John A. Benson Jr., MD Professionalism Article Prize

First-person narrative winner:

• Confronting Racism In Pediatric Care, Benjamin Danielson, MD. Health Affairs (November 2022). A pediatrician portrays the need to address racism in health care by sharing his personal experience with a patient who fell victim to the judgement of the care teams that were supposed to help her.

Research winners:

• I Am Not The Doctor For You': Physicians' Attitudes About Caring For People With Disabilities, Tara Lagu, MD, MPH; Carol Haywood, PhD; Kimberly Reimold, MD; Christine DeJong, MD; Robin Walker Sterling, LLM, JD; Lisa I. Iezzoni, MD, MSc. Health Affairs (October 2022). As part of a larger mixed-methods study, researchers explored community primary care physicians’ and specialist physicians’ perspectives on caring for people with disabilities. Their findings suggest an urgent need to better understand and address clinician- and system-level barriers to care for people with disabilities.
• Burnout and Perception of Medical School Learning Environments Among Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Medical Students, Caitlin R. Ryus, MD, MPH; Elizabeth A. Samuels, MD, MPH, MHS; Ambrose H. Wong, MD, MSEd, MHS; Katherine A. Hill; Stephen Huot, MD, PhD; Dowin Boatright, MD, MBA, MHS. JAMA (April 2022). In this cross-sectional study, researchers found that sexual minority students had less favorable perceptions of the medical school learning environment than heterosexual students. Their findings suggest that addressing this issue could help mitigate burnout and diversify the medical workforce.
• Marginalized Identities, Mistreatment, Discrimination, and Burnout Among US Medical Students: Cross Sectional Survey and Retrospective Cohort Study, Bethelehem G. Teshome, MPH; Mayur M. Desai, PhD, MPH; Cary P. Gross, MD; Katherine A. Hill; Fangyong Li, MS, MPH; Elizabeth A. Samuels, MD, MPH, MHS; Ambrose H. Wong, DM, MSEd, MHS; Yunshan Xu, MS; Dowin H. Boatright, MD, MBA, MHS. The BMJ (March 2022). This study applies an intersectional approach to examine the association between student identity across multiple dimensions of marginalization and the experience of mistreatment and discrimination in the medical school learning environment.

Members of the selection committee included:

• Mercy Adetoye, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Michigan Health
• John A. Benson Jr., MD, President Emeritus, American Board of Internal Medicine and ABIM Foundation
• Joyce Dubow, MUP, Consumer/Patient Advocate
• Richard Frankel, PhD, Professor of Medicine and Geriatrics, Senior Scientist, Regenstrief Institute, Indiana University School of Medicine
• Ellen M. Friedman, MD, FACS, FAAP, Professor, Otolaryngology, Director, Center for Professionalism in Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine
• Hayley Goldbach, MD, Assistant Professor of Dermatology, Clinician Educator, Brown Dermatology
• Lorna Lynn, MD, Vice President, Medical Education Research, American Board of Internal Medicine

• Marlise Pierre-Wright, MD, MPA, Resident Physician- Internal Medicine, Northwestern Memorial Hospital

• Bernard M. Rosof, MD, MACP, Chief Executive Officer of Quality in Healthcare Advisory Group, LLC
• Daniel Wolfson, MHSA, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, ABIM Foundation

First-person narrative winners:

• Dilemmas of Double Consciousness – On Being Black in Medicine, Ayana L. Langston, MD (May 2021). The author reflects on the dilemmas inherent in being a Black physician in an overwhelmingly white medical system.
• We Burn Out, We Break, We Die, Christopher Thomas Veal (May 2021). The author describes his experience with depression as a medical student, and calls for medical schools to change their culture to preserve medical students’ mental health and to commit to helping students who are struggling.

Commentary winners:

• Financial Profit in Medicine: A Position Paper from the American College of Physicians, Ryan Crowley, BSJ; Omar Atiq, MD; David Hilden, MD (October 2021). The authors consider the effect of the growth of corporate interests and influence in health care on patients, physicians, and the health care system, and make a set of recommendations for policies that can foster and sustain the patient-physician relationship.
• On Gifts and Heroes, Laura Kolbe, MD (January 2021). A physician questions whether referring to health care workers as heroes creates unfair expectations that they will accept excessive work risks or demands.
• Professionalism revisited during the pandemics of our time: COVID-19 and racism, Zareen Zaidi; Saleem Razack; Arno K. Kumagai (March 2021). The authors suggest revising our understanding of professionalism in light of the COVID-19 and racism pandemics, to focus on acting to right wrongs and demonstrating solidarity with those impacted by racism.
• When Physicians Engage in Practices That Threaten the Nation’s Health, Philip A. Pizzo, MD; David Spiegel, MD; Michelle M. Mello, JD, PhD (February 2021). The authors argue that physicians and scientists have a professional obligation to respond when their peers misrepresent science.

Research winner:

• Adverse Childhood Experiences in Trainees and Physicians With Professionalism Lapses: Implications for Medical Education and Remediation, Betsy White Williams, PhD, MPH; Dillon Welindt; Frederic W. Hafferty, PhD; Anna Stumps; Philip Flanders, PhD; Michael V. Williams, PhD (May 2021). The authors studied a sample of medical trainees and physicians who had engaged in unprofessional behavior and found that they were significantly more likely than the general public to have been exposed to adverse childhood experiences.

Members of the selection committee included:

• Mercy Adetoye, MD, Family physician, Clinical Lecturer, Academic Medicine Fellow, University of Michigan Health
• John A. Benson Jr., MD, President Emeritus, American Board of Internal Medicine and ABIM Foundation
• Joyce Dubow, MUP, Consumer/Patient Advocate
• Richard Frankel, PhD, Professor of Medicine and Geriatrics, Senior Scientist, Regenstrief Institute, Indiana University School of Medicine
• Ellen M. Friedman, MD, FACS, FAAP, Professor, Otolaryngology, Director, Center for Professionalism in Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine
• Hayley Goldbach, MD, Assistant Professor of Dermatology, Clinician Educator, Brown Dermatology
• Lorna Lynn, MD, Vice President, Medical Education Research, American Board of Internal Medicine
• Marlise Pierre-Wright, Resident, Northwestern
• Bernard M. Rosof, MD, MACP, Chief Executive Officer of Quality in Healthcare Advisory Group, LLC
• Daniel Wolfson, MHSA, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, ABIM Foundation

The Consequences of Structural Racism on MCAT Scores and Medical School Admissions: The Past is Prologue, Catherine Reinis Lucey, MD and Aaron Saguil, MD, MPH, Academic Medicine (March 2020)

Tribal Truce – How Can We Bridge the Partisan Divide and Conquer Covid? Lisa Rosenbaum, MD, New England Journal of Medicine (October 2020)

Understanding and Addressing Sources of Anxiety Among Health Care Professionals During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Tait Shanafelt, MD, Jonathan Ripp, MD, MPH, and Mickey Trockel, MD, PhD, JAMA (April 2020)

Common Types of Gender-Based Microagressions in Medicine, Vyjeyanthi S. Periyakoil, MD; Linda Chaudron, MD, MS; Emorcia V. Hill, PhD; Vincent Pellegrini, MD; Eric Neri, MS; Helena C. Kraemer, PhD, Academic Medicine (March 2020)

“If your feelings were hurt, I’m sorry…” How Third-Year Medical Students Observe, Learn From, and Engage in Apologies, Ian C. Fischer, PhD, Richard M. Frankel, PhD, Journal of General Internal Medicine (October 2020)

Practices to Foster Physician Presence and Connection with Patients in the Clinical Encounter, Donna M. Zulman, MD, MS, Marie C. Haverfield, PhD, Jonathan G. Shaw, MD, MS, Cati G. Brown-Johnson, PhD, Rachel Schwartz, PhD, Aaron A. Tierney, BA, Dani L. Zionts, MScPH, Nadia Safaeinili, MPH, Meredith Fischer, MA, Sonoo Thadaney Israni, MBA, Steven M. Asch, MD, MPH, Abraham Verghese, MD, JAMA, (January 2020)

Members of the selection committee included:

• Mercy Adetoye, MD, Clinical Lecturer and Academic Fellow, University of Michigan
• John A. Benson Jr., MD, President Emeritus, American Board of Internal Medicine and ABIM Foundation
• Joyce Dubow, MUP, Consumer/Patient Advocate
• Richard Frankel, PhD, Indiana University School of Medicine ( Frankel did not participate in the selection of winners in the research category)
• Ellen M. Friedman, MD, FACS, FAAP, Professor, Otolaryngology, Director, Center for Professionalism in Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine
• Hayley Goldbach, MD, Brown Dermatology
• Lorna Lynn, MD, Vice President, Medical Education Research, American Board of Internal Medicine
• Bernard M. Rosof, MD, MACP, Professor of Medicine, Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
• Daniel Wolfson, MHSA, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, ABIM Foundation

“The Unicorn” Ofole Mgbako, MD

“Estimating Implicit and Explicit Gender Bias Among Health Care Professionals and Surgeons“Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD; Michael Awad, MD, PhD; Laurel Goldin, MA; Kelsey Krus, BS; Jin Vivian Lee, BA; Maria T. Schwabe, MPHS; Calvin K. Lai, PhD

“Physician and Trainee Experiences with Patient Bias” Margaret Wheeler, MD; Shalila de Bourmont, BS; Kimani Paul-Emile, JD, PhD; Alana Pfeffinger, MPH; Ashley McMullen, MD; Jeff M. Critchfield, MD; Alicia Fernandez, MD

“U.S. Internists’ Perspectives on Discussing Cost of Care With Patients: Structured Interviews and a Survey” Susan L. Perez, PhD, MPH; Arlene Weissman, PhD; Susan Read, PhD; Cynthia Daisy Smith, MD; Lisa Colello, MPA; Doris Peter, PhD; and Wendy Nickel, MPH

2019 Selection Committee Members:

• Mercy Adetoye, MD, Resident, University of Michigan
• Louise Arnold, PhD, Professor Emerita, Office of Medical Education, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
• John A. Benson Jr., MD, President Emeritus, American Board of Internal Medicine and ABIM Foundation
• Rosemary Gibson, MSc, Senior Advisor, The Hastings Center; Section Editor, Less is More, JAMA Internal Medicine
• Hayley Goldbach, MD, Resident, UCLA
• Lorna Lynn, MD, Vice President, Medical Education Research, American Board of Internal Medicine
• Bernard M. Rosof, MD, MACP, Chief Executive Officer of Quality in Healthcare Advisory Group, LLC
• Daniel Wolfson, MHSA, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, ABIM Foundation

“Confronting unprofessional behaviour in medicine” by Jo Shapiro, MD

“The Professionalism and Integrity in Research Program: Description and Preliminary Outcomes” James M. DuBois, DSc, PhD, John T. Chibnall, PhD, Raymond Tait, PhD, and Jillon S. Vander Wal, PhD

“Patterns Of Disrespectful Behavior at an Academic Medical Center: Implications for Training, Prevention, and Remediation” by Joseph Hopkins, MD, MMM, Haley Hedlin, PhD, Ann Weinacker, MD, and Manisha Desai, PhD

“Qualitative Content Analysis of Coworkers’ Safety Reports of Unprofessional Behavior by Physicians and Advanced Practice Professionals” by William Martinez, MD, MS; James W. Pichert, PhD; Gerald B. Hickson, MD; Casey H. Braddy, MS; Amy J. Brown, Thomas F. Catron, PhD; Ilene N. Moore, MD, JD; Morgan R. Stampfle, Lynn E. Webb, PhD, and William O. Cooper, MD, MPH

“Association Between Physician Burnout and Patient Safety, Professionalism, and Patient Satisfaction: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis,” by Maria Panagioti, PhD; Keith Geraghty, PhD; Judith Johnson, PhD; Anli Zhou, MD; Efharis Panagopoulou, PhD; Carolyn Chew-Graham, MD; David Peters, MD; Alexander Hodkinson, PhD; Ruth Riley, PhD; Aneez Esmail, MD, PhD

2018 Selection Committee Members

• Louise Arnold, PhD,Professor Emerita, Office of Medical Education, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
• John A. Benson Jr., MD, President Emeritus, American Board of Internal Medicine and ABIM Foundation
• Rosemary Gibson, MSc, Senior Advisor, The Hastings Center; Section Editor, Less is More, JAMA Internal Medicine
• Hayley Goldbach, MD, Resident, UCLA
• Harry “Bud” Isaacson, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Interim Executive Dean, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
• Lorna Lynn, MD, Vice President, Medical Education Research, American Board of Internal Medicine
• Bernard M. Rosof, MD, MACP, Chief Executive Officer of Quality in Healthcare Advisory Group, LLC
• Daniel Wolfson, MHSA, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, ABIM Foundation

“The Case of Dr. Oz: Ethics, Evidence, and Does Professional Self-Regulation Work?” by Jon C. Tilburt, MD, MPH; Megan Allyse, PhD; and Frederic W. Hafferty, PhD published in the AMA Journal of Ethics

“The Charter on Professionalism for Health Care Organizations” by Barry E. Egener, MD; Diana J. Mason, RN, PhD; Walter J. McDonald, MD, Sally Okun, RN, MMHS; Martha E. Gaines, JD, LLM; David A. Fleming, MD, MA; Bernie M. Rosof, MD; David Gullen, MD; and May-Lynn Andresen, RN, BSN

“Bringing Transparency to Medicine: Exploring Physicians’ Views and Experiences of the Sunshine Act” by Susan Chimonas, PhD; Nicholas J. DeVito, MPH; and David J. Rothman, PhD

“A Multi-Institutional Longitudinal Faculty Development Program in Humanism Supports the Professional Development of Faculty Teachers” by William T. Branch Jr., MD; Richard M. Frankel, PhD; Janet P. Hafler, EdD; Amy B. Weil, MD; MaryAnn C. Gilligan, MD, MPH; Debra K. Litzelman, MD; Margaret Plews-Ogan, MD; Elizabeth A. Rider, MSW, MD; Lars G. Osterberg, MD, MPH; Dana Dunne, MD; Natalie B. May, PhD; and Arthur R. Derse, MD, JD

2017 Selection Committee Members

• Louise Arnold, PhD, Professor Emerita, Office of Medical Education, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
• John A. Benson Jr., MD, President Emeritus, American Board of Internal Medicine and ABIM Foundation
• Rosemary Gibson, MSc, Senior Advisor, The Hastings Center; Section Editor, Less is More, JAMA Internal Medicine
• Hayley Goldbach, MD, Resident, UCLA
•  Harry Isaacson, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Interim Executive Dean, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
• Lorna Lynn, MD, Vice President, Medical Education Research, American Board of Internal Medicine
• Walter McDonald, MD, Emeritus Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer, American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine
• Daniel Wolfson, MHSA, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, ABIM Foundation

“Remembering Freddie Gray: Medical Education for Social Justice” by Delese Wear, PhD, Joseph Zarconi, MD, Julie M. Aultman, PhD, Michelle R. Chyatte, DrPH, and Arno K. Kumagai, MD, published in Academic Medicine

“Structural Racism and Supporting Black Lives — The Role of Health Professionals” by Rachel R. Hardeman, PhD, MPH, Eduardo M. Medina, MD, MPH, and Katy B. Kozhimannil, PhD, MPA, published in the New England Journal of Medicine

“Parting the Clouds: Three Professionalism Frameworks in Medical Education” by by David M. Irby, MDiv, PhD, and Stanley J. Hamstra, PhD, published in Academic Medicine

2016 Selection Committee Members

• Amy Berman, BSN, LHD, Senior Program Officer, The John A. Hartford Foundation
• John A. Benson Jr., MD, President Emeritus, American Board of Internal Medicine and ABIM Foundation
• Wendy Levinson, MD, Chair and Co-Founder, Choosing Wisely Canada
• Lorna Lynn, MD, Vice President, Medical Education Research, American Board of Internal Medicine
• Walter McDonald, MD, Emeritus Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer, American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine
• Hayley Goldbach, MD, Intern, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
• Bernard Rosof, MD, Professor of Medicine, Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine, CEO, QHC Advisory Group, LLC
• Daniel Wolfson, MHSA, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, ABIM Foundation

“Time to Loosen the Apron Strings: Cohort-based Evaluation of a Learner-driven Remediation Model at One Medical School” by S. Beth Bierer, PhD; Elaine F. Dannefer, PhD; and John E. Tetzlaff, MD, published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine

“Physician Satisfaction and Physician Well-Being: Should Anyone Care” by Lawrence P. Casalino, MD, PhD; and Francis J. Crosson, MD, published in Professions & Professionalism

“How Do Medical Schools Identify and Remediate Professionalism Lapses in Medical Students? A Study of U.S. and Canadian Medical Schools” by Deborah Ziring, MD; Deborah Danoff, MD; Suely Grosseman, MD, PhD; Debra Langer, MPA; Amanda Esposito, MS; Mian Kouresch Jan, MD; Steven Rosenzweig, MD; and Dennis Novack, MD, published in Academic Medicine

2015 Selection Committee Members

• Louise Arnold, PhD, Professor Emerita, Office of Medical Education, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
• Richard Frankel, PhD, Professor of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine
• Rosemary Gibson, author, “Medicare Meltdown”
• John A. Benson Jr., MD, President Emeritus, American Board of Internal Medicine and ABIM Foundation
• Lorna Lynn, MD, Vice President, Medical Education Research, American Board of Internal Medicine
• Walter McDonald, MD, Emeritus Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer, American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine
• Hayley Goldbach, MD, Intern, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
• Daniel Wolfson, MHSA, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, ABIM Foundation

“Intervention to Promote Physician Well-being, Job Satisfaction, and Professionalism: A Randomized Clinical Trial” by Colin P. West, MD, PhD; Liselotte N. Dyrbye, MD, MHPE; Jeff T. Rabatin, MD, MSc; Tim G. Call, MD; John H. Davidson, MD; Adamarie Multari, MD; Susan A. Romanski, MD; Joan M. Henriksen Hellyer, RN, PhD; Jeff A. Sloan, PhD; and Tait D. Shanafelt, MD, published in JAMA Internal Medicine

“Hospital Relationships With Direct-to-Consumer Screening Companies” by Erik A. Wallace, MD; John H. Schumann, MD; and Steven E. Weinberger, MD, published in JAMA

“Instituting a Culture of Professionalism: The Establishment of a Center for Professionalism and Peer Support” by Jo Shapiro, MD, FACS; Anthony Whittemore, MD, FACS; and Lawrence C. Tsen, MD, published in The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

2014 Selection Committee Members

• Louise Arnold, PhD, Professor Emerita, Office of Medical Education, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
• Barry Egener, MD, Medical Director, The Foundation for Medical Excellence
• Rosemary Gibson, author, “Medicare Meltdown”
• Wendy Levinson, MD, Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto
• Lorna Lynn, MD, Director, Practice Assessment, American Board of Internal Medicine
• Walter McDonald, MD, MACP, Emeritus Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer, American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine
• Brian Powers, Medical Student, Harvard Medical School
• Daniel Wolfson, MHSA, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, ABIM Foundation

“A Humble Task: Restoring Virtue in an Age of Conflicted Interests” by James M. DuBois, PhD, DSc; Elena M. Kraus, PhD; Anthony A. Mikulec, MD, MBA; Salvador Cruz-Flores, MD, MPH; and Erin Bakanas, MD, MA, published in Academic Medicine

“An Intervention Model That Promotes Accountability: Peer Messengers and Patient/Family Complaints” (pdf) by James W. Pichert, PhD; Ilene N. Moore, MD, JD; Jan Karrass, MBA, PhD; Jeffrey S. Jay, JD; Margaret W. Westlake, MLS; Thomas F. Catron, PhD; Gerald B. Hickson, MD, published in The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

“Views of US Physicians About Controlling Health Care Costs” by Jon C. Tilburt, MD, MPH; Matthew K. Wynia, MD, MPH; Robert D. Sheeler, MD; Bjorg Thorsteinsdottir, MD; Katherine M. James, MPH; Jason S. Egginton, MPH; Mark Liebow, MD, MPH; Samia Hurst, MD; Marion Danis, MD, MPH; Susan Dorr Goold, MD, MHSA, MA, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association

2013 Selection Committee Members

• Louise Arnold, PhD, Professor Emerita, Office of Medical Education, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
• Barry Egener, MD, Medical Director, The Foundation for Medical Excellence
• Rosemary Gibson, author, “Medicare Meltdown”
• Hayley Goldbach, medical student, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
• Catherine Lucey, MD, Vice Dean of Education, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine
• Lorna Lynn, MD, Director, Practice Assessment, American Board of Internal Medicine
• Walter McDonald, MD, FACP, Emeritus Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer, American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine
• Daniel Wolfson, MHSA, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, ABIM Foundation

Commentary/Perspective: “Perspective: The Negativity Bias, Medical Education, and the Culture of Academic Medicine: Why Culture Change Is Hard,” by Julie Haizlip, MD, Natalie May, PhD, John Schorling, MD, Anne Williams, MA, and Margaret Plews-Ogan, MD, MS, published in Academic Medicine

Medical Education and Training: “A Multi-Institutional Study Exploring the Impact of Positive Mental Health on Medical Students’ Professionalism in an Era of High Burnout,” by Liselotte N. Dyrbye, MD, William Harper, MD, Christine Moutier, MD, Steven J. Durning, MD, David V. Power, MD, F. Stanford Massie, MD, Anne Eacker, MD, Matthew R. Thomas, MD, Daniel Satele, Jeff A. Sloan, PhD, and Tait D. Shanafelt, MD, published in Academic Medicine

Professionalism in Practice: “Overuse of Health Care Services in the United States: An Understudied Problem,” by Deborah Korenstein, MD, Raphael Falk, MD, MPH, Elizabeth A. Howell, MD, MPP, Tara Bishop, MD, MPH, and Salomeh Keyhani, MD, published in Archives of Internal Medicine

2012 Selection Committee Members

• Louise Arnold, PhD, Professor Emerita, Office of Medical Education, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
• Rosemary Gibson, author, “Medicare Meltdown”
• Hayley Goldbach, medical student, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
• Fred Hafferty, PhD, Professor of Medical Education, Program in Professionalism & Ethics, Mayo Clinic
• Lorna Lynn, MD, Director, Practice Assessment, American Board of Internal Medicine
• Walter McDonald, MD, FACP, Emeritus Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer, American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine
• David Stern, MD, PhD, Department of Medicine, Chairman’s Office, NYU School of Medicine
• Daniel Wolfson, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, ABIM Foundation

Commentary/Perspective: “The Role of Physicians in Controlling Medical Care Costs and Reducing Waste,” by Robert H. Brook, MD, ScD, published in JAMA

Medical Education and Training: “Professionalism, the Invisible Hand, and a Necessary Reconfiguration of Medical Education,” by Frederic W. Hafferty, PhD, Michael Brennan, MD, and Wojciech Pawlina, MD, published in Academic Medicine

Professionalism in Practice: “Bending the Cost Curve in Cancer Care,” by Thomas J. Smith, MD and Bruce E. Hillner, MD, published in the New England Journal of Medicine

2011 Selection Committee Members

• Barry Egener, MD, FAACP, FAACH, Medical Director, Foundation for Medical Excellence
• Rosemary Gibson, author, “The Treatment Trap”
• Hayley Goldbach, medical student, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
• Lorna Lynn, MD, Director, PIM Research, American Board of Internal Medicine
• Walter McDonald, MD, FACP, Emeritus Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer, American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine
• David Stern, MD, PhD, Vice Chair for Professionalism, Department of Medicine Mount Sinai Medical School
• Daniel Wolfson, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, ABIM Foundation

Commentary/Perspective: “What If Physicians Actually Had to Control Medical Costs?” by Robert H. Brook, MD, ScD

Medical Education and Training: “Cost Consciousness in Patient Care—What is Medical Education’s Responsibility?” by Molly Cooke, MD

Professionalism in Practice: “Physicians’ Perceptions, Preparedness for Reporting, and Experiences Related to Impaired and Incompetent Colleagues” by Catherine M. DesRoches, DrPH; Sowmya R. Rao, PhD; John A. Fromson, MD; Robert J. Birnbaum, MD, PhD; Lisa Iezzoni, MD, MSc; Christine Vogelli, PhD; and Eric G. Campbell, PhD

2010 Selection Committee Members

• Barry Egner, MD, Medical Director, Foundation for Medical Excellence
• Rosemary Gibson, MSc, author, “The Treatment Trap”
• Hayley Goldbach, medical student, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
• Frederic Hafferty, PhD, Professor of Medical Education, Mayo Clinic
• Lorna Lynn, MD, Director, PIM Research, American Board of Internal Medicine
• Walter McDonald, MD, Emeritus Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer, American College of Physicians