Explore ABIM's news releases – from Board of Directors appointments, to important information on our assessments, Maintenance of Certification (MOC), and more. Please note that the MOC program has evolved over the years and some information in older news may not apply to the current program.
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Robert M. Wachter, MD, Named Chair-Elect of ABIM's Board of Directors
Philadelphia, PA, July 1, 2011 – Robert M. Wachter, MD, Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), Associate Chairman of UCSF's Department of Medicine, Chief of the Medical Service at UCSF Medical Center, and Chief of UCSF's 50-faculty Division of Hospital Medicine, has been named Chair-Elect of the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Board of Directors. He also serves on ABIM's Executive Committee.
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Catherine R. Lucey, MD, Named Chair of ABIM's Board of Directors
Philadelphia, PA, July 1, 2011 – Catherine R. Lucey, MD, has been named Chair of the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Board of Directors.
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ABIM Elects William C. Little, MD, Chair of its Subspecialty Board on Cardiovascular Disease
Philadelphia, PA, July 1, 2011 – William C. Little, MD, Chief of Cardiology, McMichael Professor and Vice-Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine at the Wake Forest School of Medicine, has been named Chair of the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Subspecialty Board on Cardiovascular Disease.
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ABIM Elects Sharon A. Levine, MD, Chair of its Subspecialty Board on Geriatric Medicine
Philadelphia, PA, July 1, 2011 – Sharon A. Levine, MD, Professor of Medicine and Associate Dean of Academic Affairs at the Boston University School of Medicine, has been named Chair of the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Subspecialty Board on Geriatric Medicine. As such, she becomes the subspecialty board’s representative to ABIM's Board of Directors.
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ABIM Elects Shalender Bhasin, MD, Chair of its Subspecialty Board on Endocrinology, Diabetes, & Metabolism
Philadelphia, PA, July 1, 2011 – Shalender Bhasin, MD, Professor of Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine, and Chief of the Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Nutrition at Boston Medical Center, has been named Chair of the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Subspecialty Board on Endocrinology, Diabetes, & Metabolism.
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ABIM Elects Richard Stone, MD, Chair of its Subspecialty Board on Medical Oncology
Philadelphia, PA, July 1, 2011 – Richard Stone, MD, Director of the Adult Acute Leukemia Program at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, has been named Chair of the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Subspecialty Board on Medical Oncology.
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ABIM Elects Naomi O'Grady, MD, Chair of its Subspecialty Board on Critical Care Medicine
Philadelphia, PA, July 1, 2011 – Naomi O'Grady, MD, a senior staff physician in the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center's Critical Care Medicine Department and the Medical Director of the Clinical Center's Vascular Access and Conscious Sedation Services, has been named Chair of the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Subspecialty Board on Critical Care Medicine.
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ABIM Announces New Board Leadership and Members
Philadelphia, PA, July 1, 2011 – The American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) today named new leadership and members of its Board of Directors and subspecialty boards, which encompass the field of internal medicine.
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ABIM Presents New Self-Assessment Option for Physicians Treating Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease
Philadelphia, PA, June 14, 2011 – To assist physicians treating patients with Chronic Kidney Disease, the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) offers a new self-assessment tool to examine the care they provide patients with the disease.
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ABIM and Bridges to Excellence® Collaborate to Reduce Data Reporting Burden on Physicians
Philadelphia, PA, June 2, 2011 – In continuing an effort to ease the quality-reporting burden for board certified physicians, the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) will enable board certified physicians to use the ABIM PIM Practice Improvement Module® in Hypertension to attain recognition and rewards through Bridges to Excellence® (BTE).