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Dr. Ellison appointed to the Chair of ABIM’s Subspecialty Board on Nephrology

d-ellison_1David Ellison, MD, Professor, Departments of Medicine and Physiology & Pharmacology, has been named Chair of the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Subspecialty Board on Nephrology. As such, he becomes the subspecialty board’s representative to ABIM’s Board of Directors. Dr. Ellison has been a member of the Subspecialty Board on Nephrology since 2000. ABIM sets the standards and certifies physicians practicing in internal medicine and its subspecialties who possess the knowledge, skills and attitudes required to provide high quality care.

“David juggles the roles of teacher, innovator and clinician capably, balancing the demands of each while utilizing his myriad roles to inform all of his work. As a member of the subspecialty board he will now chair, he will continually bring his experience in nephrology in creating certification and maintenance of certification programs that are current and relevant to what physicians are doing in practice,” said Christine Cassel, MD, ABIM's President and CEO.

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