Description: The American Board of Physician Specialties® offers board certification in disaster medicine. Follow this link for information about eligibility requirements.
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We can’t always predict disasters, but we can prepare for them. It is incumbent upon physicians to be as prepared as possible if and when they are needed during disasters that affect the entire community, so it makes good sense for physicians to consider disaster medicine a second specialty. That’s because when disaster strikes, physicians from all specialties are called into action, and it is important for them to know what to do in a time of a disaster. Everyone affected – from victims to emergency resp
The American Board of Physician Specialties (ABPS) is the only multi-specialty physician certification body to offer disaster medicine certification and recertification through its Member Board, the American Board of Disaster Medicine (ABODM). Our commitment to helping physicians prepare themselves in case of earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, pandemic outbreaks, terrorist attacks, and other natural and manmade disasters led to the creation of the American Academy of Disaster Medicine ® (AADM ® ). The goa