Directory Of Medical Specialists Holding Certification By American Boards

This official directory is a database that includes more than 742,000 physician profiles, including their board certification status. This list also features nearly 20,000 physicians in foreign countries who are certified by American specialty boards.

Choosing a medical specialist is one of the most important decisions an individual or family will make. Now one source makes the choice easier--THE OFFICIAL ABMS DIRECTORY OF BOARD CERTIFIED MEDICAL SPECIALISTS, 1994. The only reference officially endorsed by the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS), THE OFFICIAL ABMS DIRECTORY OF BOARD CERTIFIED MEDICAL SPECIALISTS combines two renowned reference works--DIRECTORY OF MEDICAL SPECIALISTS & the ABMS COMPENDIUM--into a single, comprehensive, & authoritative resource. Users will find accurate & up-to-date professional & biographical information on every board-certified specialist in the U.S.--more than 435,000 physicians, with some 20,000 new entries added each year. Each of these specialists has undergone up to eight years of specialized education & residency training, & passed rigorous certification exams by the ABMS's certifying boards in these specialties: *Allergy & Immunology *Anesthesiology *Colon & Rectal Surgery *Dermatology *Emergency Medicine *Family Practice *Internal Medicine *Medical Genetics *Neurological Surgery *Nuclear Medicine *Obstetrics & Gynecology *Ophthalmology *Orthopaedic Surgery *Otolaryngology *Pathology *P ediatrics *Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation *Plastic Surgery *Preventive Medicine *Psychiatry & Neurology *Radiology *Surgery *Thoracic Surgery *Urology. Organized by specialty, & geographically within each specialty, this convenient resource will help...*patients & doctors as a "physician referral service" to identify & verify the credentials of specialists & research second opinions *families who have relocated to find board-certified physicians in their new home town *health industry researchers, marketers, & physician recruiters to identify leading practitioners in specialized fielsds.

The Official ABMS Directory of Board Certified Medical Specialists® helps you... Find board-certified specialists in any geographical area! Verify each physician's credentials, education, hospital and academic appointments, professional memberships, and certification/recertification status! Access completely up-to-date information -- with our brand-new CD-ROM!