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Election as a Fellow of the American College of Preventive Medicine (FACPM) is an honor bestowed upon qualified candidates by their peers on the ACPM Membership Committee. Fellowship in the American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM) recognizes these distinguished individuals for their service and engagement within the field of preventive medicine, and within the entirety of the College.
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Ready to become an ACPM Fellow? Applications for the Class of 2027 are open now and close on September 8. Download the application package here to view the application criteria and click here to start your application today.
ACPM requires candidates to complete several steps to be considered for a fellowship opportunity. From two letters of recommendation for your fellowship application, to holding a current certification with recognized professional boards, candidates must adhere to high standards of achievement and engagement to be reviewed and awarded this prestigious honor.
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Members may apply to become a Fellow of the College after three consecutive years of full membership and once they have completed all requirements and processes as outlined by the College.
Fellows may add the credential FACPM to their signature and are eligible for additional member benefits, including access to exclusive events and leadership opportunities through the Board of Regents. To maintain use of the FACPM credential, individuals must remain full-members in good standing with the College. If a Fellow’s annual dues lapse, the fellowship designation becomes invalid until reinstated with a $150 reinstatement fee.
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Kingsley Anurugwo, MBBS, MPH, AAHIVS, FACPM, is a distinguished physician, educator, and researcher specializing in Public Health and General Preventive Medicine. He currently serves as a Clinical Assistant Professor at the Orlando College of Osteopathic Medicine and is the Program Director for the Florida Department of Health (FDOH) in Palm Beach County’s (PBC) Public Health Education and General Preventive Medicine Residency Program.
Previously, Dr. Anurugwo held several key leadership positions, including Associate Program Director and Director of Communicable Diseases for the FDOH. His tenure was marked by significant advancements in residency curriculum development and the oversight of regional STD, HIV, and Tuberculosis programs. Notably, he pioneered the recreation of the Congenital Syphilis Review Board and re-established the “Mama Bear” monthly conference, a forum designed to enhance collaboration between HIV surveillance, perinatal nursing, and STD programs. He drafted the department’s PrEP protocol and successfully advocated for expanded access to PrEP services, ensuring long-term care for patients within the county.
Dr. Anurugwo earned his medical degree from Obafemi Awolowo University in Nigeria and holds a Master of Public Health, a graduate certificate in Patient Safety and Error Science from the University of Illinois Chicago, and an Electronic Health Record Management certificate from Ashworth College. He completed his preliminary residency training in Internal Medicine at the University of Maryland Capital Region Medical Center and York Hospital. He subsequently completed his specialty residency in Preventive Medicine at FDOH in PBC.
His research focuses on identifying and mitigating missed opportunities in congenital syphilis prevention. He is deeply committed to public health programs evaluation, ensuring that evidence-based interventions translate into improved population health outcomes.
Malika Garg, MD MS, FACPM is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
I am a Board-certified Preventive Medicine Physician practicing in the Selikoff Centers for Occupational Medicine, specializing in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of work-related injuries and illnesses. In addition, I am a clinician at the World Trade Center Health Program Clinical Center of Excellence at Mount Sinai. I have established the Smoking Cessation clinic for 9/11 responders.
I am also a faculty member in the Mount Sinai Graduate Program in Public Health, serving as a course director of multiple courses. I serve as a faculty advisor for graduate students and as the international graduate student advisor within the Masters in Public Health Graduate Program.
I have received my master’s in clinical research from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai with a focus on Cost-effective analysis. Combining my medical training, graduate courses and clinical experience, I focus on Disparities in Healthcare and Cost-effective methods to improve patient outcomes.
MD, MPH, FACPM
Jyothi Gunta MD, MPH, FACPM is a board-certified physician in Preventive Medicine/Public Health and board certified in Occupational/Environmental Medicine with training and experience in family medicine, evidence based preventive care, occupational medicine, epidemiology, research, education and policy. She earned her Master’s in Public Health from NOVA Southeastern University in Florida. She is also a certified Medical Review Officer and a certified DOT medical examiner. She has several years of experience as a medical director in family practice, preventive health services, obesity medicine, urgent care and occupational health. She has demonstrated leadership within multiple healthcare systems and outpatient practices including the Veterans Health Administration, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. She played an integral part in one of the most intensive projects of COVID-19 vaccine safety monitoring in U.S history and contributed to the description of health and functional outcomes following vaccination. This data was published in the Lancet Child and Adolescent Health Journal. She received her MD from Saint Petersburg State Medical Academy in St. Petersburg, Russia. She completed her internship in pediatrics residency at Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawai’i before entering Preventive Medicine residency program at the Florida Department of Health.
Dr. Marissa Khajavi MD, MPH, FACPM is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and Program Director of the Preventive Medicine Residency Program at the University of Maryland Medical Center. She provides equitable reproductive health care as a staff physician in the Department of OB/GYN at Chase Brexton Healthcare, a federally qualified health center.
As a physician-scientist trained in clinical preventive medicine, OB/GYN, and clinical lifestyle medicine, Dr. Khajavi’s research interests focus on improving maternal and reproductive health care access and reducing maternal morbidity and mortality. Her work examines structural, clinical, and social determinants of health that contribute to inequities in maternal outcomes, particularly among marginalized populations, with the goal of developing scalable, evidence-based strategies to strengthen care delivery and improve population-level outcomes.
Dr. Khajavi is also committed to medical education and trainee wellness. She teaches preventive and lifestyle-based approaches to health and prioritizes wellness to promote resilience and sustainable clinical practice.
Ngozi Obi, MD, MPH, DipABLM, FACOEM, FACPM is a Preventive Medicine and Occupational Medicine physician at Froedtert & Medical College of Wisconsin where she is a passionate advocate for transformational healthcare that is based on prevention, health promotion and cost reduction. Dr. Obi has led exposure investigations and medical surveillance for various occupational and toxic environmental exposures. An ACPM Vaccine ambassador, she designed the Froedtert Health Vaccination Program through which a grant-funded project is administered. Her work on this project has been presented at various national and regional scientific events. As Co-Chair of ACLM’s Lifestyle Medicine in the Workplace Medical Interest Group, Dr. Obi champions incorporation of Lifestyle medicine in clinical Occupational Medicine practice through services and programs that promote the reduction of injury and chronic disease risk factors among workers.
Ngozi is a certified by the Council for Accreditation in Occupational Hearing Conservation (CAOHC) as a Professional Supervisor through which she administers and manages hearing conservation programs for Froedtert & Medical College of Wisconsin and other organizations in SE Wisconsin region. She is a clinical preceptor for medical students and trainees of Medical College of Wisconsin through which she makes health promotion, prevention and adherence to lifestyle medicine competencies the focus of care and medical education.
Dr. Obi obtained her medical degree from Abia State University, Nigeria. Her residency trainings include Internal Medicine residency at UM Prince George’s Hospital Center, Cheverly, MD, and George Washington University, Washington D.C; Occupational and Environmental Medicine; Public Health and General Preventive Medicine residencies at University of Colorado. She also obtained a certification in Total Worker Health (TWH) from Colorado School of Public Health. Dr. Obi is board certified in Public Health and General Preventive Medicine, Lifestyle Medicine, and Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
Sara Turbow, MD, MPH, FACPM is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Preventive Medicine and a clinician-educator/investigator at Emory University School of Medicine. She completed her MD and MPH in epidemiology at Emory University School of Medicine/Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, then completed training in internal medicine/primary care at Emory University. She joined the faculty of the Division of General Internal Medicine at Grady Memorial Hospital/Emory University School of Medicine upon completion of her residency in 2015. In 2020, she completed training in Public Health and General Preventive Medicine, also at Emory, joining the preventive medicine residency leadership as an Associate Program Director immediately thereafter. She has served as Program Director of Emory’s Public Health and General Preventive Medicine Residency and Fellowship program since 2023. In addition, she is a health services researcher focusing on interhospital care fragmentation, health information technology, aging, and dementia.
Jacob P. VanHouten, MD, PhD, MPH, MS, FACPM is the Associate Chief Medical Information Officer at Bassett Healthcare Network in Cooperstown, New York, and an Assistant Clinical Professor at the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. A board-certified preventive medicine physician and medical informatician, he focuses on pragmatic AI use in clinical practice, informatics-enabled population health, and value-based care transformation while continuing to practice general rural medicine. At Bassett, he partners with clinical and operational leaders to align informatics strategy with population health priorities and measurable value-based care outcomes.
Dr. VanHouten earned his MD at Vanderbilt University, where he also completed a PhD in Biomedical Informatics and an MS in Biostatistics. He trained in General Preventive Medicine at Griffin Hospital (Derby, CT) and received his MPH from the Yale School of Public Health. In his capacity as a preventive medicine specialist, he teaches medical students during their core primary care clerkships, leads population health coursework for internal medicine residents, and is deeply involved in multiple research programs within the Bassett community. He previously served as core faculty for ACPM’s AI in Preventive Medicine Certificate and continues to serve as a member of the inaugural editorial board of AJPM Focus.
Dr. Duane F. Wisk is a preventive and occupational medicine physician in Hollan, MI, and Brooklyn, NY. He is affiliated with Holland Hospital. He received his medical degree from Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine and his master’s degree from the University of Illinois Chicago. He is a fellow of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) and a member of the American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM). He sits on the Science and Translation Committee at ACPM and the Digital Health Committee at ACOEM. He also represents the ACPM on the AMA CPT Advisory Committee. He has been practicing for over 40 years. He is experienced in quantitative computational medicine, value-based medicine, preventive medicine, public health, population health, emergency medicine, aerospace medicine, occupational medicine, toxicology, disability evaluation, workers’ compensation injuries, and environmental health. He has done healthcare IT consulting for 35 years. He is a consultant and researcher in quantitative computational medicine, value-based medicine, healthcare IT, quality, and alternative delivery systems. He is a retired Lt. Colonel and flight surgeon from the Air National Guard. He is also an adjunct assistant professor at the Warren Alpert School of Medicine of Brown University, and an Adjunct Research Fellow in the School of Computing, Engineering, and Mathematical Sciences at La Trobe University in Australia