Dr. Edwin Kim has assumed the presidency of the Federation of State Physician Health Programs (FSPHP) following the organization’s Annual Member Business Meeting on May 22. He succeeds Dr. Michael Baron, who will serve as Past President on the Board of Directors.
Kim serves as Medical Director of the Pennsylvania Physicians’ Health Program, where he also oversees the Dental Health Program, Nurses Health Program, and Pharmacy Health Program. He is board-certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in both psychiatry and addiction psychiatry, and by the American Board of Preventive Medicine in addiction medicine. He maintains clinical privileges at Penn Medicine and serves as Director of Addiction Treatment Services at the VA Palo Alto Healthcare System, while also teaching medical students and residents as a Clinical Assistant Professor (Affiliated) with Stanford University School of Medicine.
At FSPHP, Kim chairs the Membership Committee, serves on the Public Policy and Ethics Committees, and participates in the Safe Haven Task Force. During his two-year term, he has set four organizational priorities: strengthening partnerships between regulatory boards and healthcare organizations; evolving confidentiality protections through data-driven demonstration of safe-haven principles; driving standardization through the Performance Enhancement and Effectiveness Review (PEER) Program and the Evaluation and Treatment Accreditation (ETA) initiative; and increasing awareness of Physician and Professional Health Programs as essential to clinician well-being and patient safety.
FSPHP evolved from initiatives by the American Medical Association, the Federation of State Medical Boards, and state medical societies more than 30 years ago. It now has 49 State Physician Health Program members and 328 total association members—the largest membership in the organization’s history. The organization operates as a non-profit professional membership association with a mission to serve as a confidential resource for physicians at risk for impairment, focusing on outreach, education, and health monitoring.
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