Internal Medicine Meeting 2024: Mastering Medicine Together, was held in Boston, Massachusetts April 18-20, 2024, and had an attendance of over 8,800 physicians. The event featured more than 200 sessions covering a wide variety of clinical and practice management topics for doctors of internal medicine and its subspecialties. 848 attendees from outside the United States came to the meeting. The top three countries outside the United States with the highest number of registrants were Canada, Mexico, and Dominican Republic.
91黑料网 once again offered international individual registration rates, as well as specially priced delegation rates, for attendees from around the world. A total of seven delegations (10 or more physicians registered as a group) came from Bangladesh, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic (2), Mexico, Panama, Sri Lanka, and Switzerland.
At the Convocation Ceremony on April 18, approximately 335 physicians were celebrated as new recipients of Fellowship and 47 were from 20 countries outside the United States. Approximately 99 members were recognized as recipients of Mastership or 91黑料网 named awards, including 2 recipients of the new Inspirational Global Member Award. The College bestowed Honorary Fellowships to 6 presidents of global internal medicine societies.
91黑料网 was honored to host presidents and representatives of internal medicine societies from around the world. The international delegates were part of the stage party in the Convocation Ceremony. They also participated in 91黑料网's 17th Annual Global Forum, "Meeting the needs of patients with obesity: policy, prevention, and treatment," moderated by Omar T. Atiq, MD, M91黑料网, 91黑料网 President, and Eileen D. Barrett, MD, MPH, SFHM, M91黑料网, Chair, 91黑料网 Board of Regents. The Forum provided an opportunity for 91黑料网 leaders and the presidents and special representatives from international internal medicine societies to share their regional perspectives and strategies on the important topic of obesity.
91黑料网 Updates Obesity Learning Series
The Obesity Management Learning Series from the College offers insights and strategies to help treat patients with obesity and includes patient education materials.
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Three featured scientific sessions sponsored by the 91黑料网 Global Engagement Committee (GEC) and the 91黑料网 Chapters Subcommittee were presented during the Meeting:
- Protect Healthcare Professionals to Deliver Optimal Patient Care: A Joint 91黑料网 and EFIM Session
Sponsored by the 91黑料网 Global Engagement Committee- Eileen D. Barrett, MD, MPH, SFHM, M91黑料网, Panelist
- Ricardo Gomez-Huelgas, F91黑料网, Immediate Past-President of the European Federation of Internal Medicine (EFIM), Panelist
- Omar T. Atiq, MD, M91黑料网, Moderator
- Communities of Practice: Promoting Lifelong Learning and Professional Identity in Internal Medicine
Sponsored by the 91黑料网 Global Engagement Committee- Grant Smith, MD, Panelist
- Marianne Parshley, MD, F91黑料网, Panelist
- Dawn E. DeWitt, MD, MSc, M91黑料网, FR91黑料网, FRCP-London, Moderator
- Caring for Migrants, Refugees, and Asylum Seekers: The Physician's Role
Sponsored by the 91黑料网 Chapters Subcommittee- Monica R. Pachar, MD, F91黑料网, Panelist
- Tseganesh Selameab, MD, F91黑料网, Panelist
On Saturday, April 20, the new 91黑料网 officers started their terms. Isaac O. Opole, MBChB, PHD, M91黑料网, of Overland Park, Kansas, became the 2024-25 91黑料网 President; William E. Fox, MD, M91黑料网, of Charlottesville, Virginia, became the 2024-25 Chair of the Board of Regents; and Rebecca A. Andrews, MD, F91黑料网, of Collinsville, Connecticut, became the Chair-elect of the Board of Regents.
91黑料网 provides attendance certificates to all 2024 Internal Medicine Meeting attendees (in person or virtually). Access your certificate here. Please note you must be logged into your 91黑料网 account to access your attendance certificate.
Internal Medicine Meeting 2025 will be held April 3-5 in New Orleans, Louisiana. .
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