Laura E. Evans, MD, MSc, named to American Board of Internal Medicine Board of Directors
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Laura E. Evans, MD, MSc, named to American Board of Internal Medicine Board of Directors
Philadelphia, July 1, 2026 — The American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) has appointed Laura E. Evans, MD, MSc, Medical Director of Critical Care at the University of Washington Medical Center, to the Board of Directors for a three-year term beginning July 1, 2026. The Board of Directors sets the strategy, policy and oversight of assessment across internal medicine and its subspecialties. Directors provide important insights into what constitutes excellence in patient care and help foster important partnerships in the healthcare community.
A Professor of Medicine at the University of Washington, Dr. Evans is ABIM Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, Critical Care Medicine and Hospice and Palliative Medicine. Her interests focus on the translation of evidence into clinical practice, particularly in sepsis, and on building the capacity to prepare for and respond to high-consequence infectious diseases.
Dr. Evans served as chair of the ABIM Critical Care Medicine Board for six years and the ABIM Council for two years. She also served on the Council of the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) for six years and chairs the SCCM Discover Clinical Research Network. She is a member of the National Emerging Special Pathogens Training and Education Center.
“The ABIM Board of Directors is intentionally designed to bring important voices from across the disciplines of internal medicine together to advance the mission of ABIM,” said Furman S. McDonald, MD, MPH, President and CEO of ABIM and the ABIM Foundation. “Dr. Evans has long been an exemplary governance leader and proponent of ABIM. We look forward to her perspective helping to shape the strategic focus of the Board.”
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