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3 The Creation of the National Academy of Medicine
Pages 43-60

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... Cicerone to National Academies staff, April 28, 2015, IOM/NAM Records.
From page 44...
... To allow for this expanded leadership capacity, Sproull's committee recommended that the IOM's existing program of consensus studies be moved to an NRC division. However, many members of the IOM's governing council believed that implementation of the latter recommendation would compromise the founders' design for a proactive, working organization.
From page 45...
... . Furthermore, at a regional meeting, NAS members expressed concern that they did not know enough about the 4 Kenneth Shine to Bruce Alberts, July 6, 1994, IOM/NAM Records; IOM Council Minutes, October 18, 1994, IOM/ NAM Records.
From page 46...
... Frank Westheimer, a Harvard chemist, maintained that the IOM had a very dif 7 Kenneth Shine to Colleagues, March 17, 1995, IOM/NAM Records; IOM Council Minutes, April 17–18, 1995, IOM/ NAM Records. 8 IOM Council Minutes, April 17–18, 1995, IOM/NAM Records; IOM Council Minutes, July 18, 1995, IOM/NAM Records.
From page 47...
... The issue remained quiet until 2013, when a draft report titled How to Better Consolidate and Align the Constituent Parts of the National Academies and Strengthen Its Identity circulated among the NAS, NAE, and IOM Councils. The 2013 draft coincided with the 150th anniversary of the 11 Francis D
From page 48...
... In June 2013, Cicerone, NAE President Charles Vest, and IOM President Harvey Fineberg appointed a committee to examine and update the draft document describing the NAS's reorganization. The committee was chaired by joint IOM/NAS member Rick Lifton, who was both a distinguished scientist and an accomplished physician, and was further composed of representatives from across the National Academies.
From page 49...
... The report stated that "a simpler, more symmetrical and rational organizational structure, with reports issuing from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will give better clarity of our mission."19 Following the release of the committee's final report, a campaign to gain NAS membership support of the new organizational structure was initiated. In part, it relied on presentations at NAS regional meetings, with the goal of securing a favorable membership vote at the NAS Annual Meeting on April 29, 2014.
From page 50...
... 23 IOM Council Minutes, February 5, 2014, IOM/NAM Records; Ralph Cicerone, Handwritten Notes on Joint NAS, NAE, IOM Meeting, February 4, 2005, NAS-NRC Archives.
From page 51...
... Preliminary plans called for Clyde Behney, a veteran IOM staffer who had served as the board director for various IOM boards and as the IOM's deputy executive officer, to fill this dual role.25 Behney became a crucial advisor to Dzau as the NAM built its new programs, as well as a steady leader for the HMD and its staff during a time of significant upheaval. Decisions made during the early days of the transition would establish the trajectory of the NAM as well as the HMD.
From page 52...
... In its first 5 years, the NAM developed three novel program models -- the Action Collaborative, the International Commission, and the Grand Challenge -- among other approaches, and applied them to topics including global infectious disease, health equity, clinician well-being, health system reform, healthy longevity, the U.S. opioid epidemic, and more (see Chapter 7)
From page 53...
... The third and final strategic goal outlined the NAM's commitment to shaping the practice of health, medicine, and biomedical science for the rapidly evolving contexts of the future. BOX 3-1 Members of the 2016–2017 National Academy of Medicine Strategic Planning Committee NAM Members and Volunteers • Huda Akil, University of Michigan • Robert Brook, RAND Corporation • Sheila Burke, Harvard Kennedy School • Victor Dzau, President, NAM • Jack Ebeler, Health Policy Alternatives • Eva Feldman, University of Michigan • Elena Fuentes-Afflick, University of California, San Francisco • Rebekah Gee, Louisiana Department of Health • Margaret (Peggy)
From page 54...
... Meanwhile, the ongoing working relationship between the NAM and the HMD sustained the legacy of the IOM and the vision of its founders. 28 NAM Council Minutes, February 8–9, 2022, IOM/NAM Records.
From page 55...
... FIGURE 3A-2 National Academies organization following the 2015 IOM-NAM reorganization. SOURCE: National Academy of Medicine.
From page 56...
... 56 A HISTORY OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF MEDICINE FIGURE 3A-3 NAM organizational chart, April 2016. NOTE: This organizational chart shows the composition and staff of the NAM immediately following its reconstitution in July 2015, and is included as a snapshot of the new Academy at its inception.
From page 57...
... SCHAEFFER EXECUTIVE OFFICER J Michael McGinnis DEPUTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER FOR PROGRAMS Kimber Bogard EXECUTIVE OFFICE DEVELOPMENT Morgan Kanarek, Director of Alison Purvis, Acting Director Operations & Chief of Staff FINANCE COMMUNICATIONS Alison Holdcroft, Director Laura DeStefano, Director NAM LEADERSHIP CONSORTIUM Collaboration for a COUNCIL & HEALTH POLICY FELLOWSHIPS & PROGRAM OFFICE Learning Health System MEMBERSHIP SERVICES LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS Kimber Bogard, Director J
From page 58...
... To maintain continuity of the IOM brand following the reorganization, HMD was referred to as the "Institute of Medicine" until March 15, 2016. SOURCE: National Academy of Medicine.
From page 59...
... THE CREATION OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF MEDICINE 59 FIGURE 3A-6 HMD organizational chart, 2021. SOURCE: National Academy of Medicine.


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