Latest news from American Board of Addiction Medicine on Newswise en-us Copyright 2024 Newswise 115 31 / /images/newswise-logo-rss.gif /articles/american-board-of-medical-specialties-recognizes-the-new-subspecialty-of-addiction-medicine/?sc=rsin /articles/american-board-of-medical-specialties-recognizes-the-new-subspecialty-of-addiction-medicine/?sc=rsin Mon, 14 Mar 2016 13:30:52 EST The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) announced today the recognition of Addiction Medicine as a new subspecialty. The American Board of Preventive Medicine (ABPM), a Member Board of ABMS, sponsored the application for the new field to be a multispecialty subspecialty - meaning that physicians certified by any Member Board of the ABMS can become certified in addiction medicine. The ABMS subspecialty recognition of Addiction Medicine has been championed by the American Board of Addiction Medicine (ABAM), which has established a certification examination and Maintenance of Certification (MOC) process for addiction medicine physicians. American Board of Addiction Medicine /articles/american-board-of-addiction-medicine-certifies-651-new-diplomates-and-the-abam-foundation-accredits-four-more-fellowship-programs/?sc=rsin /articles/american-board-of-addiction-medicine-certifies-651-new-diplomates-and-the-abam-foundation-accredits-four-more-fellowship-programs/?sc=rsin Wed, 28 Jan 2015 09:45:00 EST The American Board of Addiction Medicine (ABAM) today announced that 651 physicians passed its most recent addiction medicine certification examination, while The ABAM Foundation accredited four additional fellowship programs to train new addiction medicine physicians. American Board of Addiction Medicine /articles/jama-internal-medicine-article-discusses-new-american-board-of-addiction-medicine/?sc=rsin /articles/jama-internal-medicine-article-discusses-new-american-board-of-addiction-medicine/?sc=rsin Mon, 08 Sep 2014 16:00:00 EST In a new JAMA Internal Medicine article, three leading addiction experts document the need for an addiction medicine specialty, trace the history of physicians specializing in addiction treatment, and discuss current efforts by the American Board of Addiction Medicine and The ABAM Foundation to train and certify physicians, and to become recognized and accredited within the larger medical community. American Board of Addiction Medicine /articles/american-board-of-addiction-medicine-announces-2014-officers-and-directors/?sc=rsin /articles/american-board-of-addiction-medicine-announces-2014-officers-and-directors/?sc=rsin Tue, 21 Jan 2014 10:50:34 EST The American Board of Addiction Medicine (ABAM) and The ABAM Foundation have announced their newly elected Directors and Officers for 2014. Patrick G. O'Connor, M.D., M.P.H., FACP, who serves as Professor of Medicine and Chief of the Section of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, was named ABAM/ABAM Foundation President. American Board of Addiction Medicine /articles/leaders-in-addiction-medicine-new-training-pathway-will-help-improve-skills-in-diagnosing-and-treating-substance-use-disorders/?sc=rsin /articles/leaders-in-addiction-medicine-new-training-pathway-will-help-improve-skills-in-diagnosing-and-treating-substance-use-disorders/?sc=rsin Tue, 22 Oct 2013 16:00:00 EST Three of North America's top experts in addiction medicine, research, prevention, diagnosis and treatment have published a "Viewpoint" in the October 23/30 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) in which they find that "many in the medical community fail to diagnose and treat substance use disorders, in part because of the failure to educate physicians about addiction medicine." A new training pathway, however, will help address this problem. American Board of Addiction Medicine