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More Adults and Children Using Integrative Health Approaches

You’ve probably seen this in the unlikeliest place, perhaps the lawn of a city park or on a public beach – a group of people performing complex yoga poses, or a meditator, with legs folded, in deep concentration. If it appears to you that more Americans are meditating or doing yoga, that’s because it’s true. A nationwide survey shows that ...

How EM Certification Benefits Both Physicians and Rural Hospitals

The shortage of qualified emergency medicine physicians remains acute, particularly in rural areas. The fact that more hospitals are prioritizing hiring board certified physicians only compounds the problem. But at the American Board of Physician Specialties® (ABPS), we believe that if the benefits of physician board certification were more widely appreciated, the medical community would make significant inroads into reversing ...

What if We Knew Chronic Disease Could Be Reversed?

Seven years ago, Nicole Shorrock, MD, experienced a personal and professional crisis after her 37-old husband was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS). Treatment of this chronic illness involved aggressive and expensive medication that, at best, could only slow its progressive neurological decline. According to modern medicine, MS is incurable. At the time, Dr. Shorrock, a pediatrician in El Dorado Hills, ...

How Climate Affects Our Health

Mimi Guarneri, MD, a founding board member of the American Board of Integrative Medicine® (ABOIM®), was interviewed in the April 2018 issue of Integrative Medicine: A Clinician’s Journal (IMCJ) about the effects of climate change on our health. Dr. Guarneri is the private physician of Veerabhadran Ramanathan, PhD, who is a climate scientist at the Scripps Oceanographic Institute, a chief ...

U.S. Justice Department Supports More Board Certification Options for Physicians

On September 10, 2018, the U.S. Department of Justice issued a landmark opinion about physician board certification that bodes well for the medical industry and patient care in general. In a letter responding to a pending Maryland bill promoting competition in physician certification, the DOJ stated that the maintenance of certification (MOC) requirements of the American Board of Medical Specialties ...

Heather V. Auld, MD, on Identifying the Cause of Your Pain

According to a study by the Mayo Clinic, about 70 percent of Americans regularly take prescription drugs. Half of Americans were found to be taking two, and 20 percent five or more. In fact, it’s been said that we live in an age when there is a pill for every ill. But Heather V. Auld, MD, an OB/GYN and integrative medicine ...

Urgent Care Visits Increase

People are visiting urgent care centers for minor illnesses and injuries more than ever. That’s according to a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine in September 2018. Researchers say that between 2008 and 2015, visits to urgent care clinics increased by 119 percent. During that same period, emergency room visits for noncritical conditions, like those treated at urgent care centers, fell ...

Why Hospitals Should Encourage Board Certification in Emergency Medicine

Finding qualified physicians who are board certified in emergency medicine has long been a challenge for hospital recruiters. The fact that emergency room visits have increased in the last several years only makes the problem more urgent. To keep their emergency departments staffed to adequately meet patient volume, hospitals have traditionally relied on physicians certified in other medical fields, like ...

Physician Reverses Own Conditions With Integrative Medicine

Doctors are all healthy, and they rarely get sick. These are common misconceptions you may have heard before. The reality is that, while physicians may have all the information they need to keep their patients and themselves healthy, they often neglect their own health, struggle with work-life balance, and suffer from burnout. There is even a disturbingly high rate of ...

An Integrative Approach to Treating Anxiety Disorders

Anxiety disorders, the most common mental illness in the United States, affect about 40 million adults age 18 and older every year. That is, 18.1% of the population! And although anxiety disorders can successfully be treated, research indicates that only 36.9% of individuals affected by it receive treatment. These numbers are even more staggering when considering the fact that individuals ...

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Patient Care Is Our Priority

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

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

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 I think historically, advancement in medicine and patient safety and care has been driven by the diversity of people and scientific thought. That’s what I found at the ABPS and more. For over 60 years that is just who we are. I found a physician certifying body that provides a choice and voice to all physicians ensuring that patients are always placed first.

Jerry Allison, MD

Emergency Medicine

When I decided to pursue a full time role as a physician executive it was important to me to obtain additional professional training, education and work experience. Board certification through the ABPS in Administrative Medicine is validation of my efforts and a demonstration of dedication to professional development. We need more physicians to become full time health care executives, knowing there is a board certification option in Administrative Medicine encourages physicians to take the leap from full time clinical practice to healthcare organizational leadership.

Richard Paula, MD

Administrative Medicine

The American Board of Physician Specialties has provided me with the opportunity to demonstrate mastery of internal medicine through board certification. As a hospitalist, board certification is an expected credential, and hospitals recognize the American Board of Physician Specialties (ABPS) as one of the three standard credentialling bodies for Internal Medicine. Additionally, the ABPS has helped me develop leadership skills as a Board member and Committee Chairperson. ABPS has also helped me sharpen critical thinking skills as a test question developer and reviewer. The Allopathic (MD) and Osteopathic (DO) physicians in the ABPS are lifelong learners and frequently pursue multiple board certifications. I enjoy the camaraderie of my peers in ABPS.

Loren Jay Chassels, DO

Internal Medicine