UB's Nolan Begins Term As Chair of American College of Physicians Board of Regents

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- James P. Nolan, M.D., professor and chair of the Department of Medicine in the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, has been elected to a one-year term as chair of the American College of Physicians Board of Regents.

Nolan has served on the 26-member board since 1989 and was vice chair in 1993. Prior to joining the board, he was the society's governor for New York State for four years, winning the Governor of the Year Award in 1988, and was president of the New York State chapter from 1987-88.

The American College of Physicians is the nation's largest medical-specialty society, with a membership of more than 80,000 physicians trained in internal medicine and related subspecialties.

In addition to his UB appointments, Nolan serves as director of medicine at the Erie County Medical Center.

He is a resident of Buffalo.