Day: February 27, 2018

For more than 30 years, the American Board of Cosmetic Surgery (ABCS) has been dedicated to excellence in the medical specialty of cosmetic surgery and committed to providing the highest standard of care to our patients. On March 26, 1979 the American Board of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery was incorporated in the state of Delaware. The founders … Read more

The American Board of Emergency Medicine is one of 24 medical specialty certification boards recognized by the American Board of Medical Specialties. ABEM certifies emergency physicians who meet its educational, professional, and examination standards. ABEM certification is sought and earned by emergency physicians on a voluntary basis; ABEM is not a member association. EM is the 23rd recognized medical specialty in … Read more

The American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) is a non-profit, independent medical association of American physicians who practice in family medicine and its sub-specialties. Founded in February 1969 as the American Board of Family Practice (ABFP), the group was the 20th medical specialty to be recognized by the American Board of Medical Specialties and was formed out of a need to encourage medical school graduates to enter general practice. It adopted its current name in … Read more

The field of Hospice and Palliative Medicine has come along way and so has the Academy. Read about the history of AAHPM, from today since its inception! The Academy of Hospice Physicians is born, with 250 founding members. Becomes a founding member of the Hospice and Palliative Care Coalition, now known as the National Coalition … Read more

The American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) is a non-profit, self-appointed physician evaluation organization which certifies physicians who practice internal medicine and its subspecialties. It is not a membership society, educational institution or licensing body, but an organization that attempts to assess physicians through proprietary testing and completion of required modules. ABIM has issued more than 425,000 initial certificates in internal medicine and its subspecialties … Read more

The American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Inc. (ABPN) is a nonprofit corporation that was founded in 1934 following conferences of committees appointed by the American Psychiatric Association, the American Neurological Association, and the then “Section on Nervous and Mental Diseases” of the American Medical Association. This action was taken as a method of identifying the qualified specialists in psychiatry and neurology. The ABPN … Read more

The American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) first discussed certification of thoracic surgeons at its 1936 meeting in Rochester, Minnesota, but it was the consensus that no need for certification existed at that time.  As a result of the rapid growth and importance of thoracic surgery as a specialty during the succeeding years, the need for … Read more

In an ideal world, every qualified medical aspirant should be able to pursue their dreams with no obstacles. Sadly, we do not live in an ideal world and records show that due to a severe limitation of available seats, only one in four medical aspirants is able to find a spot in the medical institutions … Read more

The American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine (AUC) is an international, for-profit, U.S. curriculum-based medical school with a main basic science campus in Sint Maarten, and is based in Coral Gables, Florida. The school is owned by Adtalem Global Education, formerly DeVry Inc. since 2011, AUC is fully accredited by the Ireland-based Accreditation Commission of Colleges of Medicine (ACCM), meets the requirements of the federally guaranteed student … Read more

Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine (AZCOM) is a school of osteopathic medicine in Glendale, Arizona, part of Midwestern University. It grants the Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.) degree. AZCOM was established in 1995 when the Board of Trustees approved the purchase of land and the building of a new campus. Today, the Glendale Campus is on 135 acres and includes academic buildings, laboratory facilities, student housing, … Read more