Julie A. Blehm, MD, FACP, is the new governor of the North Dakota Chapter of the American College of Physicians. She is associate dean of the Southeast Campus in Fargo and associate professor of medicine at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences. Blehm will serve as the ACP’s representative for the ND Chapter, where she is the liaison between physician members of the state chapter and the national leadership of the ACP.

The American College of Physicians is a 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 United States.

Blehm received her Medical Doctorate from the University of North Dakota School of Medicine in 1981. She completed her internal medicine residency at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines. Blehm is board certified in internal medicine and geriatric medicine.