Abbreviation ABPN Location United States Chair Kerry H. Levin, M.D. Founded 1934 | Formation 1934 Official language English Phone +1 847-229-6500 Type Professional association | |
Headquarters Buffalo Grove, Illinois Address 2150 E Lake Cook Rd # 900, Buffalo Grove, IL 60089, USA Similar American Association of Neuros, American Board of Medical S, American Physician Institute f, American College, Conventi Psychiatry and Coun Profiles | ||
The American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Inc. (ABPN) is a nonprofit corporation that was founded in 1934 following conferences of committees appointed by the American Psychiatric Association, the American Neurological Association, and the then "Section on Nervous and Mental Diseases" of the American Medical Association. This action was taken as a method of identifying the qualified specialists in psychiatry and neurology. The ABPN is one of 24 member boards of the American Board of Medical Specialties.
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Since its first examination was delivered in 1935, the ABPN has been serving the public interest and promoting excellence in the practices of psychiatry and neurology through its certification and maintenance of certification processes. These processes are designed to identify qualified specialists through rigorous credential and training requirements and successful completion of board examinations for psychiatry, neurology, or neurology with special qualification in child neurology. ABPN committees are dedicated to developing tests that assess the current scientific knowledge and clinical expertise of physicians in order for them to achieve and maintain Board certification.
Mission
The mission of the ABPN is to develop and provide valid and reliable procedures for certification and maintenance of certification in psychiatry and neurology by:
Organization
The Board of Directors consists of sixteen voting members. Elections to fill the places of members whose terms have expired take place annually. Neurology and psychiatry are always represented equally on the board. It is independently incorporated.
Certificates
In addition to the specialties of psychiatry, neurology, and neurology with special qualification in child neurology, the ABPN (sometimes in collaboration with other member boards) has sought from the ABMS and gained approval for recognition of 14 subspecialties, as listed below: