ACGME announces 2011 Parker J. Palmer Courage to Lead Award honorees
Courage to Lead Award recognizes notable designated institutional officials

CHICAGO, November 1, 2010 –The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education has chosen three institutional leaders of graduate medical education as the 2011 Parker J. Palmer Courage to Lead Award honorees. The ACGME gives the Courage to Lead Award annually to three designated institutional officials (DIOs), who are the administrators responsible for all graduate medical education programs at a sponsoring institution. One award is given to a DIO in each of three categories: small hospital, large hospital and academic medical center. The award is named after Parker J. Palmer, PhD, author of The Courage to Teach and several other books on teaching and vocation.

The award recognizes DIOs who have demonstrated outstanding leadership and a commitment to creating an optimal environment for resident education. Faculty members, senior hospital leaders and residents submitted nominations, from among which the ACGME Awards Committee selected the awardees.

The following designated institutional officials are the 2011 Parker J. Palmer Courage to Lead awardees.

• John Musich, MD, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan
  
  
• Carl Patow, MD, MPH, MBA, FACS, HealthPartners Institute for Medical Education, Bloomington, Minnesota
  
  
• James Zaidan, MD, MBA, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia

The awardees will receive $1,000 and a plaque, which will be given to the honorees at a luncheon held during the 2011 ACGME Annual Educational Conference in Nashville, Tennessee. The Courage to Lead honorees will also be invited to attend a professional retreat at the Lake Morey Resort in Fairlee, Vermont.

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The ACGME is a private, nonprofit organization that accredits approximately 8,800 residency programs in 133 specialties and subspecialties that educate 111,000 residents. Its mission is to improve the quality of health care in the United States by assessing and advancing the quality of resident physicians’ education.