Dr. Wes

I wonder how many American College of Cardiology (ACC) members are aware that the ACC entered into a " Memorandum of Understanding ...

"... diplomats would be asked, but not required, to renew the validity of the certificates at periodic intervals or face the uncertain ...

Ladies and gentlemen, With the cooler temperatures, kids heading back to school, and a new fall season soon upon us, there's excitemen...

On Tuesday of this week, a letter  (with two appendices  A and B ) sent from 38 state medical societies and 33 professional medical assoc...

On 15 Aug 2017, the editors of the Annals of Internal Medicine published the Study " Effect of Access to an Electronic Medical Resour...

Texas Medical Association (TMA) spent no time responding to David H. Johnson, MD's veiled threat of loss of self-regulation with the pa...

David H. Johnson, MD, former board member of the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM), authored an opinion piece entitled " Maint...

It didn't take long for the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) to issue a statement via MedPageToday on the ABMS member bo...

The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) successfully lobbied to have their proprietary Maintenance of Certification® (MOC®) progra...

Today in JAMA, a partial list of the fees and finances of the ABMS member boards were disclosed in a research letter to the editor from Bri...

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...