News in brief DO becomes chair-elect of the ACGME board of directors As chair-elect, AOA Past President Karen J. Nichols, DO, will assume the ACGME board chair’s duties if the chair is absent or is unable to perform those duties. Oct. 9, 2019Wednesday The DO Staff Contact The DO Staff Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Topics single GME accreditation The board of directors for the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) announced AOA Past President Karen J. Nichols, DO, is its new chair-elect. Dr. Nichols will continue to serve on the ACGME’s executive committee, remain the chair of the governance committee and serve as a member of the standing committees for education, policy and monitoring. She was the ACGME board’s vice chair last year. Karen Nichols, DO Dr. Nichols was dean of Midwestern University Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine from 2002-2018. Prior to that, she was assistant dean, post-doctoral education and division director, internal medicine, at the Midwestern University Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine. Dr. Nichols was in private practice in internal medicine and geriatrics in Mesa, Arizona, from 1985-2002. A graduate of the Kansas City University College of Osteopathic Medicine (KCU-COM), she also holds a master’s degree in management with a specialty in health care administration from Central Michigan University. She was the first woman to serve as president of the AOA, president of the Arizona Osteopathic Medical Association and president of the American College of Osteopathic Internists. Dr. Nichols is a past board member of KCU-COM and the American Osteopathic Foundation. She is a frequent national speaker on leadership, end-of-life care and osteopathic medicine. She is the recipient of seven honorary degrees and top awards from the AOA and the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine. Related reading: PBS documentary covers women in osteopathic medicine Correcting Wikipedia’s bias against women scientists 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 articlePhysician burnout peaked around 2014, study suggests Next articleApplications open for early entry initial board certification in family medicine
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Congratulations Dr. Karen Nichols, I wish you great success in this important opportunity. Oct. 10, 2019, at 9:30 am Reply
Congratulations dr. Karen Nichols you continue to serve our profession well we are very proud of you best of luck! Thanks Oct. 18, 2019, at 5:13 pm Reply