ACGME Chief of Staff and Chief Education Officer Timothy P. Brigham, MDiv, MS, PhD brought together two national leaders in medicine, Victor Dzau, MD, president of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), and Vivek H. Murthy, MD, MBA, US Surgeon General, to discuss the work to develop the NAM National Plan for Health Workforce Well-Being.

Learn more about the ACGME's newest award, the Lewis Blackman Patient Safety Award for residents and fellows.

Dr. Eli Khazoum is the rising Chief Resident for the internal medicine residency program at Franciscan Health Olympia Fields in Olympia Fields, Illinois. He attended the 2023 ACGME Annual Educational Conference in part to support his transition into the Chief Resident role. As a resident and first-time Annual Educational Conference attendee, we asked him to share his impressions.

In the poster “Bolstering the Rural Physician Workforce in Underserved Communities: Are Rural Residency Planning and Development Programs Finding the Sweet Spot?” Emily M. Hawes, PharmD and her team used data about existing rural residency programs to identify potential sites for future programs. Dr. Hawes answered our questions on behalf of her team.

A Q and A with 2024 Lewis Blackman Patient Safety Awardee Leslie Chang, MD.

2023 Debra L. Dooley GME Program Coordinator Excellence Awardee Bethany Millar is the manager, education, for internal medicine at Washington University School of Medicine.

2023 Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Awardee Dr. Shashank Kraleti is the program director for family medicine, primary care and population health service line director, and vice-chair for clinical affairs at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. 

A Q and A with 2024 David C. Leach Award winner Jaymin Bakul Patel, MD.

2023 Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Awardee Dr. Richard G. Ellenbogen is the program director and department chair for neurological surgery at the University of Washington.

This edition of the ACGME e-Communication includes Review and Recognition Committee news, information on Clinical Learning Environment Review (CLER) Site Visits, and nomination solicitations for public and resident Review Committee members.