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The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) is a non-profit umbrella organization for the 24 approved medical specialty boards in the United States. It is the leading entity overseeing physician certification in the United States. The ABMS assists its Member Boards in developing and implementing educational and professional standards to evaluate and certify physician specialists. An umbrella organization is an association of (often related, industry specific) institutions, who work together formally to coordinate activities or pool resources. ...
ABMS is recognized by the key healthcare accreditation organizations as a primary equivalent source of board certification data on medical specialists for credentialing purposes.
Member Boards
American Board of Allergy & Immunology (215) 592-9466
American Board of Anesthesiology (919) 881-2570
American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery (734) 282-9400
American Board of Dermatology (313) 874-1088
American Board of Emergency Medicine (517) 332-4800
In the United States, preventive medicine is a medicalspecialty, one of the 24 recognized by the AmericanBoard of MedicalSpecialties (ABMS).
I understand the basic medical sciences, such as pathophysiology, and I have experience managing the care of individual patients with diverse diseases.
I have the training needed to understand and reduce the risks of disease, disability and death in individuals and in population groups, and I have the leadership skills needed to protect the public’s health.
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