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Dr. John Tooker is the executive vice president and chief executive officer of the American College of Physicians (ACP)— the largest medical specialty society in the US, representing 128,000 specialists, subspecialists and medical students in internal medicine. the ACP's mission is to foster excellence and professionalism in medicine.

ACP has been in the forefront of health care reform efforts, working to develop new models of patient care delivery and practice and payment reforms that will make internal medicine more attractive as a career choice.  Dr. Tooker represents ACP in a variety of national forums to ensure the views of internists are heard during this important time of healthcare reform in the US. He has testified at congressional hearings and participated on many panels with legislators and other key policy makers with the goal to improve health care for patients. Dr. Tooker is a frequent speaker on topics such as health information technology (HIT), the patient-centered medical home, provider reimbursement, and quality improvement (QI).

Dr. Tooker serves on the board of directors of the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) and the National eHealth Collaborative (NeHC). He also serves on the boards of the National Quality Forum, the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology, and the Electronic Health Record Patient Safety Advisory Board. He represents ACP as a founding member of the AQA, serves on the Quality Alliance Steering Committee (QASC), Connecting for Health steering committee and is a member of the Center for Payment Reform.

Dr. Tooker earned his medical degree at University of Colorado School of Medicine, completed an internal medicine residency at the Bellevue Hospital Center and the University of Colorado, and a pulmonary/critical care fellowship at the Maine Medical Center and the University of Washington. He is a graduate of the Fox School of Business at Temple University, and is an adjunct professor of medicine at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.