In 2016, a Castlight Health report named Wilmington, North Carolina, the city with the highest abuse opioid abuse rate in the US. In response, Joseph Pino, MD, MHA, and members of the community sought to safely reduce the number of opioids prescribed, increase adherence to best practices in opioid prescribing, and reduce emergency department visits due to opioid overdose. His poster, presented at the 2019 ACGME Annual Educational Conference, reports the outcome of these multiple initiatives.

Lauren Wojnarowski, MA is the ACGME's Associate Director, Educational Projects, working in the Education Department's Educational Activities team. She is one of the planners of the Annual Educational Conference, and her team's role is to handle collection of educational content and logistics (besides AV) to produce the conference each year. We asked her to share some more about her role and what the conference experience is like for her behind the scenes.

The 2019 ACGME Annual Educational Conference offers multiple sessions focused on osteopathic medicine and accreditation and numerous opportunities for attendees from all corners of graduate medical education to learn and connect.

If you’re joining us in Orlando next week, here’s a quick list of tips and information to know before you arrive! See you soon!

Q and A with 2026-2028 Jeremiah A. Barondess Fellow Bryan Broderick, MD, MEHP from Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.

A spotlight on resources, opportunities, and links to tools and information to support well-being in graduate medical education (GME).

Q and A with 2026 ACGME Debra L. Dooley GME Program Coordinator Excellence Awardee Chantal Littrean, MPH, C-TAGME.

Q and A with 2026 ACGME David C. Leach Awardee Brannan O'Neill, MD.

Q and A with 2026 ACGME Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Awardee Amber Whited-Watson, DO, the program director for family medicine at The MetroHealth System in Cleveland, Ohio.