Q and A with 2026 ACGME Lewis Blackman Patient Safety Awardee Dr. Michael Kochis, a surgery resident at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts.

This is one in a series of project profiles of the ACGME’s Back to Bedside initiative, which empowers residents and fellows to develop innovations that foster meaning and joy in work and engage their patients on a deeper level.

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. 

Former ACGME President and Chief Executive Officer Thomas J. Nasca, MD, MACP has received the 2025 Special Recognition Award, presented by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), for his nearly two decades leading the ACGME and advancing graduate medical education.

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.

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.

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 

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.