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Meet ABIM’s new leader: The future is bright for internal medicine
Author(s)Chris Mazzolini
A conversation with Furman S. McDonald, MD, MPH.
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The American Board of Internal Medicine watches over a profession with the highest goals for medicine in the United States and the future is bright for internal medicine, said Furman S. McDonald, MD, MPH, who will become ABIM president and CEO on Sept. 1.
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