Dr. Wes

Recently, the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) has touted its evidence base for the need for Maintenanace of Certification® on the...

The incredible story broke yesterday in the Los Angeles Times on the secret life of Carmen A. Puliafito, MD, Dean of the Keck School of Me...

This important post was penned by my colleague, Judith Thompson, MD, an independent breast surgeon in Texas who also serves as Practicing P...

Four years ago, I had to "re-board certify" in cardiology and cardiac electrophysiology or lose my ability to practice medicine ...

Here's the link to the actions taken on Texas Senate Bill 1148 signed into law 15 Jun 2017: https://openstates.org/tx/bills/85/SB1148/...

The United States' primary certifying body for osteopathic physicians, the American Osteopathic Association, is set to proceed to discov...

A previously ABMS Board-certified physician with 10 years experience fails her Maintenance of Certification examination. Does she have the r...

"They may carry on the most wicked and pernicious schemes under the dark veil of secrecy. The liberties of a people never were, nor ev...

Texas Senate Bill 1148 was a simple, hardly-noticed bill, one that promised to prevent the age discrimination against younger physicians inh...

Dear Richard Baron, As President and CEO of the 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) and its ...

Front and back covers of the May 2nd, 2017 Issue of JAMA on Physician Conflicts of Interest in Medicine In the May 2nd issue of the Jou...

Adjacent Towers in Chicago (Click image to enlarge) Okay internet: I need a clever caption for the above photo (note the building label...

There is talk of quality in health care. There is talk of safety. Millions upon millions of dollars are spent on "quality and safety...

"The lady doth protest too much, methinks." - from Hamlet , by William Shakespeare An entire journal dedicated to a discussion...

The Alamo, 1894 (from Wikipedia ) The ugly civil war in American medicine continues, this time in Texas. This civil war is not a war...

This important email has been widely circulated today from Paul Teirstein, MD, President of the National Board of Physicians and Surgeons (...

The American Board of Medical Specialties' (ABMS) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) proprietary continuing education program has a myri...

Physicians, consider providing the following letter (or a modified version) to every state legislator considering anti-MOC legislation. D...

Thanks to Elisabeth Rosenthal, MD for the mention of the ABIM/ABIM Foundation controversy in her new book, An American Sickness: How Heal...

Attention Tennessee physicians and beyond: As you may be aware, the (anti-)Maintenance of Certification legislation (see House Bill HB 413...