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How Board-Certified Family Medicine, OB, and Emergency Medicine Physicians Help Close Rural Healthcare Gaps

Rural communities deserve reliable access to high-quality medical care without having to drive hours for a routine appointment, emergency evaluation, or maternity services. Yet rural hospitals and clinics often face persistent challenges: fewer specialists, limited staffing, tighter budgets, and a patient population that may be older and managing more chronic conditions. In many rural areas, the solution isn’t a single ...

Board of Certification in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (BCGE): A Modern Credential for a Changing Medical Environment

Hospitals, payers, and credentialing committees are asking for clearer proof of competency than ever before. At the same time, many physicians are already providing safe, effective gastrointestinal endoscopy, often as part of broader internal medicine, hospital medicine, surgery, or other practice models. The challenge isn’t whether these physicians can do the work. The challenge is whether the system consistently recognizes ...

Emergency Medicine Certification: Requirements, Benefits & Career Impact

Emergency medicine is built for situations that don’t wait—time-sensitive decisions, unpredictable presentations, and patients who need immediate, competent care. Board certification in emergency medicine is one of the clearest ways a physician can demonstrate mastery of the specialty’s core clinical knowledge and judgment. The American Board of Physician Specialties (ABPS) provides emergency medicine certification through our Member Board, the Board ...

The Growing Importance of Integrative Medicine Certification

Integrative medicine is a patient-centered approach that focuses on treating the whole person—mind, body, and spirit—rather than simply addressing symptoms or diseases in isolation. It combines conventional Western medical practices with evidence-based complementary and alternative therapies. This can include nutrition counseling, acupuncture, stress management techniques, herbal medicine, yoga, and more. The foundation of integrative medicine is a deep, therapeutic relationship ...

ABPS Offers Physician Certification Options in Primary Care Specialties

The American Board of Physician Specialties® (ABPS) is a nationally recognized multi‑specialty certifying body that offers physicians an alternative path to board certification. Founded in 1952 — with its first physician certified in 1960 — ABPS was created to provide a rigorous, inclusive certification process for both allopathic (MD) and osteopathic (DO) physicians. ABPS stands out by offering certification in ...

Family Medicine Obstetrics Certification: Expanding Your Scope of Practice

Family medicine obstetrics is a unique specialty that blends the comprehensive care of family medicine with the specialized focus of obstetrics. Physicians in this field provide full-spectrum maternity care—ranging from prenatal and labor and delivery support to postpartum follow-up—while also managing the overall health of women and families. These practitioners are often the primary point of care for expectant mothers, ...

Importance of Choice in Physician Board Certification

Physicians today face a complex and rapidly evolving healthcare environment—one where demonstrating expertise, ethics, and a commitment to patient-centered care is more important than ever. In this landscape, board certification remains one of the most respected ways for physicians to show they’ve met the highest standards in their specialty. Among the nationally recognized certifying bodies, the American Board of Physician Specialties® (ABPS) offers a valuable and inclusive ...

Exploring Whole-Person Healing With Dr. Melinda Ring & Dr. David Rakel

Dr. Melinda Ring is one of the most respected voices in the field of integrative medicine today. As the Executive Director of the Osher Center for Integrative Health at Northwestern University and the Tina Trott Professor of Integrative Health, Dr. Ring has spent her career advancing a more holistic, patient-centered model of care that bridges conventional and complementary medicine. Board ...

Why It’s Important for Family Medicine-Trained Physicians to Get Board Certified in EM

Family medicine-trained physicians often find themselves at the forefront of emergency medicine (EM), especially in rural or underserved areas where specialized EM personnel are scarce. Despite their significant contributions and proven capabilities in emergency departments, these physicians frequently face barriers to formal EM certification due to traditional credentialing paths that require a residency specifically in emergency medicine. The Challenge and ...

Physicians Have a Choice in Board Certification

For the past several years, the American healthcare systems has dealt with a serious shortage of physicians. This problem is compounded by hospitals struggling to fill physician vacancies because of restrictive hiring policies. The American Board of Physician Specialties® (ABPS) believes that a solution to the physician shortage is to offer the nation’s physicians more pathways to physician board certification ...

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Patient Care Is Our Priority

With declining access for maternity care amid rising maternal mortality, ABPS and their Board Certification in Family Medicine Obstetrics has been essential for me and many of my colleagues in getting privileges and thereby creating local access for mothers and their children.

Ashish Anand, MD, FAASOS

John B. Waits, MD

Family Medicine Obstetrics

Board certification through the American Board of Physician Specialties has served to substantiate my interest and additional training in several fields of medicine including Internal Medicine, Disaster Medicine, and Administrative Medicine. As a result, I have been able to serve my community in clinical, disaster response, and administrative medicine roles. Through the ABPS, I have become recognized as a leader in my various fields of interest.

Spencer Price MD, MPH, MBA

Administrative Medicine

In this era, when continuous updated medical knowledge means so much to you, when quality of emergency care matters most to you ,when you need to excel in your medical career to continue providing exceptional service to your critically ill patients, please consider board certification with the Boad of Certification in Emergency Medicine (BCEM). Where your knowledge & expertise translates to credentialing & certification with wider approval & recognition every day at many fronts. We Welcome you to join our team for a brighter future of our emergency healthcare where dedication to profession relies not solely on clinical practice but also on sound academic certification.

Ashish Anand, MD, FAASOS

Ashraf A. Gerges, MD, FAAEP

Emergency Medicine

Board certification in Orthopedic Surgery through the American Board of Physician Specialties validated my training and surgical experience through a process that was both rigorous and respectful of real-world practice. ABPS recognizes clinical competence, not just credentials, and that sets it apart.

Ashish Anand, MD, FAASOS

Ashish Anand, MD, FAASOS

Orthopedic Surgery

The American Board of Physician Specialties is a forward- thinking organization that focuses on where Medicine is going, not just where it has been. Traditional Certification Boards like Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine, and Dermatology are represented as are Integrative Medicine, Disaster Medicine, and Family Medicine-Obstetrics. Physicians appreciate the ability to showcase their skills and knowledge through Board Certification, and this organization allows excellent physicians the ability to bring their skills to patients. The dedication and commitment of this organization and its volunteers will ensure ongoing distinction and commitment for decades to come.

Jeffrey B. Stricker, DO, MBA, FAASD

Jeffrey B. Stricker, DO, MBA, FAASD

Dermatology

Serving as a member on the American board of Integrative Medicine (ABOIM) for many years and now serving as a Member at Large of the American Board of Physician Specialties (ABPS) has been an enriching and rewarding experience. The board’s commitment to excellence, integrity, and positive impact is truly inspiring. I am grateful to collaborate with such a dedicated and visionary group, and I am proud of the meaningful progress we continue to achieve together.

Arti Prasad, MD, FACP

Arti Prasad, MD, FACP

Integrative Medicine

There are many ways board certification advances a physician career. ABPS Board examination verifies your accuracy, precision, and reflects your mastery of your residency training verifying your expertise. ABPS Board certification demonstrates your level of expertise beyond your practice experience, primary education degrees, and training which are necessary for insurance reimbursement and practice privilege requirements. Attaining your ABPS Board Certification will clarify your purpose, secure your practice growth, and expand into leadership positions. Board certification can serve as an indication of a physician’s commitment to medicine, beyond the minimal standards and competency of training, their measurement to quality of care, and attaining an award for excellence.

Chris Kunis MD

Internal Medicine

When the American Board of Physician Specialties offered to host the American Board of Integrative Medicine, ABPS became a landmark organization working to move medicine into the twenty first century. Certifying physicians who have completed rigorous academic training in Integrative Medicine ensures that the field of Integrative Medicine will continue to develop academically, clinically, and professionally. The leadership of ABPS continues to impress me - they are diligent in constantly innovating to provide certifications for physicians who want to advance their careers and their areas of expertise. I am honored to be a part of this organization.

Ann Marie Chiasson, MD

Integrative Medicine

On October 18, 2007, President George W. Bush released Homeland Security Presidential Directive 21 (HSPD-21), calling on our nation, among other initiatives, to “collectively support and facilitate the establishment of a discipline of disaster health”. It is a great testament to the wisdom and foresight of the American Board of Physician Specialties that it immediately set to work and created, within the short span of only one year, an educational blueprint and set of certification examinations, both written and oral, for a new subspecialty of disaster medicine—and it is why I chose to be part this vital initiative and this wonderful organization. This is but one of the many innovative programs initiated by the American Board of Physician Specialties over the years, and why I am proud to support its work on behalf of our nation’s public health.

Art Cooper, MD

Disaster Medicine

Far too often, medicine is led by less than 5% of non-practicing physicians taking away and replacing the voice of the 95% of physicians practicing and placing patient safety and care first on the front lines every day. The American Board of Physician Specialties has raised the standards in physician board certification not only in the quality of their boards of certification, but in hearing and allowing for the voice of those active physicians caring directly for patients. Having been a part of the ABPS over the last 28 years has allowed me to grow as a woman leader in a field often wrought with challenges. It helped me and others raise the bar of the standards of care in my specialty, Emergency Medicine, through their Board Certification in Emergency Medicine (BCEM). ABPS also helped raise the standards of care for 21st century medicine through their certifications in other specialties, particularly in Integrative Medicine & Disaster Medicine. Having physician voices heard matters to medicine and is essential in the betterment of patient safety and care.

Sarah E. Gilbert, MD, FAAEP

Sarah E. Gilbert, MD, FAAEP

Emergency Medicine