THE AMERICAN BOARD OF PATHOLOGY INC

INITIAL CERTIFICATION IN ANATOMIC & CLINICAL PATHOLOGY. BOARD CERTIFICATION IS A VOLUNTARY PROCESS THAT GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND STATE LICENSING REQUIREMENTS FOR PRACTICING MEDICINE. IT SIGNIFIES AN ONGOING COMMITMENT BY A PHYSICIAN TO CONTINUALLY UPDATE THEIR KNOWLEDGE IN THE MEDICAL SPECIALTY OF PATHOLOGY. THE BOARD HAS CERTIFIED 41,497 PHYSICIANS IN PRIMARY CERTIFICATION SINCE 1936. IN 2025, 488 PHYSICIANS WERE CERTIFIED IN ANATOMIC AND CLINICAL PATHOLOGY, 77 WERE CERTIFIED IN ANATOMIC PATHOLOGY ONLY, 49 WERE CERTIFIED IN CLINICAL PATHOLOGY ONLY, AND 8 WERE CERTIFIED IN ANATOMIC PATHOLOGY AND NEUROPATHOLOGY. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)TO BECOME CERTIFIED, A PHYSICIAN MUST COMPLETE AN ACCREDITED RESIDENCY TRAINING PROGRAM IN PATHOLOGY. THE RESIDENCY PROGRAM DIRECTOR MUST CERTIFIY THAT A PHYSICIAN IS COMPETENT IN ALL AREAS OF PRACTICE BEFORE THE PHYSICIAN IS PERMITTED TO TAKE THE BOARD EXAMINATION. IN ADDITION TO BEING SUCCESSFUL IN A RESIDENCY PROGRAM, THE PHYSICIAN MUST HOLD A FULL, UNRESCTRICTED LICENSE TO PRACTICE MEDICINE. ONCE THE PHYSICIAN HAS PASSED THE PRIMARY EXAMINATION, THEY ARE DIPLOMATES OF THE AMERICAN BOARD OF PATHOLOGY.(ABPATH)

CERTIFICATION IN PATHOLOGY SUBSPECIALTIES. AFTER BECOMING CERTIFIED IN A PRIMARY DISCIPLINE SOME PATHOLOGISTS COMPLETE ADDITIONAL TRAINING IN A SUBSPECIALTY FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM. THE FELLOWSHIP TRAINING PROGRAM DIRECTOR MUST CERTIFY THAT THE PHYSICIAN IS COMPETENT IN ALL AREAS OF PRACTICE WITHIN THE SUBSPECIALTY AND HAS MET ALL REQUIREMENTS FOR PROFESSIONALISM INCLUDING MAINTAINING A FULL, UNRESTRICTED LICENSE TO PRACTICE MEDICINE BEFORE THE PHYSICIAN IS ALLOWED TO TAKE THE CERTIFYING BOARD EXAMINATION. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)THE ABPATH OFFERS 11 SUBSPECIALTY CERTIFICATES: BLOOD BANKING/TRANSFUSION MEDICINE, CHEMICAL PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL INFORMATICS (IN COOPERATION WITH THE AMERICAN BOARD OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE),CYTOPATHOLOGY, DERMATOPATHOLOGY (IN COOPERATION WITH THE AMERICAN BOARD OF DERMATOLOGY), FORENSIC PATHOLOGY, HEMATOPATHOLOGY, MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY, MOLECULAR GENETIC PATHOLOGY (IN COOPERATION WITH THE AMERICAN BOARD OF MEDICAL GENETICS AND GENOMICS), NEUROPATHOLOGY AND PEDIATRIC PATHOLOGY. IN 2025, A TOTAL OF 472 PHYSICIANS WERE CERTIFIED IN THE VARIOUS SUBSPECIALTIES.