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.

Topic: Boards

Release Date: December 2026
Speaker: Cara Ruggeri, DO, FACOI (Associate Program Director for Internal Medicine and Transitional Year Program and Osteopathic Internal Medicine Program Director at St. Lukes University Hospital and Health Network in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania)

Topic: Understanding Malpractice and Malpractice Insurance

Release Date: January 2027
Speaker: TBD

Topic: Career Options for the Osteopathic Internists

Release Date: February 2027
Speakers: TBD
Registration: Coming Soon!

Topic: Understanding the Role of CME in Your Career

Release Date: April 2027
Speakers: TBD

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

Topic: AI in Medicine

• Sub-Topics:
  • Appropriate Use of AI in Documentation
  • AI and Errors
• Speaker: Charlene LePane, DO, MBA, MSPH, FACOI, FACG, FASGE

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

• Sub-Topics:
  • Your Career, Your Terms: What Matters Before You Sign
  • Some Facts and Fiction about Work-Life Balance
• Speakers:
  • Michael Foti, DO, FACOI, CHSE, Clinical Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine and Standardized Patient Program Coordinator at Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine - Middletown and a member of the ACOI Physician Wellness Committee
  • Jason Beckrow, DO, FACOI, FAAHPM, Assistant Professor for Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine and a member of the ACOI Physician Wellness Committee

Topic: Licensing

• Sub-Topics:
  • #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

Topic: Credentialing

• Sub-Topics:
  • Medical Accrediting, Credentialing, and Staff Membership/Privileging
• 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.

Topic: Contracts

• Sub-Topics:
  • Contract Risk
  • Compensation
  • Negotiations
• Speaker: Kyle Claussen, Esq.
  • Chief Executive Officer at Resolve