Join ABIM Governance: apply by July 20

ABIM is pleased to announce openings on the Board of Directors, ABIM Council and several Specialty Boards for initial three-year terms beginning July 1, 2026. Applications are due Sunday, July 20, 2025.

ABIM Governance provides a meaningful and rewarding opportunity to join outstanding colleagues in service to the profession and to patients. Governance members help define the breadth of knowledge of board certified internists and subspecialists, provide perspectives on trends and scope of their discipline, and collaborate with peers to develop fair and relevant assessments.

Learn more about what the Council and Specialty Boards do.

While the majority of ABIM Governance is practicing physicians certified by ABIM, the inclusion of expert interprofessional health care team members, caregivers, and patients and patient advocates ensures the inclusion of a broader perspective on what board certification should mean for the internal medicine community and for patients, hospitals and health systems that rely on the ABIM credential to tell them a physician is staying current.

Read more about how ABIM chooses members of governance.

If you have a genuine interest in professional development and standard setting for internal medicine and its subspecialties, consider applying to one of the openings below. In addition to positions for physicians, these include several openings for patients/caregivers and healthcare team members. If you know a colleague or patient who would make a good candidate, you can also refer them through the link below.

• Board of Directors (due July 16)
  • Public (non-internist) member
• ABIM Council
  • Public member: interprofessional healthcare team member (e.g. RN, APRN, PA, NP, Pharm.D., licensed social worker, etc.) with experience working with internal medicine physicians
• Cardiovascular Board
  • Public member: interprofessional healthcare team member (e.g. RN, BSN, PA, NP, Pharm.D.) with experience working in cardiology
• Critical Care Medicine Board
  • Intensivist
• Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Board
  • Early career endocrinologist
• Gastroenterology Board
  • Early career gastroenterologist
  • Gastroenterologist practicing in a non-university/community setting
• Geriatric Medicine Board
  • Public member: interprofessional healthcare team member with experience in geriatric medicine
  • Geriatrician
• Hematology Board
  • Public member: patient or caregiver with perspectives on hematology
  • Hematologist practicing in a non-university/community setting
• Internal Medicine Board
  • Hospitalist
  • Internist practicing in a non-university/community setting
• Medical Oncology Board
  • Medical oncologist practicing in a non-university/community setting
• Nephrology Board
  • Early career nephrologist
  • Nephrologist practicing in a non-university/community setting
• Pulmonary Disease Board
  • Pulmonologist
  • Pulmonologist practicing in a non-university/community setting
• Rheumatology Board
  • Rheumatologist practicing in a non-university/community setting

Additional information on the desired qualifications and expertise, as well as the time commitment and expectations, can be found in each opening. Candidates will be asked to provide a curriculum vitae/resume, a letter of support from a colleague and a personal statement of about 300 words.

Visit ABIM’s website for more information on governance and opportunities to join.