Dr. Nelson appointed to ABIM Council
ABAI Director Colonel Michael R. Nelson, MD, PhD, was appointed to the American Board of Internal Medicine's “ABIM Council,” serving as ABAI's Liaison to the ABIM for 2013-2014.
Dr. Nelson, a U.S Army Medical Corps Colonel is Director for Education Training and Research at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD. He was named to the ABAI Board of Directors in 2011 where he currently serves as treasurer, exam co-chair, and blueprint committee chair.
The ABIM Council serves to “ensure the quality, relevance and effectiveness of ABIM's programs for certification and Maintenance of Certification for all physicians across the specialties and subspecialties of internal medicine.” In his role as Liaison, Dr. Nelson participates in the biannual meetings and teleconferences of the ABIM Council as ABAI's “voice at the table” during the discussions and deliberations surrounding certification and MOC program issues, policy development/integration and specialty board standards addressed by the Council. He also shares best practices and lessons learned from the ABIM with the ABAI Board of Directors.