...Board of Internal Medicine. I am also trained in and Board eligible in Medical Genetics. I am a member of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academy of Sciences (MAS), A Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a Fellow and Member...

...two internists and one neurologist, psychiatrist, surgeon, and radiologist. Choice of Members. The President of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academy of Sciences should recommend two individuals for each position, on the advice of the IOM Council. From this list,...

...threat of emerging infectious diseases was described in a 1992 policy report issued by a committee of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academy of Sciences co-chaired by Robert Shope, a distinguished virologist, and Nobel Laureate Joshua Lederberg. The report...

...Board (NCPB) called "Ensuring Quality Cancer Care." The NCPB was established at my request as part of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academy of Sciences. Its purpose is to provide a forum of independent and broad-based expertise to advise the Nation on...

...dietary choline (Zeisel et al., 1991; Blusztajn, 1998). In a 1998 report, the Food and Nutrition Board of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA (Food and Nutrition Board. Institute of Medicine, 1998) issued recommendations for the adequate...

...tonsillectomy, a distinguished group of leaders in American health care, working under the auspices of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academy of Sciences, reported that as many as 98,000 people in the United States die each year from medical mistakes in...

...height, provides the baseline for determining weight gain ranges for the pregnant woman. Recommendations of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academy of Sciences are based on the BMI of the woman when she became pregnant. Women are placed into one of four categories...

...recommendations in 1917 and has done so periodically since that time. The Food and Nutrition Board (FNB), a unit of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), was established in the 1940s to study and to provide judgment on nutrition issues related to...

...Calcium, Phosphorus, Magnesium, Vitamin D, and Fluoride (January 1, 1997) In 1 997, at the suggestion of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), the RDAs were incorporated into a broader set of dietary guidelines called the DRIs and are...

...research to foster healthy weights in African American communities. Dr. Kumanyika is an elected member of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academy of Sciences and has served on three IOM committees related to obesity prevention and weight control. She currently...