ACGME-I Accreditation

The 2024 ACGME Annual Educational Conference lived up to its reputation as the premier graduate medical education (GME) event in the world. More than 4,400 GME professionals from around the world, representing institutions from more than 20 countries, gathered in Orlando, Florida, US, on 7-9 March 2024 to learn, discuss, share, and network with their colleagues.

ACGME International (ACGME-I) is proud to announce that Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital in Doha, Qatar has been granted ACGME-I Initial Accreditation as a Sponsoring Institution. The accreditation decision was finalized at the meeting of ACGME-I’s Review Committees-International in January 2024, and is effective 1 July 2023. 

During the January 2024 meeting of the Review Committees-International, a total of 12 graduate medical education (GME) programs received positive accreditation decisions – including the first programs at two accredited Sponsoring Institutions to achieve Initial Accreditation status. 

At its 19 May meeting, the ACGME-I Board of Directors approved Advanced Specialty Program Requirements for pediatric surgery (integrated) residency programs and for obesity medicine/bariatric medicine fellowship programs. The Requirements were developed in collaboration with ACGME-I-accredited Sponsoring Institutions in response to global health care needs. The creation of these Requirements marks the first time that ACGME-I has developed Program Requirements for educational programs in specialties/subspecialties not currently accredited by the ACGME in the United States.

ACGME International (ACGME-I) is proud to announce that VinUni College of Health Sciences in Hanoi, Vietnam has become the first Sponsoring Institution in Vietnam to achieve ACGME-I accreditation. The Initial Accreditation status for the institution became effective 1 July 2023.