Temple’s Dr. Darilyn Moyer to Become President-Elect of National Doctors’ Group

Darilyn V. Moyer, MD, FACP, Professor of Medicine, Executive Vice Chair for Education in the Department of Medicine, Internal Medicine Residency Program Director and Assistant Dean for Graduate Medical Education at Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University (LKSOM), has been named President-elect of the American College of Physicians (ACP), the national organization of internists. Her term will begin during ACP’s Internal Medicine Meeting 2016 - the organization’s annual scientific meeting being held in Washington, DC, May 5-7. 

Dr. Moyer most recently served ACP on the Board of Regents, which manages the business and affairs of ACP and is the main policy-making body of the College. Prior to that, she served as Chair of the Board of Governors of the College, and Governor of ACP’s Pennsylvania Southeastern Chapter.  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. Currently, Dr. Moyer is the chair of ACP’s Health and Public Policy Committee.

Dr. Moyer has been a Fellow of the ACP (FACP) since 1995. FACP is an honorary designation that recognizes ongoing individual service and contributions to the practice of medicine.

Dr. Moyer is board certified in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, and is enrolled in Maintenance of Certification.

She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in the Biological Basis of Behavior, Biology and Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania and attended medical school at LKSOM. She completed her Internal Medicine Residency at Temple University Hospital and served as a Chief Resident/Clinical Instructor of Medicine. She went on to complete an Infectious Diseases Fellowship at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Torrance, CA.

Dr. Moyer is on the faculty in the Department of Medicine at LKSOM and during her career has been a practitioner in primary care, HIV and Infectious Diseases. She received the school’s Women in Medicine Mentoring Award in 2012.

Her research and scholarly interests include medical education, high value care, patient safety, professionalism and digital media, and HIV/Infectious Diseases. She is the Co-Faculty Advisor for the LKSOM Internal Medicine Interest Group and for the LKSOM Student Educating about Healthcare Policy group.