Calling for Applications to ABIM Approval Committees

ABIM is pleased to announce openings on several Approval Committees for initial two-year terms beginning July 1, 2025, with the option to renew up to two times. Applications are due Friday, January 10, 2025.

ABIM Approval Committees are responsible for approving all assessment content and maintaining the blueprints for Certification, Maintenance of Certification (MOC) and the Longitudinal Knowledge Assessment (LKA®) in Internal Medicine and its subspecialties. As such, they play a crucial role in defining their respective disciplines.

Learn more about what the Approval Committees do.

Approval Committees are composed 100% of practicing physicians, experts in their field and dedicated volunteers who are passionate about the practice of medicine and shaping assessment to reflect the way internists and specialists practice.

If you have a genuine interest in professional development and the creation of assessments for internal medicine and its subspecialties, please consider applying to one of the openings below.

• Cardiovascular Disease Approval Committees
  • A cardiologist certified in Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology and/or specializing in the treatment of heart failure
  • A cardiologist specializing in electrophysiology
• Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Approval Committee
  • A clinical cardiac electrophysiologist
• Critical Care Medicine Approval Committees
  • A critical care medicine physician
  • A critical care medicine physician certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine
  • A critical care medicine physician certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
• Gastroenterology Approval Committees
  • A gastroenterologist
• Geriatric Medicine Approval Committees
  • A geriatrician
  • A geriatrician certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
• Hematology Approval Committees
  • A hematologist specializing in malignant hematology
  • A hematologist specializing in non-malignant hematology
• Hospice and Palliative Medicine Approval Committees
  • A hospice and palliative medicine physician
  • A hospice and palliative medicine physician certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine
• Infectious Disease Approval Committees
  • An infectious disease physician
• Internal Medicine Approval Committees
  • A cardiologist
  • An internist
• Medical Oncology Approval Committees
  • An oncologist specializing in genitourinary cancers
  • An oncologist specializing in hematologic malignancies
• Nephrology Approval Committees
  • A nephrologist
• Pulmonary Disease Approval Committees
  • A pulmonologist
• Rheumatology Approval Committees
  • A rheumatologist
• Sleep Medicine Approval Committees
  • A sleep medicine physician

ABIM strongly encourages candidates from groups underrepresented in medicine and all areas of the country to apply.

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.