Copyright (c) 2011 American Board of Medical Specialties. All rights reserved. Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:00:00 CST Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:00:00 CST Read the latest news about ABMS, its 24 Member Boards and Board Certification. http://www.abms.org/rss/pressreleases.xml The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) announced at its April 25 Annual Assembly Meeting the election of Thomas E. Norris, MD, as the 34th Chair of its Board of Directors along with two new officers to the ABMS Board, four new Board members and a current member of the Board who will serve on the ABMS Executive Committee. http://www.abms.org/News_and_Events/Media_Newsroom/Releases/release_2012ABMSBoardofDirectors_04262012.aspx Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:00:00 CST The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) announces that Peter J. Pronovost, MD, PhD, FCCM, has received the first ABMS Health Care Quality and Patient Safety Award. This award recognizes extraordinary national or international contributions to the fields of quality and patient safety, with a particular focus on physician performance, professionalism and the improvement of clinical outcomes. Dr. Pronovost accepted thaward at the April 25, 2012 ABMS Annual Assembly Meeting in Washington, D.C. http://www.abms.org/News_and_Events/Media_Newsroom/Releases/release_PronovostAwardedHCQPSA_04252012.aspx Wed, 25 Apr 2012 12:00:00 CST The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) announced today the appointment of Lois Margaret Nora, MD, JD, MBA, as the organization’s new president and chief executive officer. Dr. Nora will officially assume her role on June 29, 2012, succeeding the ABMS interim chief executive Lloyd B. Morgan, who has served in the leadership post since the February 2012 departure of former ABMS president and CEO, Kevin B. Weiss, MD. In addition to her new duties as president and chief executive, Dr. Nora will join ABMS’ Board of Directors. http://www.abms.org/News_and_Events/Media_Newsroom/Releases/release_DrNoraAppointedNewCEO_04112012.aspx Wed, 11 Apr 2012 11:00:00 CST The Ministry of Health, Singapore (the Singapore MOH) has engaged in a collaborative arrangement with the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS), through its subsidiary, ABMS Singapore, LLC (ABMS-S), to jointly develop a physician assessment for medical specialists practicing in Singapore. ABMS-S and the Singapore MOH will develop locally relevant examinations to support medical specialty assessment programs initially for internal medicine, pediatrics and pathology. The arrangement, which anticipates the first administration of examinations in 2013, will allow Singapore to implement their system of certification incorporating elements of the United States (U.S.) model. http://www.abms.org/News_and_Events/Media_Newsroom/Releases/release_SingaporeMedAssessProg_02152012.aspx Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:25:00 CST The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS), the organization overseeing the certification of physician specialists in the United States, has promoted John D. Mandelbaum to the position of Senior Vice President, Legal Affairs. http://www.abms.org/News_and_Events/Media_Newsroom/Releases/release_J_MandelbaumPromotion_02162012.aspx Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:35:00 CST The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) today announced that President and CEO Kevin B. Weiss, MD will leave to take a position as Senior Vice President for Institutional Accreditation at the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) in March. The executive committee appointed Lloyd B. Morgan, longtime ABMS public member on the Board of Directors, to be Interim Chief Executive.  http://www.abms.org/News_and_Events/Media_Newsroom/Releases/release_InterimChiefExec_02082012.aspx Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:30:00 CST