The creation of ACGME Global Services demonstrates the two-pronged approach in fulfilling the ACGME Mission across borders, separating accreditation (ACGME-I) from advisory services (Global Services) to protect against any actual or apparent conflicts of interest.

ACGME President and Chief Executive Officer Thomas J. Nasca, MD, MACP called on nearly 4,000 members of the graduate medical education community not only to teach medicine to heal the body, but also to teach how medicine can heal society.

The 2023 ACGME Annual Educational Conference will offer four exceptional plenaries for attendees to choose from on Friday, February 24, 2023.

In a Featured Plenary at #ACGME2023 entitled Nutrition and Health: Developing a GME Framework, Kate Sommerfeld, MPA, David Seres, MD, ScM, PNS, FASPEN, and Jaclyn Lewis Albin, MD, CCMS, DipABLM discussed the importance of nutrition and engaging with local populations to improve nutrition education.

To enhance access to climate-related resources for GME, the editors of JGME have issued a Call for Papers on Climate and GME to be collected in a supplemental issue to be published in late 2024.

2023 David C. Leach Awardee Dr. David Ray Velez is a PGY-5 resident in surgery at the University of North Dakota.

JGME looks forward to returning in person to the ACGME Annual Educational Conference in Nashville, offering two educational sessions and a presence in the ACGME Hub.

The ACGME recognizes the global nature of medicine, public health, and heath care, and seeks to engage with stakeholders, experts, health care professionals, policymakers, and others worldwide.

2023 David C. Leach Awardee Dr. Abhiram Kondajji is a general surgeon at Marymount Hospital following completion of his residency at Cleveland Clinic - South Pointe Hospital.

This week's e-Communication includes the actions taken by the ACGME Boards of Directors at its most recent meeting in June; information on the Calls for Session for the 2023 Annual Educational Conference in Nashville, Tennessee, and more.