The American Board of Medical Specialties, a not-for-profit organization, assists 24 approved medical specialty boards in the development and use of standards in the ongoing evaluation and certification of physicians.

Category: Medical doctors by specialty

The Academy of Medical Psychology defines medical psychology as a specialty trained at the post doctoral level and designed to deliver advanced diagnostic and clinical interventions in Medical and Healthcare Facilities utilizing the knowledge and skills of clinical psychology, health psychology, behavioral medicine, psychopharmacology and basic medical science.

A specialty of medical psychology has established a specialty board certification, American Board of Medical Psychology and an Academy of Medical Psychology requiring a doctorate degree in psychology and extensive post doctoral training in the specialty and the passage of an oral or written examination.

Although the Academy of Medical Psychology defines medical psychology as a " specialty " and has established a " specialty board certification ," it is important to note that the American Psychological Association does not currently recognize medical psychology as a " specialty.

The national psychology practitioner association ( NAPPP ; www. nappp. org ) and top national certifying body ( Academy of Medical Psychology ; www. amphome. org ) have established the national training, examination, and specialty practice criterion and guidelines in the specialty of Medical Psychology and have established a national journal in the specialty.

Such certifying bodies, view psychopharmacology training ( either to prescribe or consult ) as one component of the training of a specialist in Medical Psychology, but recognize that training and specialized skills in other aspects of the treatment of behavioral aspects of medical illness, and mental illness affecting physical illness is essential to practice at the specialty level in Medical Psychology.

Category: Medical doctors by specialty

* Medical specialty

Category: Medical doctors by specialty

In addition, several certifications exist for Paramedics such as Wilderness ALS Care, Flight Paramedic Certification ( FP-C ), and Critical Care Emergency Medical Transport Program certification.

The Board for Critical Care Transport Certification ( BCCTPC ®) has developed a certification exam for flight and ground critical care paramedics Some educational facilities that provide this training are UMBC Critical Care Emergency Medical Transport Program or.

To assist physicians in the skills necessary to provide this oversight, the Wilderness Medical Society and the National Association of EMS Physicians jointly supported the development in 2011 of a unique " Wilderness EMS Medical Director " certification course, which was cited by the Journal of EMS as one of the Top 10 EMS Innovations of 2011.

The final common method of credentialing is through certification by a Medical Director and permission to practice as an extension of the Medical Director's license to practice some medical acts.

They are represented in the US by two National Organizations, The American Naturopathic Association ( ANA ) founded in 1919 by Benedict Lust, representing about 5000 practitioners, and the American Naturopathic Medical Association ( ANMA ) founded in 1981 and representing about 4000 practitioners with several levels of certification.

The American Naturopathic Medical Association ( ANMA ) and American Naturopathic Medical Certification and Accreditation Board ( ANMCAB ) has recognition and certification programs for Medical Doctors ( MD ) and Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine ( DO ) who have supplemented their education with naturopathic studies and integrate naturopathy into their practice.

* Diver Medic Technician, a certification offered by the National Board of Diving and Hyperbaric Medical Technology

In the US board certification for physicians in palliative care was through the American Board of Hospice and Palliative Medicine ; recently this was changed to be done through any of 11 different specialty boards through an American Board of Medical Specialties-approved procedure.

In the United States, radiation therapists have a lower educational requirement ( minimum an associate degree of arts even though many graduate with bachelor's degrees ) and often require postgraduate education and certification ( CMD, Certified Medical Dosimetrist ) in order to plan treatments.

* Emergency Medical Dispatcher, a certification obtained to answer, process, and prioritise emergency calls for paramedic response.

Training includes certification in Wilderness Emergency Medical Technician, Wilderness First Responder, Wilderness Advanced First Aid, and Wilderness First Aid.

The American Board of Anesthesiology, the American Osteopathic Board of Anesthesiology ( recognized by the AOABOS ), and the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation each provide certification for a subspecialty in pain management following fellowship training which is recognized by the American Board of Medical Specialties ( ABMS ) or the American Osteopathic Association Bureau of Osteopathic Specialists ( AOABOS ).

Other practitioners lacking a medical fellowship have opted for certification by the American Board of Pain Medicine which does not require post-gradute medical fellowship training and is not recognized by the American Board of Medical Specialties.

After completion of specialty residency / registrar training, an orthopedic surgeon is then eligible for board certification by the American Board of Medical Specialties or the American Osteopathic Association Bureau of Osteopathic Specialists.

Officers assigned to the airport are also required to obtain a Washington State Fire Fighter One certification and an Emergency Medical Technician certification.

The Armed Forces Medical Publication Agency, established in 1949, has published, since January 1950, The United States Armed Forces Medical Journal as a triservice publication to furnish material of professional interest to Medical Department officers of the three military services.

He received his medical degree from Université de Lyon, and practiced in France and in the United States at the University of Chicago and the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research.

: The American style is used by most American newspapers, publishing houses and style guides in the United States and Canada ( including the Modern Language Association's MLA Style Manual, the American Psychological Association's APA Publication Manual, the University of Chicago's The Chicago Manual of Style, the American Institute of Physics's AIP Style Manual, the American Medical Association's AMA Manual of Style, the American Political Science Association's APSA Style Manual, the Associated Press ' The AP Guide to Punctuation and the Canadian Public Works ' The Canadian Style ).

** United States Army Medical Unit ( 1956 – 69 )

In 1988, after prompting from the United States Congress, the National Institute of General Medical Sciences ( National Institutes of Health ) ( NIGMS ) instituted a funding mechanism for biotechnology training.

In the United Kingdom, the pro-assisted dying group Dignity in Dying cite conflicting research on attitudes by doctors to assisted dying: with a 2009 Palliative Medicine-published survey showing 64 % support ( to 34 % oppose ) for assisted dying in cases where a patient has an incurable and painful disease, while 49 % of doctors in a study published in BMC Medical Ethics oppose changing the law on assisted dying to 39 % in favour.

* General Medical Officer, a designation for United States Army soldiers

What was different in the Union was the emergence of skilled, well-funded medical organizers who rook proactive action, especially in the much enlarged United States Army Medical Department, and the United States Sanitary Commission, a new private agency.

* Short form of USAMRICD: the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense

by the Geneva Medical College of Geneva, New York, becoming the United States ' first female doctor.

John Sealy Hospital is a hospital that is a part of the University of Texas Medical Branch complex in Galveston, Texas, United States.

In July 1958, Dr Hastings Kamuzu Banda returned to the country after a long absence in the United States ( where he had obtained his medical degree at Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee in 1937 ), the United Kingdom ( where he practised medicine ), and Ghana.

The Louisiana Academy of Medical Psychology ( LAMP ), currently the largest organization of psychologists with prescriptive authority in the world and the only organization representing practitioners of medical psychology in Louisiana as defined by Louisiana statute within any jurisdiction in the United States, no longer recognizes the Academy of Medical Psychology as an adequate certifying body for its practitioners, and its members have resigned from the Academy of Medical Psychology en masse.

Medicinal mushroom research in the United States is currently active, with studies taking place at City of Hope National Medical Center, as well as the Memorial Sloan – Kettering Cancer Center.

Also in the United States, the American Podiatric Medical Association ( APMA ) defines podiatrists as physicians and surgeons that fall under the department of surgery in hospitals.

One source, Dr. William S. Haubrich in his book Medical Meanings ( 1997, American College of Physicians ) claims that the name came from the Eastern United States.

* Medical Subject Headings, ( United States National Library of Medicine )

" The UCSF Medical Center is consistently ranked among the top 10 hospitals in the United States by U. S. News & World Report, who also ranked UCSF ’ s medical school specialty program in AIDS medical care first in the country.