CHICAGO, Aug. 18, 2008 – Timothy P. Brigham, MDiv, PhD, has joined the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education as senior vice president of education. Dr. Brigham’s responsibilities as head of the Department of Education include the ACGME’s Annual Educational Conference, the Milestone Outcome Project, and the development of new educational programs for the ACGME. 

For more than 20 years, Dr. Brigham has been involved in physician faculty development, resident education and chief resident and program director development. He is a widely sought after as a teacher, speaker, group facilitator, and consultant in a variety of areas including resident stress and well-being; chief resident, program director and chair person leadership development; medical student, resident and faculty teaching development; and group and team organizational development. 

Before joining the ACGME, Dr. Brigham served since 1989 in several capacities at Jefferson Medical College, including associate dean for graduate medical education and continuing medical education and, most recently, as senior associate dean for organizational development and chief of staff and associate professor of medicine.  While working at Jefferson, Dr. Brigham received numerous teaching awards and honors, including the Dean’s Citation for Significant Contributions to the Advancement of Education, the Chief Residents Distinguished Service Award for Outstanding Contribution to Medical House Staff Education, and an award for Outstanding Service and Mentorship to Faculty and Residents in Emergency Medicine.

Dr. Brigham holds a doctorate in psychological studies in education from Temple University, a master’s degree in counseling and human relations from Villanova University, and a master’s of divinity from Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary.

Please join the ACGME as we welcome Dr. Timothy Brigham to the organization. 

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The ACGME is a private, non-profit organization that accredits approximately 8,400 residency programs in 126 specialties and subspecialties that educate 107,000 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.