Chicago, IL, April 12, 2024: The American Board of Preventive Medicine (ABPM) is seeking nominations of highly qualified leaders to fill the Public Member position on its Board of Directors.
The deadline for nominations is July 31, 2024. ABPM will select the new Public Member at its January 2025 Board of Directors meeting.
Nominations must be directed to ABPM’s CEO, Christopher J. Ondrula, JD, by email to [email protected]. Nominations should include the nominee’s CV and personal statement of interest (maximum of 250 words).
The Public Member must:
- Be a non-physician resident of the United States or Canada;
- Have a highly regarded reputation for ethical behavior, integrity, and competence;
- Be recognized in their field of expertise; and
- Be collegial, open-minded, and possess good leadership and communication skills;
- Have experience in one or more of the following: preventive medicine, public health policy, medical education, assessment, certification, advocacy, quality and performance measures, patient safety, healthcare law, communications, finance, or other areas that complement the ABPM’s mission and purposes;
- Public Member nominees must be able and willing to participate constructively and productively in group settings and to accept work responsibilities as may be assigned from time to time by the Board.
- Additionally, the Board meets in-person at least twice annually, usually for a total of six to eight days, and throughout the year the Board routinely conducts business through electronic means. Accordingly, nominees must have sufficient flexibility to actively participate in and engage with the Board and ABPM staff as may be required during the Public Member’s tenure on the Board.
The ABPM is a Member Board of the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS). 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; Health Care Administration, Leadership, and Management; Medical Toxicology; and Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine.