ABMS Member Boards certify physicians in more than 145 specialties and subspecialties. Some physician specialists are primary care doctors, others concentrate on certain body systems, specific age groups or complex scientific techniques developed to diagnose or treat certain types of disorders. Physicians who are subspecialists have completed training in a general medical/surgical specialty and take additional training in a more specific area of that specialty. The following chart lists the current specialty and subspecialty certificates offered by ABMS Member Boards.
|
General Certificate(s) |
Subspecialty Certificates |
| American Board of Allergy and Immunology |
| Allergy and Immunology |
|
| American Board of Anesthesiology |
| Anesthesiology |
Critical Care Medicine
Hospice and Palliative Medicine1
Pain Medicine |
| American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery |
| Colon and Rectal Surgery |
|
| American Board of Dermatology |
| Dermatology |
Clinical and Laboratory Dermatological Immunology
Dermatopathology
Pediatric Dermatology |
| American Board of Emergency Medicine |
| Emergency Medicine |
Hospice and Palliative Medicine1
Medical Toxicology
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Sports Medicine
Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine |
| American Board of Family Medicine |
| Family Medicine |
Adolescent Medicine
Geriatric Medicine
Hospice and Palliative Medicine1
Sleep Medicine
Sports Medicine |
| American Board of Internal Medicine |
| Internal Medicine |
Adolescent Medicine
Cardiovascular Disease
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
Critical Care Medicine
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Gastroenterology
Geriatric Medicine
Hematology
Hospice and Palliative Medicine1
Infectious Disease
Interventional Cardiology
Medical Oncology
Nephrology
Pulmonary Disease
Rheumatology
Sleep Medicine
Sports Medicine
Transplant Hepatology |
| American Board of Medical Genetics |
Clinical Biochemical Genetics
Clinical Cytogenetics
Clinical Genetics (MD)
Clinical Molecular Genetics
PhD Medical Genetics
|
Medical Biochemical Genetics4
Molecular Genetic Pathology
|
| American Board of Neurological Surgery |
| Neurological Surgery |
|
| American Board of Nuclear Medicine |
| Nuclear Medicine |
|
| American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology |
| Obstetrics and Gynecology |
Critical Care Medicine
Gynecologic Oncology
Hospice and Palliative Medicine1
Maternal and Fetal Medicine
Reproductive Endocrinology/Infertility |
| American Board of Ophthalmology |
| Ophthalmology |
|
| American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery |
| Orthopaedic Surgery |
Orthopaedic Sports Medicine
Surgery of the Hand |
| American Board of Otolaryngology |
| Otolaryngology |
Neurotology
Pediatric Otolaryngology
Plastic Surgery Within the Head and Neck
Sleep Medicine |
| American Board of Pathology |
Anatomic Pathology and Clinical Pathology
Pathology - Anatomic
Pathology - Clinical |
Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine
Chemical Pathology
Cytopathology
Dermatopathology
Forensic Pathology
Hematology
Medical Microbiology
Molecular Genetic Pathology
Neuropathology
Pediatric Pathology
|
| American Board of Pediatrics |
| Pediatrics |
Adolescent Medicine
Child Abuse Pediatrics2
Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics
Hospice and Palliative Medicine1
Medical Toxicology
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Neurodevelopmental Disabilities
Pediatric Cardiology
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Pediatric Endocrinology
Pediatric Gastroenterology
Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Pediatric Nephrology
Pediatric Pulmonology
Pediatric Rheumatology
Pediatric Transplant Hepatology
Sleep Medicine
Sports Medicine
|
| American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation |
| Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation |
Hospice and Palliative Medicine1
Neuromuscular Medicine3
Pain Medicine
Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine
Spinal Cord Injury Medicine
Sports Medicine
|
| American Board of Plastic Surgery |
| Plastic Surgery |
Plastic Surgery Within the Head and Neck
Surgery of the Hand
|
| American Board of Preventive Medicine |
Aerospace Medicine
Occupational Medicine
Public Health and General Preventive Medicine
|
Medical Toxicology
Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine
|
| American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology |
Psychiatry
Neurology
Neurology with Special Qualifications in
Child Neurology
|
Addiction Psychiatry
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Clinical Neurophysiology
Forensic Psychiatry
Geriatric Psychiatry
Hospice and Palliative Medicine1
Neurodevelopmental Disabilities
Neuromuscular Medicine3
Pain Medicine
Psychosomatic Medicine
Sleep Medicine
Vascular Neurology |
| American Board of Radiology |
Diagnostic Radiology
Radiation Oncology
Radiologic Physics |
Hospice and Palliative Medicine1
Neuroradiology
Nuclear Radiology
Pediatric Radiology
Vascular and Interventional Radiology
|
| American Board of Surgery |
Surgery
Vascular Surgery |
Hospice and Palliative Medicine1
Pediatric Surgery
Surgery of the Hand
Surgical Critical Care
|
| American Board of Thoracic Surgery |
| Thoracic Surgery |
Congenital Cardiac Surgery4 |
| American Board of Urology |
| Urology |
Pediatric Urology |
