The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) works in collaboration with 24 specialty member boards (including the ABPN) to maintain the standards for physician board certification. The ABMS also provides a comprehensive website — Certification Matters — as a resource for the public to learn more about board certification.
ABPN is not a primary source verification. If primary source verification is required, please visit ABMS Solutions | Premier Resource for Board Certification Verification.
Find out more about ABPN Certification Status Reporting.
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Learn what it means for your physicians to achieve and maintain their certification. Please see the patients and public section on the ABPN website for FAQs and detailed information about board certification by the ABPN.
Welcome to verifyCERT®. ABPN’s verifyCERT® provides you with the ability to identify physicians who have been certified by the ABPN (diplomates) and view the status of ABPN diplomates' certificates.
The ABPN issues specialty certificates in psychiatry, neurology, and neurology with special qualification in child neurology.
Diplomates certified in a specialty may also achieve certification in a subspecialty. The ABPN issues subspecialty certificates in:
Please visit abpn.org for more information on initial certification and continuing certification processes.
*ABPN issued certificates in Hospice and Palliative Medicine (HPM) from 2008-2021. In 2022, HPM certificates issued by ABPN were transitioned to the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) for initial certification and continuing certification.