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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Quality Measures Need to Reflect Physician Practice to Fully Realize Potential of Improving Quality and Value
Washington, DC, January 29, 2009 – Christine K. Cassel, MD, President and CEO of the American Board of Internal Medicine and board certified physician in Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, testified today before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee highlighting the importance of improving health care quality and value by integrating best practices into the delivery of medicine – and doing so with the full participation and investment of the physician community.
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Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Certification Available through ABIM
Philadelphia, PA, September 22, 2008 – ABMS approved ABIM’s proposal to establish a secondary subspecialty certification in Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology.
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Wendy E. Levinson, MD, Named Chair-Elect of American Board of Internal Medicine Board of Directors
Philadelphia, PA, July 1, 2008 – Wendy E. Levinson, MD, the Sir John and Lady Eaton Professor and Chair of the Department of Medicine at the University of Toronto, has been named Chair-Elect of the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Board of Directors.
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Talmadge E. King Jr., MD, Elected to the Executive Committee of the American Board of Internal Medicine Board of Directors
Philadelphia, PA, July 1, 2008 – Talmadge E. King Jr., MD, recipient of the Julius R. Krevans Distinguished Professorship in Internal Medicine award and Chair of the Department of Medicine at the University of California San Francisco, has been elected to the Executive Committee of the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Board of Directors.
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Stephen A. Paget, MD, FACP, Elected to the American Board of Internal Medicine Board of Directors
Philadelphia, PA, July 1, 2008 – Stephen A. Paget, MD, the Joseph P. Routh Professor of Medicine and Rheumatic Diseases at Weill Medical College of Cornell University and Professor of Clinical Epidemiology and Health Services Research at Weill Graduate School of Medical Sciences of Cornell University, has been elected to the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Board of Directors.
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Richard J. Baron, MD, FACP, Elected Chair of American Board of Internal Medicine Board of Directors
Philadelphia, PA, July 1, 2008 – Richard J. Baron, MD, FACP, a practicing internist, has been named Chair of the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Board of Directors from July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009.
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Neil R. Powe, MD, MPH, MBA, Elected to the American Board of Internal Medicine Board of Directors
Philadelphia, PA, July 1, 2008 – Neil R. Powe, MD, MPH, MBA, Director of the Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, and University Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, has been elected to the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Board of Directors.
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National Institutes of Health Executive Griffin P. Rodgers, MD, MBA, MACP, Elected Secretary/Treasurer of the American Board of Internal Medicine Board of Directors
Philadelphia, PA, July 1, 2008 – Griffin P. Rodgers, MD, MBA, MACP, Director of the National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) and Chief, Molecular and Clinical Hematology Branch of the National Institutes of Health, has been elected to a two-year term as Secretary/Treasurer on the Executive Committee of the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Board of Directors.
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Marie T. Brown, MD, FACP, Elected to the American Board of Internal Medicine Board of Directors
Philadelphia, PA, July 1, 2008 – Marie T. Brown, MD, FACP, a practicing internist, has been elected to the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Board of Directors.
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George H. Karam, MD, Elected to the American Board of Internal Medicine Board of Directors
Philadelphia, PA, July 1, 2008 – George H. Karam, MD, the Paula Garvey Manship Professor of Medicine at the Louisiana State University School of Medicine, has been elected to the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Board of Directors.