News in brief Job posting: Council of Medical Specialty Societies seeks new CEO The Council of Medical Specialty Societies is hiring a new CEO and currently seeking applications from qualified candidates. Feb. 8, 2017Wednesday AOA Staff Contact AOA Staff Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email The Council of Medical Specialty Societies (CMSS) is hiring a new CEO and currently seeking applications from qualified candidates. CMSS’ current CEO, Norman Kahn, MD, has held the post for 10 years and will retire in early 2018. The CEO job posting provides this background information about CMSS: “The mission of CMSS is to provide a respected and influential voice for medical specialty societies and their members by working with the societies and other medical organizations to formulate, articulate and promote adoption of policies that will improve the U.S. healthcare system and public health. CMSS serves to support the societies and represent the views of specialist physicians in influencing policy, medical education and accreditation from a broad, cross-specialty perspective. Forty-three societies are members of CMSS with more than 790,000 combined U.S. physician members. Other national organizations with which CMSS interacts have associate membership.” For more information about the job, including candidate requirements and application instructions, view the full job posting. More in Newsbriefs TouroCOM opens new school in Great Falls, Montana The new campus is Touro University’s third college of osteopathic medicine and the first nonprofit medical school in Montana. “Operation Nightingale” fraud scheme alert: Bogus nursing credentials sold to thousands of aspiring nurses It was recently discovered that a scheme, nicknamed “Operation Nightingale,” offered aspiring nurses the opportunity to purchase fake nursing degree diplomas and transcripts. Previous articleMicropractices: Small footprint, big changes for patient care, DOs say Next articlePersonal statement do's and don’ts: Avoid clichés, trust your own voice
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