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feature proportion of the fees if you would prefer to use an outside resource. I think it’s very important to recognize that ABIM has always valued the interactions with professional societies. Within the recently reorganized ABIM governance, there is a newly configured Hematology Specialty Board, which I chair, and which includes many of the nominees that ABIM solicited from ASH. ASH Vice President Charles Abrams, MD, who is a former ABIM Hematology Exam Committee member and chair, and Scott Gitlin, MD, who is a member of the ASH Awards Committee and former Chair of the ASH Committee on Training, are each on this board. I previously chaired the ASH Committee on Educational Affairs and have also served in ASH educational programs. Thus, there is a very high level of insight and appreciation for what ASH contributes to our profession, and we will co