2020 David C. Leach Awardee Dr. Andrew Vivas is currently an assistant attending and adult and pediatric spinal deformity fellow at Columbia University, and was formerly a neurological surgery resident at the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida.

2023 Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Awardee Dr. Alec O’Connor was the program director of the internal medicine residency program at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry for the last 10 years; he recently transitioned into the associate program director role for the same program.

This week's e-Communication includes information on the Clinical Learning Environment Review (CLER) Program's latest report, new AWARE resources for well-being, Milestones news, and more.

ACGME President and Chief Executive Officer Dr. Thomas J. Nasca received the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) 2020 Distinguished Service Award recognizing “the highest level of service, commitment and contribution to the FSMB; the advancement of the profession of medical licensure and discipline; and the strengthening and enhancement of public protection.”

2023 Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Awardee Dr. Timothy R. Long is a program director for anesthesiology and vice chair for education at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.

2023 Debra L. Dooley GME Program Coordinator Excellence Awardee Juliet Arthur, MHA, C-TAGME is the residency administrator for the psychiatry program at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University.

The Advisory Commission on Additional Licensing Models has released new guidance for state medical boards, legislators, and employers working on new licensure pathways for physicians who have already trained and practiced medicine outside the US.

The Advisory Commission on Additional Licensing Models has released its first set of recommendations to guide and advise state medical boards, state legislators, policymakers and others, as they develop and implement laws specific to the licensing of physicians who have already trained and practiced medicine outside the United States or Canada.

2022 John C. Gienapp Awardee Kenneth M. Ludmerer, MD, MACP is Mabel Dorn Reeder Distinguished Professor of Medicine and the History of Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine. He is an internist.