2021 Parker J. Palmer Courage to Lead Awardee Deborah M. DeMarco, MD is the senior associate dean for clinical affairs, associate dean for GME, and designated institutional official (DIO) at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. She specializes in rheumatology.

2023 Parker J. Palmer Courage to Lead Awardee Dr. Kim Baker-Genaw is the designated institutional official (DIO) at Henry Ford Health in Detroit, Michigan.

2022 David C. Leach Awardee Anai Kothari, MD is an assistant professor in surgical oncology at the Medical College of Wisconsin. At the time of the award nominations, Dr. Kothari was a clinical fellow in complex general surgical oncology at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

The ACGME is taking concrete steps to operationalize and enhance physician competencies related to nutrition across specialties, and announces the formation of a Nutrition Task Force.

ACGME Cloud | Analytics is now live, with Explore Public Data as the first product. This brings personalized, self-service access to data, analytics, reports, dashboards, and data exploration capabilities. 

This edition of the e-Communication includes Review and Comment deadlines, nominations for Review Committee resident/fellow and public members, office hours to discuss Institutional Requirements on vacation and leaves of absences, and career opportunities with the ACGME.

The ACGME has released the first in a series of Issue Briefs relating to the recently released CLER National Report of Findings 2016.

As a new academic year approaches, it is important to continue breaking the silence surrounding clinician burnout. During a highly emotional and personal panel discussion at the 2019 ACGME Annual Educational Conference in March, Dr. Nasca and colleagues from other national organizations in medicine discussed how burnout and self-doubt touched their lives. Influenced by those experiences and others throughout his career, Dr. Nasca has positioned the ACGME to help lead the charge to address physician well-being.

A Q and A with 2025 ACGME GME Institutional Coordinator Excellence Award recipient Marcie Becker, MEd.

This week's e-Communication includes information on the Annual Educational Conference Calls for Sessions, information on direct supervision using telecommunications technology, and Review and Comment opportunities.