Explore ABIM's news releases – from Board of Directors appointments, to important information on our assessments, Maintenance of Certification (MOC), and more. Please note that the MOC program has evolved over the years and some information in older news may not apply to the current program.
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ABIM Approves Seven New Quality Improvement AQI Pathway Options
Philadelphia, PA, October 20, 2011 – For physicians maintaining board certification, quality improvement (QI) projects from seven different organizations – including health systems, medical societies and hospitals – have been approved by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) for credit in the Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program through its Approved Quality Improvement (AQI) Pathway.
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ABIM Celebrates 75 Years by Giving Back
Philadelphia, PA, October 4, 2011 – As it celebrates its 75th anniversary, the American Board of Internal Medicine has made contributions to St. Catherine Labouré Medical Clinic and Delaware Valley Community Health, Inc., two Philadelphia-based charities providing primary medical care to underserved populations in the area.
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ABIM Introduces New and Improved Self-Assessment Tools for QI Activities
Philadelphia, PA, October 3, 2011 – The American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) announces the launch of its redesigned Self-Directed PIM and its new Completed Project PIM as tools to assist board certified physicians who are performing quality improvement (QI) activities.
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ABIM's Composite Scoring Method Allows Physicians to Compare Performance to Peers
Philadelphia, PA, August 1, 2011 – Physicians who complete the American Board of Internal Medicine's ABIM PIMs Practice Improvement Modules® in Diabetes and Hypertension can now receive specific feedback about how they perform compared to their peers through composite scoring.
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Robert M. Wachter, MD, Named Chair-Elect of ABIM's Board of Directors
Philadelphia, PA, July 1, 2011 – Robert M. Wachter, MD, Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), Associate Chairman of UCSF's Department of Medicine, Chief of the Medical Service at UCSF Medical Center, and Chief of UCSF's 50-faculty Division of Hospital Medicine, has been named Chair-Elect of the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Board of Directors. He also serves on ABIM's Executive Committee.
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Catherine R. Lucey, MD, Named Chair of ABIM's Board of Directors
Philadelphia, PA, July 1, 2011 – Catherine R. Lucey, MD, has been named Chair of the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Board of Directors.
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ABIM Elects William C. Little, MD, Chair of its Subspecialty Board on Cardiovascular Disease
Philadelphia, PA, July 1, 2011 – William C. Little, MD, Chief of Cardiology, McMichael Professor and Vice-Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine at the Wake Forest School of Medicine, has been named Chair of the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Subspecialty Board on Cardiovascular Disease.
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ABIM Elects Sharon A. Levine, MD, Chair of its Subspecialty Board on Geriatric Medicine
Philadelphia, PA, July 1, 2011 – Sharon A. Levine, MD, Professor of Medicine and Associate Dean of Academic Affairs at the Boston University School of Medicine, has been named Chair of the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Subspecialty Board on Geriatric Medicine. As such, she becomes the subspecialty board’s representative to ABIM's Board of Directors.
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ABIM Elects Shalender Bhasin, MD, Chair of its Subspecialty Board on Endocrinology, Diabetes, & Metabolism
Philadelphia, PA, July 1, 2011 – Shalender Bhasin, MD, Professor of Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine, and Chief of the Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Nutrition at Boston Medical Center, has been named Chair of the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Subspecialty Board on Endocrinology, Diabetes, & Metabolism.
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ABIM Elects Richard Stone, MD, Chair of its Subspecialty Board on Medical Oncology
Philadelphia, PA, July 1, 2011 – Richard Stone, MD, Director of the Adult Acute Leukemia Program at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, has been named Chair of the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Subspecialty Board on Medical Oncology.