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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. As an experienced physician leader, she is known for always going the extra mile for our patients and colleagues. She is board certified in general and laparoscopic surgery by the American Board of Surgery.

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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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Dedicated ICU management: Navigating the transition

Sound Physicians

Sound Critical Care is at the forefront of bringing coordinated leadership and clinical excellence to hospital ICUs and the patients within them. Clinicians must divide their time between the ICU and the group’s outpatient channels, and keeping up with patient demand becomes difficult.

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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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Orthopedic Pain Management: When to Skip the Specialist

Priority Physicians

But if you’re a patient of a direct primary care (DPC) practice , you don’t need to guess about orthopedic pain management. Unfortunately, traditional care doctors often resort to the two easiest options for patients with joint or back pain: They send the patient for imaging or refer them to a specialist.

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Our Anxiety Epidemic: How to Stop Fearing the Future

Priority Physicians

Find a caring primary care doctor: As a direct primary care physician, I devote time to sit down with patients and learn about their lifestyles, hopes, desires, worries, and concerns. 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.