In 2016, a Castlight Health report named Wilmington, North Carolina, the city with the highest abuse opioid abuse rate in the US. In response, Joseph Pino, MD, MHA, and members of the community sought to safely reduce the number of opioids prescribed, increase adherence to best practices in opioid prescribing, and reduce emergency department visits due to opioid overdose. His poster, presented at the 2019 ACGME Annual Educational Conference, reports the outcome of these multiple initiatives.

2021 Parker J. Palmer Courage to Lead Awardee Deborah M. DeMarco, MD is the senior associate dean for clinical affairs, associate dean for GME, and designated institutional official (DIO) at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. She specializes in rheumatology.

With 145 sessions, 300+ speakers, and numerous networking and learning opportunities, we want to be sure to highlight key must-attend sessions. Two of these are the Marvin R. Dunn Keynote Address on Friday and the new Closing Plenary on Saturday afternoon.

Dr. Carol A. Bernstein is the 2019 winner of the John C. Gienapp Award and the first ever women to be honored with the award--on International Woman's Day to boot! Dr. Bernstein is Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology at New York University. She has spent her entire career engaged in the education and mentorship of the next generation of physicians in addition to maintaining a clinical practice in general psychiatry at the New York University School of Medicine.

Q and A with 2026 ACGME David C. Leach Awardees Drs. Jamie Pfaff and Katie Sunthankar from the Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

The creation of ACGME Global Services demonstrates the two-pronged approach in fulfilling the ACGME Mission across borders, separating accreditation (ACGME-I) from advisory services (Global Services) to protect against any actual or apparent conflicts of interest.

2022 David C. Leach Awardee Jeremy Weleff, DO is a psychiatry resident at the Cleveland Clinic. 

2020 Debra L. Dooley GME Program Coordinator Excellence Awardee Jennifer M. Shipley is a program coordinator in neurology at the University of Florida.