Florida State University College of Medicine graduates, residents and one current medical student, were recognized for their accomplishments in the summer issue of the American College of Physicians (ACP) Florida Chapter Governor’s Newsletter. The organization is dedicated to internal medicine physicians and students.

Murali Iyyani (M.D. Class of 2021), a resident at Orlando Health, was acknowledged for winning the spring poster competition in the Resident Clinical Vignette category. His poster detailed the first reported case of disseminated Histoplasmosis Mitral Valve Endocarditis in Florida.

Iyyani was also selected Resident of the Year at Orlando Health, where he is one of the chief residents.

Zeina Kayali, MBBS, a resident in the FSU-Sarasota Memorial Hospital internal medicine program, won the Resident Clinical Research poster competition for characterizing embolism risk across vascular sites for index SARS-CoV-2 hospitalizations.

Sean Wimberley (M.D. Class of 2025) won the Medical Student Basic Research poster division for his work on factors contributing to missed appointments in an underserved primary-care setting and mitigation opportunities.

Jimmy Brown (M.D. Class of 2021) was a member of the FSU-Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare internal medicine residency team selected as finalists in the Doctors’ Dilemma Competition.

Ian Motie (M.D. Class of 2021), a resident the FSU-Sarasota Memorial program, was elected to the national position of chair-elect of the ACP Council of Residents and Fellows.

The ACP Florida Chapter recognized Ray Sadeq (M.D. Class of 2023) as the recipient of the College of Medicine’s Internal Medicine Award.

Also selected for Resident of the Year honors were Dr. Ryan Thompson (FSU-Sarasota Memorial) and Dr. Muhammad Yasir Baloch (FSU-Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare).