Candidates Certified - All Candidates
Presented here are the total number of certificates and the total number of currently valid
certificates issued by the ABIM by discipline as of March 3, 2016. These data are updated
annually.
The “All Certificates" column identifies the total number of certificates issued, including
certified internists/subspecialists known to be deceased and/or those whose certificates are
no longer valid. The “Valid Certificates" column does not contain these groups.
Candidates Certified by State:
All States and US Territories
State identification is based on the most recent address provided to the ABIM by the
physician. The ABIM has limited contact with some Board Certified physicians. Therefore,
the accuracy of many addresses is uncertain.
Candidates Certified by Country:
All Countries (Non-US)
Country identification is based on the most recent address (outside the United States)
provided to the ABIM by the physician. The ABIM has limited contact with some Board
Certified physicians. Therefore, the accuracy of many addresses is uncertain.
Because the ABIM does not have addresses for every candidate in its database, summing
the All States and US Territories data with the All Countries (Non-US) data may not produce
the Total data reported for All Certificates or the Total data reported for Valid Certificates.
Candidates Certified - All Candidates
Number of Certificates Issued
All States and US
Territories
Total
All
Certificates
Valid
Certificates
All
Certificates
Valid
Certificates
All
Certificates
Valid
Certificates
277,525
222,001
254385
208953
5,846
3,814
78
41
76
41
0
0
Adult Congenital
Heart Disease
195
195
190
190
5
5
Advanced Heart
Failure /Transplant
Cardiology
822
822
814
814
8
8
31,851
29,227
29,724
27,898
709
479
2,867
2,468
2,797
2,448
44
20
14,347
10,457
13,782
10,283
303
168
8,323
7,558
7,690
7,138
282
200
17,080
15,816
16,054
15,156
244
181
Geriatric
(1)
Medicine
9,758
4,856
9,230
4,759
148
92
Hematology
10,174
8,866
9,558
8,467
257
153
Hospice and
Palliative
(1)
Medicine
4,199
4,193
4,172
4,167
25
25
Hospital
(1,2)
Medicine
1,049
1,031
1,043
1,025
5
5
Infectious Disease
9,821
8,678
9,201
8,268
283
197
Interventional
Cardiology
7,898
6,411
7,720
6,361
94
50
Medical Oncology
15,838
14,346
14,956
13,736
337
235
Nephrology
12,129
11,115
11,402
10,607
318
223
Pulmonary Disease
16,862
14,958
15,716
14,292
413
251
6,831
6,236
6,308
5,871
194
132
3,845
3,840
3774
3771
67
67
307
210
304
210
0
0
572
571
560
560
11
11
Discipline
General Internal
Medicine
Adolescent
(1)
Medicine
Cardiovascular
Disease
Clinical Cardiac
Electrophysiology
Critical Care
Medicine
Endocrinology
Diabetes and
Metabolism
Gastroenterology
Rheumatology
(1)
Sleep Medicine
Sports Medicine
(1)
Transplant
(1)
Hepatology
(1)
(2)
All Countries (Non-US)
ABIM Board Certified physicians only
Focused Practice
Note that the number of Valid Certificates is not the number of certified internists/subspecialists practicing in each discipline listed
ACGME Accredited Areas of Combined Training
Presented below are ABIM subspecialty certification data for ACGME accredited combined
training pathways as of March 3, 2016.
The “Single Disciplines” portion of the table presents data regarding the number of
physicians with a valid certificate in only one discipline within the combined training area.
The “Combined Disciplines” portion of the table presents data regarding the number of
physicians with valid certificates in both disciplines within the combined training area.
Because the ABIM does not have addresses for every candidate in its database, summing
the All States and US Territories data with the All Countries (Non-US) data may not produce
the Total data reported.
Please note that these data do not necessarily reflect the number of physicians practicing in
the disciplines listed.
Number of Physicians with Valid Certificates
Single Disciplines
Total
All States and US
Territories
All Countries (Non-US)
Critical Care Medicine
1,859
1,788
70
Pulmonary Disease
6,360
5,797
153
Hematology
1,591
1,409
72
Medical Oncology
7,071
6,678
154
Combined
Disciplines
Total
All States and US
Territories
All Countries (Non-US)
Critical Care Medicine
and Pulmonary Disease
8,598
8,495
98
Hematology and
Medical Oncology
7,275
7,058
81