ABMS Announces Plans to Move its Headquarters to Downtown Chicago

Evanston, Ill. - April 14, 2009 - The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) announces that it will be moving its headquarter office from Evanston, Illinois to downtown Chicago, Illinois effective June 8, 2009. The new office space is located at 222 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 1500, Chicago, Illinois 60601.

After 38 years of being located in Evanston, the ABMS Board of Directors voted to move its offices to downtown Chicago after its current lease ends. “The ability to respond to the needs of the public while keeping pace with the growing demands of creating standards for physician performance measurement has increased our programs and initiatives in recent years,” said Kevin B. Weiss, MD, president and CEO of ABMS. “We feel that the new office location at 222 N. LaSalle not only gives us more space to meet these demands, but makes us more centrally located - for our Member Boards, associate members and other healthcare organizations we work with. Chicago has such a great transportation system that allows for easy access,” stated Dr. Weiss.

“We engaged in a deliberate and thorough site selection process before deciding on the 222 N. LaSalle location, carefully analyzing the demographic and facility requirements of the organization while being cognizant of the fiscal environment,” continued Dr. Weiss.

“The new space provides ABMS with increased meeting space which allows us to bring more meetings to our offices thus better utilizing our resources,” added Margaret Jung, chief operating officer of ABMS.

“This move comes at a pivotal time in the history of ABMS as we're expanding to meet the needs of the ABMS Maintenance of Certification® program and the ABMS Enhanced Public Trust Initiative - all which require a lot of time from our members, volunteers and staff,” stated Joel A. DeLisa, MD, MS, ABMS board of directors chair. “We're looking forward to welcoming our Member Boards to our new space as we consider them to be an important ingredient to the success of our mission.”

ABMS' company mailing address and phone and fax numbers will change; which will be published as soon as they are available. The toll-fee consumer line and staff emails remain the same.

About ABMS
Now in its 75th year, American Board of Medical Specialties is the medical organization overseeing physician certification in the United States. It assists its 24 Member Boards in their efforts to develop and implement educational and professional standards for the evaluation and certification of physician specialists. ABMS Member Boards provide physician certification information to ABMS for its certification verification service programs. ABMS is recognized by the key healthcare credentialing accreditation entities as a primary equivalent source of board certification data for medical specialists. Patients can visit www.abms.org or call toll-free 1-866-ASK-ABMS to see if their physician is board certified by an ABMS Member Board. For more information about ABMS visit www.abms.org or call (312) 436-2600 (up until June 5, 2009).

The 24 Member Boards that make up the ABMS Board Enterprise covers over 145 medical specialties and subspecialties include: American Board of Allergy and Immunology, American Board of Anesthesiology, American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery, American Board of Dermatology, American Board of Emergency Medicine, American Board of Family Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine, American Board of Medical Genetics, American Board of Neurological Surgery, American Board of Nuclear Medicine, American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, American Board of Ophthalmology, American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, American Board of Otolaryngology, American Board of Pathology, American Board of Pediatrics American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, American Board of Plastic Surgery, American Board of Preventive Medicine, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, American Board of Radiology, American Board of Surgery, American Board of Thoracic Surgery, and American Board of Urology.