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ABMS Announces New Board of Directors and Executive Committee Members

July 07, 2025

ABMS announces the transition of J. Brantley Thrasher, MD, FACS to Chair of its Board of Directors (BOD).

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ABMS Statement on Legislative Interference in Medical Education, Training, and Practice

June 25, 2022

ABMS maintains that patients have a fundamental right to evidence-based medical care provided by physicians and health care providers in...

The American Board of Medical Specialties Statement Regarding Gun Violence as a Public Health Crisis

June 17, 2022

The incidence of gun violence in the US has become unimaginable in frequency and proportion. The escalating number of gun-related...

The American Board of Medical Specialties Supports State Medical Boards’ Autonomy Regarding Licensing Actions

March 14, 2022

State medical boards have an important duty to protect the public from physicians who may be placing their patients’ health...

American Board of Medical Specialties Supports Role of Medical Professionals in Preventing COVID-19 Misinformation

September 13, 2021

ABMS, along with others in the health care community, is concerned about the serious public health effects of the persistent...

ABMS Issues Statement Supporting Role of Medical Professionals in Preventing COVID-19 Misinformation

September 13, 2021

ABMS, along with others in the health care community, is concerned about the serious public health effects of the persistent...

American Board of Medical Specialties Statement on Credentialing During COVID-19

November 30, 2020

The onset and continued progression of the COVID-19 pandemic has been extremely disruptive to both the initial and continuing certification...

ABMS One of Seven Leading Organizations to Urge Department of Homeland Security to Exclude Physicians from Proposed J-1 Visa Rules

October 27, 2020

On October 26, ABMS joined six other leading organizations in academic medicine and health care to submit comments in response...

Statement on the Dismissal of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons v. the American Board of Medical Specialties

October 6, 2020

ABMS is pleased with the recent ruling of the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Eastern Division...

ABMS Statement on Competency-Based Medical Education During COVID-19 Residency and Fellowship Disruptions

September 22, 2020

In response to the extraordinary circumstances and disruptions in residency and fellowship training programs across the country due to the...

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