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.

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
• American Board of Family Medicine (859) 269-5626
• American Board of Internal Medicine (215) 446-3500
• American Board of Medical Genetics (301) 571-1885
• American Board of Neurological Surgery (713) 441-6015
• American Board of Nuclear Medicine (310) 825-6787
• American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (214) 871-1619
• American Board of Ophthalmology (610) 664-1175
• American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery (919) 929-7103
• American Board of Otolaryngology (713) 850-0399
• American Board of Pathology (813) 286-2444
• American Board of Pediatrics (919) 929-0461
• American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (507) 282-1776
• American Board of Plastic Surgery (215) 587-9322
• American Board of Preventive Medicine (312) 939-2276
• American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (847) 945-7900
• American Board of Radiology (520) 790-2900
• American Board of Surgery (215) 568-4000
• American Board of Thoracic Surgery (847) 475-1520
• American Board of Urology (434) 979-0059

External links

• Official ABMS Site