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Alfred F. Tallia, MD, MPH, Elected to the Executive Board of the National Board of Medical Examiners
New Brunswick, NJ -- Alfred F. Tallia, MD, MPH, professor and chair, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, has been elected to a two-year term as a member of the Executive Board of the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME).
The NBME is an independent, not-for-profit organization that provides high-quality assessments of the health professions. It develops the three-step United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE), which provides a single common evaluation pathway for applicants seeking licensure to practice medicine in the United States. Results of USMLE sequence are used by state licensing authorities in decisions to grant initial license to practice medicine.
Dr. Tallia has been associated with NBME since 1996 and has served in many roles, most recently as a member-at-large. Tallia chaired the Committee to Evaluate the USMLE Program, the national group which recommended substantive changes to the United States Medical Licensing Examination, influencing licensure and medical education across the country. He also has served on the Finance, Audit, and many Test Development committees of the NBME, as well as recently co-chairing the Centennial Steering committee. Last month, the NBME appointed Dr. Tallia to represent the organization as a regular member on the Composite Committee of the USMLE.
“Dr. Tallia is a dedicated physician and academic who understands the changing environment of health care,” said Vicente H. Gracias, MD, interim dean of Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. “His expertise will be a great resource to the NBME’s mission of providing high quality competency assessments of students seeking to become physicians and other health professionals.”
In addition to his research and teaching responsibilities at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Tallia conceptualized and has led the development of Robert Wood Johnson Partners©, the integrated delivery system of Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences and the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital and Health System. This integrated delivery system provides clinical services across a broad segment of the population of New Jersey, and serves as a national model for aligning academic health sciences centers with community resources.
A graduate of Fordham University, Dr. Tallia earned his medical degree from Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. He completed his family medicine residency and fellowship at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, and earned his master’s degree in public health from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Tallia’s practice-based research focuses on the organization and quality of the healthcare system. He is the editor and primary author of a popular medical review textbook, and multiple abstracts, book chapters, and scientific publications.
Tallia is a member of the Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences Master Educator’s Guild, and a Fellow in the Rutgers Center for Organizational Development and Leadership. He serves on the boards of many public and private health related organizations including the Washington based Patient Centered Primary Care Collaborative, the coalition of Fortune 500 companies, consumer groups, insurers, and provider organizations that has advanced health care reform.
About Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
As one of the nation's leading comprehensive medical schools, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School is dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in education, research, health care delivery, and the promotion of community health. Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, the medical school's principal affiliate, comprise one of the nation's premier academic medical centers. In addition, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School has 34 other hospital affiliates and ambulatory care sites throughout the region.
Part of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School encompasses 20 basic science and clinical departments, hosts centers and institutes including The Cardiovascular Institute, the Child Health Institute of New Jersey, the Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine, the Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute, and the Stem Cell Institute of New Jersey. The medical school maintains educational programs at the undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate levels on its campuses in New Brunswick and Piscataway and provides continuing education courses for health care professionals and community education programs. To learn more about Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, visit rwjms.rutgers.edu. Find us online at www.facebook.com/RWJMedicalSchool and www.twitter.com/RWJMS.
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