If you are interested in applying for this role you will find a button to the ABIM Governance Candidate Information Form at the bottom of this page.
| Entity: | Board of Directors |
| Term Start: | 7/01/2025 |
| Term End: | 6/30/2028 |
| May be renewed: | Twice |
| Questions? Contact: | governanceservices@abim.org |
Role
The role of the Board of Directors is to:
- Determine and advance ABIM's Mission and strategic policies, and to ensure the primacy, relevance and value of ABIM Board Certification;
- Be external-facing and future-focused in setting the direction and strategy for the organization, including setting overall goals and long-range plans for ABIM;
- Establish fiscal policy and provide adequate resources for the activities of the organization;
- Develop and maintain links and relationships to ABIM's constituencies and the community; and
- Exercise ultimate fiduciary responsibility and authority.
For more information view ABIM Governance.
Expertise/Qualifications
The Board of Directors seeks a practicing physician member.
Candidates should possess experience serving in ABIM discipline-specific governance, having served on one or more of the following: ABIM Council, Specialty Board/Advisory Committees, or Approval Committees.
ABIM welcomes candidates with a diversity of perspectives, and given its current composition, the Board is especially interested in candidates who:
- Are clinically active, spending the majority of their time in patient care, and/or
- Are located in the Southern US
In addition, applicants who have at least one of the following characteristics are encouraged to apply:
- Employed in systems not affiliated with academic institutions;
- Early- to- Mid-Career physician;
- Involvement at state/regional medical societies;
- Rural medicine experience; or
- Demonstrates expertise in clearly communicating to diverse audiences, especially physicians, across multiple media platforms
The following leadership skills are also valuable to this role:
- Prior experience with service on a nonprofit Board of Directors (not required but preferable)
Requirements for ABIM Service
- Commitment to ABIM's mission "to enhance the quality of health care by certifying internists and subspecialists who demonstrate the knowledge, skills and attitudes essential for excellent patient care."
- Genuine interest in professional development and standard-setting for internal medicine and its subspecialties.
- Willingness to comply with the MOC Participation Policy for Physicians Serving ABIM which which requires physician members of governance to be Certified and Participating in MOC.
- Willingness to comply with ABIM's Financial and Academic conflict of interest policies, which require relationship disclosures be updated at least annually, and prohibit participation in "board review" or "board prep" courses throughout ABIM service.
- Strong communication, interpersonal and collaboration skills, as well as ability to meet deadlines and complete task assignments.
Time Commitment
The ABIM Board of Directors typically holds three two-day meetings per year in Philadelphia, two multiple-day meetings per year in person in other locations, as well as several webinar meetings throughout the year as needed. Directors are also required to serve on committees of the Board, which hold additional meetings in conjunction with in-person Board meetings or via webinar throughout the year. Directors generally serve an initial three-year term, renewable twice up to nine years of total service, pending satisfactory performance.
Submission Deadline:
11/25/2024
Decision Expected:
Spring 2025
Candidates will be asked to provide:
- Candidate Information Form (link below)
- Curriculum Vitae/Resume
- Letter of Support from a colleague(s) who knows you and your work well, but cannot be someone that will be a part of the decision-making process.
- Personal Statement – Approximately 300 words describing your perspective of the ABIM mission and your role in it.
To be considered for this opening, please complete and submit the online Candidate Information Form.