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On October 26–27, 2026, the ACGME hosted the Summit on Teaching Residents to Motivate Healthy Behaviors, bringing together more than 70 faculty members, residents and fellows, and subject matter experts, building on the 2023 Summit on Medical Education in Nutrition and new specialty-/subspecialty-specific nutrition requirements going into effect in 2027.

The ACGME congratulates President Emeritus Thomas J. Nasca, MD, MACP on receiving the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)’s 2026 Award for Excellence in Medical Education, the organization's most prestigious recognition for contributions to advancing medical education.

After 10 years of distinguished service to the ACGME, Chief Communications and Public Policy Officer John R. Combes, MD will retire January 1, 2027. Throughout his career, Dr. Combes has been dedicated to improving health care, physician leadership and governance, and graduate medical education.

The ACGME has released a new report outlining priorities for strengthening the single graduate medical education accreditation system and the transition from medical school to residency. 

The ACGME is honored to recognize the 2027 recipients of the ACGME Awards, which recognize notable designated institutional officials, program directors, coordinators, programs, institutions, organizations, residents, and fellows for their outstanding work and contributions to graduate medical education.

The ACGME is pleased to announce that at its September 2026 annual meeting, the ACGME Board of Directors approved a new slate of officers.

To strengthen how it stewards its data resources, and to make data available for qualified researchers, the ACGME has established a formal process for evaluating requests to use ACGME data for research purposes.

The ACGME is pleased to announce Bonnie Nguyen, DO, a family medicine resident at Kaiser Permanente Santa Rosa, as the winner of the ACGME's national nutrition essay contest, Fueling Better Health: Resident/Fellow Perspectives on Nutrition in Patient Care.

The ACGME is advancing its digital transformation efforts with the development of the next addition to the ACGME Cloud platform. ACGME Cloud Accreditation will support accreditation and recognition activities across the graduate medical education (GME) community.

ACGME President and Chief Executive Officer Dr. Debra Weinstein's Letter to the Community recognizing GME Professionals Day.