THE AMERICAN BOARD OF SURGERY INC

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Organization Details

THE AMERICAN BOARD OF SURGERY INC, founded in 1937, is a mid-sized nonprofit that reported $22.2M in total revenue in fiscal year 2024. Revenue grew 14% year-over-year, indicating healthy expansion. The organization ran a surplus of $4.1M, a strong 19% operating margin.

Mission

THE AMERICAN BOARD OF SURGERY'S MISSION IS TO USE THE TOOLS OF TESTING, ASSESSMENT, CURRICULUM AND EDUCATION TO PROVIDE LEADERSHIP IN SURGICAL EDUCATION AND PRACTICE THROUGH RIGOROUS EVALUATION AND PROMOTING THE HIGHEST STANDARDS FOR PROFESSIONALISM, LIFELONG LEARNING, AND CONTINUOUS CERTIFICATION OF SURGEONS. THE ABS PRIMARILY SERVES THE THREE CATEGORIES OF PATIENTS, SOCIETY, AND THE SPECIALTY OF SURGERY. THE ABS WAS FOUNDED IN 1937 TO PROVIDE BOARD CERTIFICATION TO INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE MET A DEFINED STANDARD OF EDUCATION, TRAINING AND KNOWLEDGE IN THE FIELD OF SURGERY. SURGEONS CERTIFIED BY THE ABS, KNOWN AS DIPLOMATES, HAVE COMPLETED AT LEAST 5 YEARS OF RESIDENCY TRAINING FOLLOWING MEDICAL SCHOOL, MET ALL ABS TRAINING REQUIREMENTS, AND SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE ABS EXAMINATION PROCESS. ONCE CERTIFIED, ABS DIPLOMATES MUST COMPLETE CONTINUING EDUCATION AND ASSESSMENT ACTIVITIES IN A PROCESS NOW KNOWN AS CONTINUOUS CERTIFICATION. BOARD CERTIFICATION BY THE ABS IS A VOLUNTARY PROCESS THAT DEMONSTRATES A SURGEON'S COMMITMENT TO PROFESSIONALISM, LIFELONG LEARNING, AND QUALITY PATIENT CARE. THE ABS OFFERS BOARD CERTIFICATION IN SURGERY (GENERAL SURGERY), VASCULAR SURGERY, PEDIATRIC SURGERY, SURGICAL CRITICAL CARE, COMPLEX GENERAL SURGICAL ONCOLOGY AND HAND SURGERY. SEPARATE FROM CERTIFICATION, ABS ALSO OFFERS VOLUNTARY FOCUSED PRACTICE DESIGNATION IN METABOLIC AND BARIATRIC SURGERY AND ADULT COMPLEX THYROID AND PARATHYROID SURGERY. THE ABS ALSO STRIVES TO IMPROVE THE EDUCATION OF RESIDENTS IN GENERAL SURGERY AND RELATED SPECIALTIES THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NATIONAL CURRICULUM (SCORE). SCORE'S PRIMARY FEATURE, THE SCORE PORTAL, DELIVERS EDUCATIONAL CONTENT ALIGNED WITH THE CURRICULUM TO RESIDENTS, FELLOWS AND TRAINING PROGRAMS. MANY ABS EXAMINATIONS, SUCH AS THE ABSITE AND THE GENERAL SURGERY QUALIFYING EXAM, INCLUDE CONTENT THAT IS ALIGNED WITH SCORE'S CURRICULUM IN ORDER TO STREAMLINE THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE. THE SCORE CURRICULUM IS DESIGNED TO DEFINE THE VARIOUS SURGICAL SPECIALTIES AND PROVIDE GREATER ASSURANCE THAT RESIDENTS AND FELLOWSHIP TRAINEES ARE RECEIVING SUFFICIENT TRAINING IN ALL AREAS. IN ADDITION TO THE ORIGINAL SCORE CURRICULUM FOR GENERAL SURGERY, SCORE'S OFFERINGS HAVE GROWN TO INCLUDE CURRICULUMS FOR VASCULAR SURGERY, PEDIATRIC SURGERY AND SURGICAL CRITICAL CARE, WITH A SURGICAL ONCOLOGY CURRICULUM CURRENTLY IN DEVELOPMENT. THE SCORE CURRICULUM FOR GENERAL SURGERY FOCUSES ON THE FIVE YEARS OF PROGRESSIVE EDUCATION AND TRAINING THAT CONSTITUTE GENERAL SURGERY RESIDENCY IN THE U.S., AFTER MEDICAL SCHOOL BUT PRIOR TO INDEPENDENT PRACTICE, AND HAS BEEN DEVELOPED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SIX COMPETENCIES EXPECTED OF A GRADUATING RESIDENT: PATIENT CARE; MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE; PROFESSIONALISM; INTERPERSONAL AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS; PRACTICE-BASED LEARNING; AND SYSTEMS-BASED PRACTICE. THE SCORE CURRICULUMS FOR THE OTHER SURGICAL SPECIALTIES INCLUDE TOPICS TO BE COVERED IN THE YEARS OF TRAINING FOLLOWING RESIDENCY.

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