Charles C. Leighton, MD Memorial Lecture with Amir Qaseem, MD, PhD, MHA, FACP

Dr Amir Qaseem is Director of the Department of Clinical Policy at the American College of Physicians (ACP). Dr Qaseem is responsible for leading the American College of Physicians’ evidence-based medicine and clinical practice guidelines program, one of the oldest programs in the United States, writing of the clinical guidelines, and overseeing the College’s Clinical Guidelines Committee. Dr Qaseem is also in charge of directing the ACP’s Performance Measurement program and is responsible for ACP’s Performance Measurement Committee. Dr Qaseem’s work includes development and implementation of ACP’s quality improvement and educational programs. Dr Qaseem is also involved in several international collaborations to develop joint clinical guidelines and improve quality of care across different countries. Dr Qaseem has published several peer-reviewed papers including clinical practice guidelines, implementation of clinical guidelines, quality improvement, performance measurement, and health policy related issues.

Some of the papers authored by Dr Qaseem are in the top ten most read articles in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Dr Qaseem has been invited to speak and has presented at numerous national and international conferences on issues related to health policy, evidence-based medicine, guideline development, guideline and evidence grading, and topics associated with performance measurement and quality of care. Dr Qaseem is also on governance boards and committees of various national and international organizations.

This event is free and open to the public, but registration is required. 

Sponsored by the Charles C. Leighton, MD Memorial Lecture Fund