{"id":6567,"date":"2011-07-01T10:32:51","date_gmt":"2011-07-01T14:32:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-news\/?p=1565"},"modified":"2011-07-01T10:32:51","modified_gmt":"2011-07-01T14:32:51","slug":"busms-levine-elected-chair-of-abims-subspecialty-board-on-geriatric-medicine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/2011\/07\/01\/busms-levine-elected-chair-of-abims-subspecialty-board-on-geriatric-medicine\/","title":{"rendered":"BUSM&#8217;s Levine Elected Chair of ABIM&#8217;s Subspecialty Board on Geriatric Medicine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BUSM\u2019s Professor Sharon Levine, who also serves as associate dean of Academic Affairs, has been named Chair of the American Board of Internal Medicine\u2019s (ABIM) Subspecialty Board on Geriatric Medicine.  She becomes the subspecialty board\u2019s representative to ABIM\u2019s Board of Directors.  Levine has been a member of the Subspecialty Board on Geriatric Medicine since 2007.  ABIM sets the standards and certifies physicians practicing in internal medicine and its subspecialties that possess the knowledge, skills and attitudes required to provide high quality care.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1566\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1566\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/camed\/files\/2011\/07\/sharon-levine-sized.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1566\" title=\"sharon levine sized\" src=\"\/camed\/files\/2011\/07\/sharon-levine-sized.jpg\" alt=\"Sharon Levine\" width=\"200\" height=\"257\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1566\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sharon Levine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt has been a privilege to serve on the Geriatrics Subspecialty Board and I look forward to contributing to the Board of Directors,\u201d says Dr. Levine.  \u201cIn particular, I am delighted to bring my knowledge of working as a member of an interprofessional team, something that is relevant to all internists in practice in addition to the required knowledge, attitudes and skills required for good doctoring in a diverse society and changing health care environment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSharon is one of the nation\u2019s leading geriatrics educators.  As a member of the subspecialty board she will now chair, she has continually brought her experience to bear in creating Certification and Maintenance of Certification programs in geriatric medicine that are current and relevant to what physicians are doing in practice,\u201d said Christine K. Cassel, MD, ABIM\u2019s President and CEO.<\/p>\n<p>Levine was awarded the 2011 Dennis W. Jahnigen Memorial Award from The American Geriatrics Society for outstanding leadership in advancing geriatrics education in health professions schools.  She is the recipient of the prestigious Metcalf Cup and Prize, Boston University\u2019s highest teaching award, as well as the Department of Medicine\u2019s Robert Dawson Evans Special Recognition Teaching Award.  In 2004, she received one of three mentorship awards conferred by the Society of General Internal Medicine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BUSM\u2019s Professor Sharon Levine, who also serves as associate dean of Academic Affairs, has been named Chair of the American Board of Internal Medicine\u2019s (ABIM) Subspecialty Board on Geriatric Medicine. She becomes the subspecialty board\u2019s representative to ABIM\u2019s Board of Directors. Levine has been a member of the Subspecialty Board on Geriatric Medicine since 2007. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":903,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6567"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/903"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6567\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}