Larry Sulton, PhD, promoted to vice president of accreditation activities

CHICAGO, February 12, 2010 –- Larry Sulton, PhD, has been appointed vice president of accreditation activities in the Department of Accreditation Committees at the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.

Dr. Sulton, who previously served as senior executive director of nine of the 28 Review Committees, will work with the executive directors of all Review Committees to ensure that the ACGME provides optimal administrative support for the Review Committees. He will assist Review Committee executive directors on complex accreditation review issues, mentor new executive directors, and identify ways to make the accreditation review process more efficient and consistent.

“I look forward to working with Dr. Sulton in this new role and welcome the opportunity for him to share his vast experience with the intricacies of Review Committee work with all of us,” said Jeanne K. Heard, MD, PhD, FACP, senior vice president, Department of Accreditation Committees.

Dr. Sulton joined the ACGME in 1995. He has served as executive director of numerous Review Committees, including emergency medicine, neurology, neurosurgery, preventive medicine and psychiatry. In 2006, he was promoted to senior executive director.

Before joining the ACGME, Dr. Sulton was vice president of quality systems at NovaCare Hospital Group. He has also served as a site surveyor for the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities.

Dr. Sulton received his doctorate in evaluation research and program design from the University of Illinois at Chicago.

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The ACGME is a private, non-profit council that accredits approximately 8,700 residency programs in 130 specialties and subspecialties educating 108,000 residents. Its mission is to improve health care by assessing and advancing the quality of resident physicians’ education through accreditation.