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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. Visit the ABIM Blog for reports of prior meetings. The following is a summary of the spring meeting.

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Join ABIM Governance: apply by July 20

ABIM

ABIM is pleased to announce openings on the Board of Directors , ABIM Council and several Specialty Boards for initial three-year terms beginning July 1, 2026. Learn more about what the Council and Specialty Boards do. Applications are due Sunday, July 20, 2025. Read more about how ABIM chooses members of governance.

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Family physicians perform high-quality colonoscopies, but access is an issue

Common Sense Family Doctor

to 6.7% , and less than 2% of board-certified family physicians report performing colonoscopy in their practices. ** This post first appeared on the AFP Community Blog. From 2016 to 2021, the percentage of screening colonoscopies performed by family physicians decreased from 11.3%

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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. Visit the ABIM Blog for reports of prior meetings. The following is a summary report of the spring meeting.

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News & Notes: Spring 2025

ABIM

The recommendations are given to the Specialty Boards and Advisory Committees in their respective disciplines for further review, discussion and development of the blueprint survey that ABIM sends to board certified physicians. Dozens more board certified physicians collaborate with ABIM to provide feedback.

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Dedicated ICU management: Navigating the transition

Sound Physicians

With only board-certified critical care clinicians seeing patients, Leapfrog Group ratings improve, and the efficient care we provide saves on costs and boosts patient experience scores in the ICUs we manage. Not having to split time between pulmonary and critical care offers avenues to better work-life balance for local pulmonary clinicians.

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Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Board Meeting Summary | Spring 2025

ABIM

Christine Twining, MD, Chair, ABIM Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Board The Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Board , which meets twice a year and is responsible for oversight of policy and assessment in the specialty, held its spring meeting on April 1, 2025. Visit the ABIM Blog for reports of prior meetings.