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JUCM Editor in Chief Lindsey E. Fish, MD, FCUCM, is now leading the College of Urgent Care Medicine (CUCM) and the Urgent Care College of Physicians (UCCOP) as the newly elected president. Members of the CUCM and UCCOP board of directors elected Fish during the 2026 Urgent Care Association (UCA) Conference in Chicago last week. CUCM and UCCOP, as affiliates of UCA, drive timely advances in clinical care, education, research, collaboration, and advocacy for urgent care clinicians and patients. CUCM serves as the recognized, professional voice of all clinicians (physicians, physician associates, and nurse practitioners) practicing urgent care medicine, while UCCOP serves as the unique professional voice of urgent care physicians. Last year, Fish won the Joseph Toscano Inspiring Excellence Award from CUCM—an award presented to a member of the College who has made significant and sustained contributions to the field of urgent care medicine by inspiring excellence. She has also authored more than 25 peer-reviewed publications in prestigious scientific journals, including JUCM, and she has received more than $410,000 in grant funding to date to support research projects in urgent care. Fish will serve as CUCM and UCCOP president for 2 years.
Looking forward: “As urgent care continues to grow, CUCM and UCCOP will be the voice that guides clinical excellence, supports clinician education and development, bolsters original research, and advances the specialty recognition of urgent care,” says Fish.