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 President and CEO Christine Cassel, MD, MACP discusses the importance of the MOC program in a guest column on KevinMD.com: "While we are of the profession, we are for the public..."
April 15, 2010 – The debate about recertification recently in the New England Journal of Medicine and highlighted earlier this week on KevinMD.com and in an Associated Press article brings to light some of the real challenges facing the future of the Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program.
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Doctors face board specialty 'expiration dates'
April 5, 2010 – The next time you’re at the doctor's office, take a peek at those certificates hanging on the wall.
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Mayo Clinic Recognized by Three Certifying Boards for Quality Improvement Activities
Philadelphia, PA, January 27, 2010 – The American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM), the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) and the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP) – the nation's three largest physician certifying Boards–today announced that Mayo Clinic has been approved as a Portfolio Sponsor of Maintenance of Certification (MOC) activities.
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American Board of Internal Medicine Files Complaint Against Arora Board Review, Rajender Arora, MD and Anise Kachadourian, MD
Philadelphia, PA, January 5, 2010 – The American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) has filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania against a board review course for physicians in internal medicine, alleging copyright infringement and theft of trade secrets by Arora Board Review, its principal Rajender K. Arora, MD, and Anise Kachadourian, MD. On December 7, 2009, U.S. Marshals, together with ABIM security and attorneys, seized infringing materials at the residence of Dr. Arora pursuant to a court order.
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Questions and Answers Regarding ABIM's Maintenance of Certification in Internal Medicine with a Focused Practice in Hospital Medicine Program
Philadelphia, PA, October 6, 2009 – The American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) has created a new program that provides general internists practicing in the hospital setting the opportunity to earn Maintenance of Certification in Internal Medicine with a Focused Practice in Hospital Medicine.
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American Board of Internal Medicine Names Wendy S. Levinson, MD, Chair of Board of Directors
Philadelphia, PA, July 1, 2009 – Wendy S. Levinson, MD, the Sir John and Lady Eaton Professor and Chair of the Department of Medicine at the University of Toronto, has been named Chair of the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Board of Directors.
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American Board of Internal Medicine Names David B. Reuben, MD, Chair-Elect of Board of Directors
Philadelphia, PA, July 1, 2009 – David B. Reuben, MD, the Archstone Foundation Chair and Professor at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and Director of the UCLA Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center, has been named Chair-Elect of the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Board of Directors.
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American Board of Internal Medicine Elects Richard P. Shannon, MD, to Board of Directors
Philadelphia, PA, July 1, 2009 – Richard P. Shannon, MD, the Frank Wister Thomas Professor of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, has been elected to the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Board of Directors.
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American Board of Internal Medicine Elects Lee R. Berkowitz, MD to Board of Directors
Philadelphia, PA, July 1, 2009 – Lee R. Berkowitz, MD, the Eunice Bernhard Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Associate Chair for Education in the Department of Medicine at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill, has been elected to the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Board of Directors.
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American Board of Internal Medicine Announces New Board Leadership and Members
Philadelphia, PA, July 1, 2009 – The American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) today named new leadership and members of its Board of Directors and Subspecialty Boards which encompass the field of internal medicine.