Newsroom and Blog Updates on Pursuing Excellence
February 27, 2023
This week's e-Communication includes information on the wrap-up of the 2023 Annual Educational Conference; details on the Call for Topics for next year's event; 2024 ACGME Awards details; Review and Comment; and more.
Honoring Excellence: Q and A with Bret Stevens, EdD, MBA, C-TAGME
2023 GME Institutional Coordinator Excellence Awardee Bret Stevens, MBA, C-TAGME is the institutional coordinator for McLaren Health Care and the associate designated institutional official (DIO) for McLaren Oakland and McLaren St. Luke’s hospitals.
Honoring Excellence: Q and A with Becky Blankenburg, MD, MPH and Pat Poitevien, MD, MSc of the APPD
The Association of Pediatric Program Directors (APPD), based in McLean, Virginia, is recognized with the 2023 Barbara Ross-Lee, DO Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award. Dr. Becky Blankenburg is APPD past president and chair of the Confronting Racism Action Team, and Dr. Pat Poitevien is the APPD’s current president.
Honoring Excellence: Q and A with Christine Cho, MD, MPH, MEd
2023 Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Awardee Dr. Christine Cho is currently the associate program director and previous program director of the pediatric emergency medicine program at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, and Keck Medicine of the University of Southern California.
#ACGME2023 Day 3 Recap
The third and final day of the 2023 ACGME Annual Educational Conference was bookended by important plenaries – the first Coordinator Plenary, the Marvin R. Dunn Keynote Address, and Closing Plenary.
#ACGME2023 Day 2 Recap
The second day of the 2023 ACGME Annual Educational Conference started out with a Welcome Address and the President's Plenary. Four Featured Plenaries and an array of topical educational sessions followed.
Program Director Panel Discussion Focuses on Issues Affecting Well-Being
An upcoming panel discussion and listening session, “Program Director Well-Being: Finding a Path Forward,” designed for program directors aims to create a space to share experiences and hear from peers on issues related to program director well-being.
Honoring Excellence: Q and A with Bernadett R. Mahanay, BA
2023 Debra L. Dooley GME Program Coordinator Excellence Awardee Bernadett R. Mahanay, BA is the fellowship programs manager for anesthesiology, peri-operative and pain medicine at Stanford Health Care, Stanford University School of Medicine.
Honoring Excellence: Q and A with Manogjna Ruth Prasad, MD
2023 David C. Leach Awardee Dr. Manogjna Prasad is a resident physician specializing in internal medicine at New York Medical College at Saint Michael’s Medical Centre (SMMC).
DeWitt C. Baldwin, Jr. Award Honors Institutions Representing the Finest in Graduate Medical Education
The ACGME, in partnership with the Arnold P. Gold Foundation, is proud to announce the recipients of the DeWitt C. Baldwin, Jr. Award, presented to Sponsoring Institutions.
