Nearly 85 percent of licensed U.S. physicians are board certified in their specialty. But patients might want to check out their doctors' credentials since many are getting close to an expiration date to their certification status for the first time.
Video – Doctors Face Board Specialty ‘Expiration Dates’
Nearly 85 percent of licensed U.S. physicians are board certified in their specialty. But patients might want to check out their doctors’ credentials since many are getting close to an expiration date to their certification status for the first time.
Fox Medical Expert, Dr Archelle Georgiou, helps explain what this means to doctors and patients. Here is the bottome line: Any doctor can call themselves a specialist.
Board certification means that a doctor is not only licensed but has the training and the competence in a particular specialty and/or subspecialty of medical practice.
To find out whether your doctor is board-certified, go to American Board of Medical Specialties (www.abms.org)
