March 20, 2023

Colorectal Cancer Month: A Conversation with Divyanshoo R. Kohli, MD

Dr. Divyanshoo Kohli is an interventional endoscopist working at Providence Digestive Health Institute’s Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane, Washington. Before his current position, he was the Director of Endoscopy at the Kansas City VA Medical Center in Missouri and Adjunct Faculty for the Gastroenterology and Hepatology Fellowship Program at Kansas University School of Medicine […]

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March 8, 2023

A Conversation with Jasmine Brown, Author, Rhodes Scholar and Medical Student

On International Women’s Day we are highlighting Jasmine Brown, a third-year medical student at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Ms. Brown is a Rhodes Scholar and author of the book Twice as Hard: The Stories of Black Women who Fought to Become Physicians, From the Civil War to the 21st […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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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