CHICAGO, July 30, 2003 -- It is with great sadness that the Accreditation Council
for Graduate Medical Education announces the passing of Marvin R. Dunn, MD, the
ACGME's Director of RRC Activities. Dr. Dunn, 71, died July 30. He was a nationally-renowned
figure in organized medicine and a dear colleague and friend to the ACGME, as
well as to the broader academic medical community.
"In 1998, the ACGME was fortunate to have Dr. Dunn join our staff," said David C. Leach, MD, the ACGME's executive director. "He brought vast experience, deep wisdom, an unfailing sense of humor and the capacity to see goodness in each of us. His concern for residents was unfailing. He was the country's best resident advocate. He will be greatly missed."
As the ACGME developed its duty hours standards and moved to a competency-based method of evaluating programs, Dr. Dunn always kept the impact on the resident in the forefront, Dr. Leach noted. "He had a deep respect for the role of the Residency Review Committees in strengthening the formation of residents and kept the RRCs and the ACGME on task to improve the quality of life for residents."
Previously, Dr. Dunn served as the AMA's Director of Graduate Medical Education. During his distinguished career, Dr. Dunn, a board-certified pathologist, also served as vice president for health sciences and dean of the University of South Florida College of Medicine, dean of the University of Texas Medical School at San Antonio, and acting dean and associate dean for academic affairs at the University of California at San Diego School of Medicine.
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The ACGME is a private, non-profit council that accredits 7,800 residency programs
in 27 specialties affecting 100,000 residents. Its mission is to improve the quality
of health care in the United States by ensuring and improving the quality of graduate
medical education for physicians in training.
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