print email comment close American Board of Medical Specialties: How We Help You URL: http://www.abms.org/Who_We_Help/ Description: This site for consumers and physicians explains the voluntary process of medical board certification in the U.S. Provides a list and description of general and subspecialty certificates (such as anesthesiology, pediatrics, plastic surgery, and radiology) and describes why certification is important. Also includes advice about choosing a doctor and a directory of specialists (requires free registration). From the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS). Publisher: American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) LII Database Information: Record 25827 created by Barbara Bibel on 03/31/2008 Last modification on 04/09/2008 Published: 04/09/2008   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/25827