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Geriatric Medicine Board Meeting Summary | Spring 2025

ABIM

Ruiz, MD, Chair, ABIM Geriatric Medicine Board The Geriatric Medicine Board , which meets twice a year and is responsible for oversight of policy and assessment in the specialty, held its spring meeting on March 28, 2025. ABIM and the Geriatric Medicine Board gratefully acknowledge the service of Jorge G.

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Letitia Bridges, MD, MBA, appointed to chief quality officer at The Permanente Federation

Permanente Medicine

She is also a member of the board of directors for The Southeast Permanente Medical Group and Hawaii Permanente Medical Group. She is board certified in general and laparoscopic surgery by the American Board of Surgery. million members.

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Rheumatology Board Meeting Summary | Spring 2025

ABIM

Salahuddin Kazi, MD, Chair, Rheumatology Board The Rheumatology Board , which meets twice a year and is responsible for oversight of policy and assessment in the specialty, held its spring meeting on March 11, 2025. ABIM and the Rheumatology Board gratefully acknowledge the service of Susan K.

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The LKA is a practical approach to lifelong learning

ABIM

Reau, MD Dr. Reau is ABIM Board Certified in Gastroenterology and Transplant Hepatology, specializing in viral hepatitis. I also decided to enroll in the Internal Medicine LKA, as I had let that certification lapse, and then switched to the inpatient version when that became available in 2024. By Nancy S.

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Dedicated ICU management: Navigating the transition

Sound Physicians

Led by specially trained medical, team leadership is armed with the tactical knowledge needed to drive high-quality care and highly effective practice management. Our dedicated training focuses on improving key ICU quality factors. For some groups, it can be a relief to relinquish the day-to-day operation of the ICU to our intensivists.

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Orthopedic Pain Management: When to Skip the Specialist

Priority Physicians

Dr. Jonathan Schmidt Dr. Schmidt is a board-certified family medicine physician with undergraduate degrees in Microbiology and medicine from Southern Illinois University and the University of Illinois. But if you’re a patient of a direct primary care (DPC) practice , you don’t need to guess about orthopedic pain management.

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Our Anxiety Epidemic: How to Stop Fearing the Future

Priority Physicians

We all want to know how to stop fearing the future. Although anxiety appears to be the new malady du jour , much of it is natural and normal. Sometimes, it’s even protective. From an evolutionary standpoint, anxiety is an effective survival mechanism. After all, it saved early man from getting too close to cliffs, which is why we’re here today!