February 3, 2023

National Women Physicians Day 2023

In recognition of National Women Physicians Day—which is celebrated on the birthday of Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States in 1849—ABIM asked some members of Governance to reflect on the current landscape for women in medicine. ABIM Governance, which includes the Board of Directors, the ABIM […]

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February 1, 2023

Voices that Transform: Thomas Strouse, MD

Dr. Strouse is a Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and the inaugural holder of the Maddie Katz Chair in Palliative Care Research and Education. He is Vice-Chair for Clinical Affairs in the David Geffen UCLA School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry. Dr. Strouse has been involved with ABIM and the Hospice and Palliative Medicine Certification Exam […]

ABIM Governance, Uncategorized

January 23, 2023

Fall 2022 Internal Medicine Board Meeting Summary

The Internal Medicine Board held its fall meeting on Thursday, November 17, 2022. The agenda provided an opportunity to update the Specialty Board on activity at ABIM and allowed for discussion of pressing issues in the field. The Internal Medicine Board was joined by guests from the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine (AAIM), the American […]

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November 23, 2022

A Thanksgiving Message from Richard J. Baron, President and CEO of ABIM

Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday of the year; what could be wrong with a holiday that focuses on two wonderful things: gratitude and food? I have been fortunate over the past 38 years to host our family gathering which will be in person again this year. We will have family and friends gather from many […]

Celebrating Physicians, Uncategorized

November 9, 2022

Fall 2022 Geriatric Medicine Board Meeting Summary

The Geriatric Medicine Board held its fall meeting on Monday, October 3, 2022. The agenda provided an opportunity to update the Geriatric Medicine Board on activity at ABIM and allowed for discussion of pressing issues in the field. The Specialty Board was joined by Nancy E. Lundebjerg, MPA, Chief Executive Officer of the American Geriatrics […]

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October 27, 2022

ABIM’s Exam Experience Team Works to Accommodate Individuals with All Disabilities

Each year ABIM fields hundreds of calls and emails from individuals who ask for accommodations for a variety of disabilities. Our Exam Experience team works hard to make sure every doctor who sits for an exam or works through questions on the new Longitudinal Knowledge Assessment (LKA) has what they need to be successful and […]

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October 24, 2022

Fall 2022 Nephrology Board Meeting Summary

The Nephrology Board held its fall meeting virtually on Friday, September 16, 2022. The fall agenda provided an opportunity to update the Nephrology Board on activity at ABIM, and allowed for discussion of pressing issues in the field. The Specialty Board was joined by guests from the American Society of Nephrology (ASN), the National Kidney […]

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October 5, 2022

What I Wish I Had Known Earlier in my Career

I write this letter to my younger self, just starting out in my medical career.  First of all, congratulations on making it this far.  You sacrificed a lot to get here, worked multiple jobs to pay for college and medical school, including bartending, waitressing at a diner and cleaning cockroach droppings in an entomology lab […]

ABIM Governance, Celebrating Physicians, Uncategorized

October 4, 2022

How ABIM Releases Exam Results

Each year, more than 30,000 internists and internal medicine subspecialists earn a new certificate from ABIM. As we enter the fall season, we understand many physicians are anxiously waiting to learn how they did on their exam, and in this post, we share some information about how the exam scoring process works. When does ABIM […]

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