Dr. Wes

Fearing a mass exodus of physicians from the lucrative ACGME -mandated Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program, two member organizations ...

Screen Shot was taken 4/19/2016 of NEJM web page showing undeclared conflict of interest (Click to enlarge) I find it interesting that ...

Medicine has an image problem. On one hand, medicine is full of wonder: incredible technology, incredible innovation, and incredibly brigh...

As it continues to spiral out of control, the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) issued a press release telling practicing physicia...

In an unusual show of solidarity, twelve membership societies sent a carefully worded letter to Richard Baron, MD, President and CEO of the...

From the Commonwealth Fund's Washington Weekly Health Policy Week in Review : March 31, 2016 -- Health professional societies and ...

It was Friday, the weekend not far away. It always seems that hospital people step lightly on Fridays, hurrying to get work done in anticipa...

Happy Easter! - Wes

Recently, Richard Baron MD, the President and CEO of the ABIM, circulated the following email request to a select group of physicians: ...

In its ongoing suit claiming copyright infringement against a Puerto Rican physician, American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) lawyers of ...

Imagine early one morning your doorbell rings. You wake from sleep and come to the door and open it. There before you is "a lawyer and ...

There are few times when medical academics sound more foolish that when they're caught with their hand in the regulatory cookie jar. T...

For the first time, the history of the ABMS/ABIM board re-certification corruption scandal has reached a peer reviewed medical journal, the ...

I didn't watch the Academy Awards last night, but I had seen the movie "Spotlight." It's an inspirational movie that chr...

Recently, an email was sent to all Cardiovascular Disease diplomats requesting a review of the American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovas...

I ask my readers to indulge me as I provide some background about the strongman tactics used by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABI...

From Peggy Noonan : We’re in the midst of a rebellion. The bottom and middle are pushing against the top. It’s a throwing off of old claim...

Happy (belated) Anniversary, ABIM! It's been over a year since you told us your now famous mea culpa message that said you "got ...

"I think that commercialization of care is a big mistake. Health care is a sacred mission. It is a moral enterprise and a scientific ...

I logged on to the ABIM website last evening and was greated by this pop-up screen. It seems the ABIM is in the business of "researc...