The American Board of Sleep Medicine (ABSM) was established to encourage the study, improve the practice, elevate the standards of Sleep Medicine, and issue certificates of special knowledge in Sleep Medicine to Physicians and PhDs in related fields.
DISCLAIMER
Certification by the American Board of Sleep Medicine does not in itself confer authority to practice medicine beyond the authority granted by a state that issues a license to practice medicine.
The American Board of Sleep Medicine throughout its history offered non-physicians, specifically PhDs, the opportunity to sit for its examination. Many PhD candidates over the years successfully passed the examination and received the designation “diplomate of the American Board of Sleep Medicine." This designation must not be interpreted to mean that the American Board of Sleep Medicine designation supersedes any state or federal law with regard to medical license requirements for the treatment of patients. Those who have successfully passed the exam MUST be careful not to practice medicine outside of their legal limits.
| Future Sleep Medicine Examinations |
The American Board of Sleep Medicine suspended its administration of a sleep medicine examination after the 2006 exam.
Commencing in 2007, several of the member boards of the American Board of Medical Specialties (American Board of Internal Medicine, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, American Board of Pediatrics, American Board of Otolaryngology, and American Board of Family Medicine) began administering an examination in sleep medicine.
For further information regarding future sleep medicine examinations, please visit the Web site of the ABMS member board through which you have received your specialty certification. The contact information for each ABMS member board administering a sleep medicine examination is below.
Please note that the American Board of Sleep Medicine will continue to maintain and verify the records of the Diplomates of the American Board of Sleep Medicine, as it is a lifetime certification. Primary verification can be obtained by clicking on "Verification of Diplomates of the ABSM" or submitting a request via e-mail to absm@absm.org,via phone to (708) 492-1290 or via mail to One Westbrook Corporate Center, Suite 920, Westchester, IL 60154.
American Board of Family Medicine
2228 Young Drive
Lexington, KY 40505-4294
Phone: 859-269-5626 or 888-995-5700
Fax: 859-335-7501 or 859-335-7509
Web site: https://www.theabfm.org/cert/caq.aspx#caq4
American Board of Internal Medicine
510 Walnut Street
Suite 1700
Philadelphia, PA 19106-3699
Phone: 215-446-3500 or 1-800-441-2246
Fax: 215-446-3633
Web site: http://www.abim.org/certification/policies/imss/sleep.aspx
American Board of Pediatrics
111 Silver Cedar Court
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Phone: 919-929-0461
Fax: 919-929-9255
Web site: http://www.abp.org
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
500 Lake Cook Road, Suite 335
Deerfield, IL 60015
Phone: 847-945-7900
Fax:847-945-1146
Web site: http://www.abpn.com/cert_subspecialties.htm
American Board of Otolaryngology
5615 Kirby Drive
Suite 600
Houston, Texas 77005
Phone: 713-850-0399
Fax: 713-850-1104
Web site: http://www.aboto.org