Chicago, IL, January 17, 2024: The American Board of Preventive Medicine (ABPM) congratulates Tonette Krousel-Wood, MD, MSPH, on her appointment to the US Preventive Services Task Force. Her four-year term began in January 2024.

Dr. Krousel-Wood has served with distinction, including as Chair, on ABPM’s Board of Directors, and most recently served as the President of the American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM). She is a professor of medicine and the Jack Aron-endowed chair in primary care medicine at Tulane School of Medicine Department of Medicine and holds many other leadership positions. Learn more at https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/current-members/m-tonette-krousel-wood-md-msph.

The Task Force comprises 16 independent, volunteer members with nationally recognized expertise in prevention and evidence-based medicine. The Task Force works to improve the health of the American population by reviewing and making recommendations about preventive medicine services.

Read the US Preventive Services Task Force announcement of its recent appointments at https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/file/supporting_documents/2024-tf-new-members-bulletin.pdf.

The ABPM is an ABMS Member Board. Founded in 1948, ABPM works with the ABMS in the development of standards for the ongoing assessment and certification of over 12,000 physicians certified by the ABPM in the specialties of Aerospace Medicine, Occupational and Environmental Medicine, and Public Health and General Preventive Medicine; and in the subspecialties of Addiction Medicine, Clinical Informatics, Medical Toxicology, and Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine.