Angela Johnson Leads American College of Physicians' State Chapter
Leslie Capo, Director of Information Services
Angela Johnson, MD, FACP, Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine at the branch campus
in Baton Rouge, has been elected Governor of the Louisiana Chapter of the American
College of Physicians (ACP). ACP is the largest medical specialty organization and
the second-largest physician group in the United States. She took office April 25,
2020.
Governors are elected by local ACP members and serve four-year terms. Working with
a local council, they supervise ACP chapter activities, appoint members to local committees,
and preside at regional meetings. They also represent members by serving on the ACP
Board of Governors. The ACP Board of Governors is an advisory board to the Board of
Regents and implements national projects in addition to representing members at the
national level.
Dr. Johnson became a Fellow of ACP (FACP) in 2010. Fellowship is an honorary designation
that recognizes ongoing individual service and contributions to the practice of medicine.
Her ACP positions began with her appointment as a member of the Louisiana Chapter
Governor's Council in 2010 and continued through 2016. She has been a member of the
nominating committee since 2015. At the national level, she has been a member of
the awards committee since 2016. She was a member of the Council of Early Career Physicians
from 2010-2013, where she served as Chair-elect in 2012-2013 and Chair in 2013-2014.
Johnson was the Council's representative to the Board of Governors in 2012-2013 and
representative to the Board of Regents in 2013-2014.
Johnson also serves as Chief of the Section of Internal Medicine and Associate Program
Director of the LSU Health Internal Medicine residency program in Baton Rouge. She
is ambulatory clinic director for LSU Health's primary care and medicine subspecialty
clinics at Our Lady of the Lake and serves on numerous hospital committees and workgroups.
She also plays an active role in state/regional natural disaster medical response
efforts.
Johnson is a graduate of LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine and completed the
internal medicine residency program at Earl K. Long Medical Center in Baton Rouge.