COVID-19 Information

Throughout the COVID-19 epidemic, the American Board of Medical Specialties and its 24 Member Boards are prioritizing the health and well-being of health care providers, patients, and the general public.
The following information and resources are for diplomates and their fellow health care professionals:
ABMS Statements
- ABMS Statement on Credentialing During COVID-19 (November 20, 2020)
- ABMS Statement Regarding the Importance of Reporting COVID-19 Health Care Data to the CDC (July 28, 2020)
- ABMS Statement on the US Withdrawal from the World Health Organization (June 3, 2020)
- ABMS Statement On Racism as a Public Health Issue (June 1, 2020)
- ABMS and ACGME Joint Principles: Physician Training During the COVID-2019 Pandemic (April 10, 2020)
- Safeguard the Public, Protect our Health Care Workforce during the COVID-19 Pandemic (April 9, 2020)
- ABMS Letter to Pres. Trump on the Shortage of Personal Protective Equipment (April 8, 2020)
- ABMS Statement Regarding Continuing Certification During COVID-19 (March 26, 2020)
- ABMS Statement to DIOs Regarding Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (March 13, 2020)
On the COVID-19 Front Lines
From the very beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, board certified physicians have been working on the front lines. They have developed new ways to keep health care workers safe, opened temporary hospitals, and held patients’ hands. Some of them have even been COVID-19 patients themselves. Read their stories.

ABEM President Battles COVID-19 at Work and at Home
Jill M. Baren, MD, MS, MBA, FACEP, FAAP
American Board of Emergency Medicine
Specialty: Emergency Medicine
Subspecialty: Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Jill Baren, MD, did everything right. She gowned, gloved, and masked when seeing patients. She changed out of her scrubs, laundered them immediately, and used the wash station in the mudroom off the garage before entering her house. She wore a mask to go grocery shopping. Still, on March 18, Dr. Baren, President of the American Board of Emergency Medicine, was diagnosed with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Read Article
Member Board Information Regarding Continuing Certification Programs During COVID-19
For the latest information about continuing certification for specialties and subspecialties, please visit each Member Board’s website.
The following links are current as of November 24, 2020.
- 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 and Genomics
- American Board of Neurological Surgery
- COVID-19 Update[PDF]
- American Board of Nuclear Medicine
- American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology
- American Board of Ophthalmology
- American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
- American Board of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
- COVID-19 Update[PDF]
- 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
- American Board of Urology
External Resources
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- World Health Organization
- JAMA Network (a collection of COVID-19 information)
- New England Journal of Medicine (a collection of freely available articles and resources on COVID-19).