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Frank Nocilla, MD, On What It’s Like to Certify in Internal Medicine With the ABPS

I’m a private practitioner in internal medicine in Tupper Lake, New York, as well as a critical care flight physician. I chose to specialize in internal medicine because internists have many options for further specialization in other areas of internal medicine, such as cardiology, pulmonary/critical care, oncology, hematology, and endocrinology— subspecialties that require physicians to have completed an internal medicine ...

Suzanne Bartlett Hackenmiller, MD, on the Healing Effects of Time in Nature

Around 2007, as an OB-GYN practitioner with two young children—one of whom was diagnosed with autism—I began feeling burnt out. Then in 2008, my husband was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer. He was not a smoker, so we were caught completely off guard. That’s when I started asking a lot of questions about conventional medicine: What do we have ...

Dr. Marvin Singh’s Top 10 Foods for Gut Health

I advise my patients that adhering to a healthy diet is one of the main lifestyle choices that they can make to improve gut health. A gut-healthy diet doesn’t need to be complicated. There are many gut-healthy foods out there that most people should be able to easily integrate into their diet. These foods are rich in a combination of ...

Heidi P. Cordi, MD: Does Your Hospital Have a Disaster Plan in Place in the Event of an Emergency?

Hospitals can face a variety of adverse events ranging from natural disasters, such as hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes, and pandemics, to human-caused catastrophes such as terrorist and cybersecurity attacks. Disasters in and around a hospital can have a huge impact on the facility, its employees, and even the communities they serve. Hospitals must be able to handle the additional surge of ...

Approved Emergency Medicine Fellowship Programs Enable Primary Care Trained Physicians to Become Certified in the Specialty

Primary care physicians typically have a diverse skill set and a strong clinical background. They tend to see a high volume of patients as part of their residency, which means they are trained in diagnosing and treating patients of different ages who collectively have a variety of conditions. These clinical experiences help to explain why thousands of primary care physicians ...

What Is the American Board of Physician Specialties®?

The American Board of Physician Specialties® (ABPS) is one of the three most prominent, nationally recognized multi-specialty certifying entities in North America. With 12 Member Boards and Diplomates in 20 specialties, the ABPS has been recognized by the U.S. Department of Labor as a leading choice for physician board certification. Since certifying our first physician way back in 1960, we ...

Physician Leaders Practicing Administrative Medicine Should Become Board Certified, According to Judy L. Smith, MD, MS, CPE, FACS

Physician leadership is critically important as health care evolves. Consider this from the television show “The Daily Briefing” on January 4, 2017: “What many top-ranked hospitals have in common: Physicians in the C-suite”. A 2011 study of the 100 best hospitals (as ranked by U.S. News & World Report) for cancer, digestive disorders, and cardiovascular care showed that hospitals run ...

Myles Spar, MD: Can Social Connection Keep You Healthy?

Loneliness was on already the rise in the United States before the COVID-19 pandemic, but the social isolation that it caused certainly exacerbated the problem. Personally, the relief and satisfaction I have felt since being able to reconnect in person with friends and family have made me look into the health effects of isolation and what we have all had ...

Final Reminder for Limited-Time Eligibility Options With the American Board of Integrative Medicine® (ABOIM®)

If you’re an integrative medicine practitioner who is interested in becoming board certified in the specialty, you should know that some eligibility requirements for certification with the American Board of Integrative Medicine® (ABOIM®) will expire on December 31, 2022. This change means that all allopathic and osteopathic physicians who apply for ABOIM certification after this date must complete an ABOIM-approved ...

Physicians Have Options When It Comes to Board Certification, According to Emmanuel Konstantakos, MD

Unlike what many residents believed during their residencies, physicians have several options for board certification. During the chief year of my orthopedic surgery residency, many of us learned that there are only three truly legitimate physician board certifying bodies in North America: the ABMS (American Board of Medical Specialties), the American Osteopathic Association (AOA), and the American Board of Physician ...

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