This week's e-Communication includes the Call for Abstracts for the 2023 Annual Educational Conference, a survey to assist the Milestones program with quality assurance, ACGME Case Log System updates for some specialties and subspecialties, and more.

Part of the ongoing ACGME Answers series, this post aims to clarify confusion regarding the ACGME's requirements for leaves of absence.

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.

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.

2022 Debra L. Dooley GME Program Coordinator Excellence Awardee Hemali Shah, C-TAGME, PACE works as the administrative director of graduate medical education for the department of surgery at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

The ACGME has selected its next President and CEO; registration is open for the National Learning Community of Sponsoring Institutions and Clinical Learning Environments Meeting; and the Call for Abstracts for the 2025 ACGME Annual Educational Conference is open. 

Learn about Review and Comment deadlines; the Macy Catalyst Awards; resources for coordinators; and opportunities for residents and fellows to participate in the accreditation process as Review Committee members. 

Start planning to attend #ACGME2026; participate in Review and Comment on the Common Program Requirements (interim revision); participate in the Clinician Educator Journal Club, and more.

Learn about the reformatted ACGME Requirements; browse job listings on the ACGME Annual Educational Conference Job Board;  visit the ACGME Cloud pre-launch hub; and register for a course or workshop.

Register for the 2026 ACGME Annual Educational Conference; participate in a survey about the Common Program Requirements; read this week's Journal of Graduate Medical Education's Articles of the Week.