Dr Richard J. Baron, MD, MACP

Dr Baron is the President and CEO of the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Foundation.

Dr Baron received an English degree from Harvard College and his medical degree from Yale University.  He is a board certified Internal & Geriatric Physician.  Dr Baron has served as Group Director of Seamless Care Models at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Innovation Center, where he led efforts related to accountable care organizations and primary care.

He was the architect of the Best Clinical and Administrative Practices program working with medical leadership of Medicaid health plans around the United States in learning collaboratives to improve the quality of care for their members, which reached more than half of the Medicaid population in the US.

Dr. Baron is a member of the Commonwealth Fund Advisory group on Health Care Delivery & System Reform, and a member of the Aspen Institute Health Strategy Group which promotes improvements in policy and practice by providing leadership on complex health issues.

He has published many papers on the Dr-patient relationship, the falling trust of US citizens in the medical establishment, better delivery of assessment and management of chronic disease in Primary Care and more recently the impact of social media on the dissemination of medical information and how healthcare professionals can positively engage with patients through this new medium.