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Meet ABIM’s new leader: alleviating physician burnout

Author(s)Chris Mazzolini

A conversation with Furman S. McDonald, MD, MPH.

Physician burnout was problematic before the COVID-19 pandemic, and while there may be glimmers of improvement, it remains a problem in the U.S. health care system. The American Board of Internal Medicine incoming President and CEO Furman S. McDonald, MD, MPH, talks about causes and relief by empowering doctors to provide the care they want offer to patients. ABIM also stands ready to assist the house of medicine overall in fighting burnout.

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