Dear Colleagues,

Welcome to the Western Region of the Pennsylvania Chapter of the American College of Physicians!  Pennsylvania is a large state, and we have 3 regional chapters supporting the work of the ACP in Pennsylvania.  I am pleased to be your Governor, representing the thousands of internal medicine physicians, trainees, and students of our region to the national organization.

I am a mid-career physician practicing pulmonary and critical care medicine in Pittsburgh.  I went to medical school at Albany Medical College in Albany, NY followed by internal medicine residency at the University of Rochester, Strong Memorial Hospital – where I was urged to join the ACP by one of the senior faculty and a prior Governor for Upstate NY.  I returned home to Pittsburgh for fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh, and I have settled into my practice – first at West Penn Hospital and Forbes Regional Hospital in the Allegheny Health Network and now at UPMC Shadyside Hospital where I serve as the Section Chief for Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and the Medical Director for Critical Care Services.

This website has been developed to keep internists in Pennsylvania and our ACP membership up-to-date on developments and activities in our Chapter.  We publish newsletters regularly, and there will be details about upcoming regional and state-wide meetings.  The regional PA Western meeting is a terrific opportunity for residents and students to submit their interesting cases or unique research for our poster competition with the winners having the opportunity to go to the national ACP IM meeting to present their work at the highest level.  The Doctor’s Dilemma resident competition challenges the best minds in our Commonwealth’s internal medicine training programs against each other – vying for a spot at the national competition in April each year.

The Pennsylvania Chapter is committed to advocacy – at both the state and national levels.  There is an advocacy page of this website where you can find information from our state lobbyist and links to advocacy podcasts.  There will be information about advocacy days at the state capitol and opportunities to meet with local legislators.  Please follow the page for updates on upcoming events at the regional, state, and national level.

Despite all of my years as a specialist in the ICU and in pulmonary medicine, I continue to feel very strongly that the ACP grounds me firmly in my practice of internal medicine.  The ACP has been important at all stages of my career – through the resources of MKSAP, the educational and networking moments at the national IM meeting, and through the advocacy opportunities at Leadership Day.   Please join me and the thousands of other Pennsylvania members of the ACP as we advance our careers and the internal medicine profession together.

Jennifer G. McComb, MD, MPH, FACP
Governor, Western Region
Treasurer, PA-ACP
2025-2029