| Founded | 1981 |
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| Type | Non-profit |
| Purpose | "We improve health care by assessing and advancing the quality of resident physicians' education through accreditation." |
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CEO | Thomas J. Nasca |
Chief Financial Officer | John Ogunkeye |
Chair of Board of Directors | Claudia J. Wyatt-Johnson |
| Affiliations | American Board of Medical Specialties American Hospital Association American Medical Association Association of American Medical Colleges Council of Medical Specialty Societies American Osteopathic Association American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine |
| Employees | 230 |
| Website | www |
The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) is the body responsible for accrediting all graduate medical training programs (i.e., internships, residencies, and fellowships, a.k.a. subspecialty programs) for physicians in the United States. It is a non-profit private council that evaluates and accredits medical residency and internship programs.