Debra L. Dooley came to the ACGME 22 years ago, initially in an administrative role with the Review Committee for Internal Medicine. She retires today, after 10.5 years as the Director of Educational Activities, where she leads the team responsible for producing the ACGME’s educational programming, and most notably the Annual Educational Conference. We spent some time with her before she left, discussing her career, her mentors, her legacy, and the renaming of the Debra L. Dooley Program Coordinator Excellence Award.

2022 Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Awardee Dr. Sachin Kedar is a professor of ophthalmology and neurology and the vice chair for education at the Emory University School of Medicine. Dr. Kedar specializes in neuro-ophthalmology.

The first post in a new series on Pathways to Practice, featuring interviews with current residents/fellows and recent graduates about their experience pursuing GME in medically underserved areas.

Dr. Debra F. Weinstein sends a Letter to the Community during National Volunteer Week honoring and thanking the more than 800 volunteers who dedicate their time, energy, and expertise to the ACGME.

In December 2024, the ACGME announced the upcoming launch of its ACGME Cloud platform in 2025. As part of this exciting development, the ACGME has now unveiled a pre-launch information hub at www.ACGMECloud.org. 

Dink Jardine, MD, chair of the ACGME's Back to Bedside Advisory Work Group, recently participated in a discussion on NEJM Resident360 about physician well-being and wellness focusing on the resident and fellow experience.

This week's e-Communication includes information on the ACGME Rural Track Program Designation Type 2, the National Academy of Medicine's National Plan for Health Workforce Well-Being, open positions on Review Committees, and more.

2024 Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Awardee Dr. John Engstrom is the Betty Anker Fife Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs, and program director of the adult neurology residency at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF).

2022 Parker J. Palmer Courage to Lead Awardee Dr. Mark C. Wilson is the associate dean and associate hospital director for GME at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics and the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine.

2022 GME Institutional Coordinator Excellence Awardee Jennifer Rodgers, MS, C-TAGME works as the director of graduate medical education and institutional coordinator at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine