T. Brian Callister, MD, FACP, FHM, named president of American College of Physicians northern Nevada district
Reno internist T. Brian Callister is the newly named northern Nevada district president of the American College of Physicians.
Reno internist T. Brian Callister, MD, FACP, FHM, has been named president of the American College of Physicians (ACP) northern Nevada district. Dr. Callister is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians. He served as the chair of the ACP Council of Hospitalists and was the 2011 ACP Nevada Chapter recipient of the Volunteerism and Community Service Award.
Dr. Callister has served for more than a decade as national medical director for LifeCare Hospital, overseeing more than 5,000 physicians practicing at 27 hospitals in 10 states. He is a clinical associate professor of medicine at the University of Nevada and professor of medicine at Touro University. He is also the current president of the Nevada State Medical Association, representing more than 2,000 physician and medical student members of Nevada’s oldest and largest physician advocacy organization. In addition, he serves on Medicare and Medicaid’s Technical Expert Panels on quality for both long term acute care and inpatient rehabilitation hospitals.
Dr. Callister frequently speaks at medical conferences and facilities around the nation on health-related education topics including improving relationships in healthcare; quality outcomes; body, mind and soul; and end of life issues.
The American College of Physicians is the national organization of internists – physicians who specialize in the prevention, detection and treatment of illnesses in adults. ACP is the largest medical specialty organization and second-largest physician group in the US.
