Physicians on AMC Medical Staff Earn Professional Honors

SARANAC LAKE - Two physicians on the Adirondack Medical Center Medical Staff have achieved a distinct and honored status.

David Johnson, M.D., an internal medicine physician with Adirondack Internal Medicine and Pediatrics in Saranac Lake, and William Viscardo Jr., M.D., an internal medicine physician and Chief Medical Officer for AMC, were recently inducted as Fellows of the American College of Physicians (ACP).

Fellowship in the ACP is considered an honor among physicians, and is a mark of esteem from colleagues who recognize accomplishments and achievements over and above the practice of medicine.  The most important considerations for Fellowship are excellence and contributions made to both medicine and to the broader community in which the physician lives and practices.

To be elected a Fellow, doctors must show they are constantly growing and learning.  They may show this through activities such as teaching, hospital appointments, public service, continuing medical education, publishing scientific articles and advanced training.

Dr. Johnson received his medical degree from the University of Rochester, School of Medicine in 1973, and is Board Certified in Internal Medicine.  He is affiliated with Adirondack Internal Medicine & Pediatrics, and is the most senior physician with the practice.

Dr. Viscardo received his medical degree from the SUNY Buffalo School of Medicine in 1990, and is Board Certified in Internal Medicine.  Prior to becoming Chief Medical Officer of AMC, he was affiliated with Adirondack Internal Medicine and Pediatrics.  Dr. Viscardo is also the Medical Director for Critical Care and Health Centers at AMC.

Internal Medicine physicians, also referred to as internists, dedicate at least three of their seven or more years of medical school and post-graduate training to learning how to prevent, diagnose and treat diseases primarily affecting adults.  Internists often serve as medical consultants to physicians in other specialties, so often so they have earned the nickname, "the doctor's doctor."

David Johnson, M.D., and William Viscardo, M.D., were inducted as Fellows into the American College of Physicians.

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