Nichols, DO, MA, MACOI, MACP, FAMWA, CS-F
  • Immediate Past Chair of the ACGME Board of Directors, was the Dean of Midwestern University/Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine, and was the founding IM Chair at MWU/AZCOM and Assistant Dean for GME. She was the first female president of both the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) and the ACOI.

Primary Topic: Contracts

• Coming February/March 2026
• Sub-Topics (20-30 minutes per lecture):
  • Contract Review Tips/Salary Data
• Speaker: TBD
   

Primary Topic: What to look for in a job post-residency

• Coming Spring 2026
• Sub-Topics (20-30 minutes per lecture): TBD
• Speakers:
  • Michael Foti, DO, FACOI, CHSE (Clinical Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine and Standardized Patient Program Coordinator at Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine - Middletown)

Primary Topic: AI in Medicine

• Coming Spring/Summer 2026
• Sub-Topics (20 minutes per lecture):
  • #1: How AI is being used in medicine
  • #2: Pros and cons of AI in medicine
  • #3: How to use AI to provide better patient care
• Speaker: TBD

For more information, contact Kara Kerns at kara@acoi.org.