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Approximately ten years ago a group of Chiefs of General Internal Medicine met at the National SGIM Meeting to discuss significant mutual needs and interests. During this exploratory meeting it became clear that the position of Division Chief has increased greatly in complexity over the last ten years. Many Division Chiefs have risen to their positions without any specific training or peer group from whom to learn.We concluded that we needed to develop a formal organization for Chiefs of General Internal Medicine. Since then, we met at the 2000 National SGIM Meeting and at Professors of Medicine Meetings. During these meetings, a large number of Division Chiefs have interacted with an ongoing organizational group for the purpose of developing this organization. Beginning in 2002 we have held a yearly meeting centered around the ACGIM Management Training and Leadership Institute. In 2006, the organization started a tradition of gathering in late fall to discuss policy maters effecting the field of GIM.