List of Specialties

NBPAS currently accepts only ABMS and AOA recognized specialties and sub-specialties.  

 ABMS SPECIALTIES  |  AOA SPECIALTIES

ABMS Specialties

NBPAS offers continued certification in the following ABMS specialties and subspecialties:

Allergy and Immunology

(no subspecialties)

Anesthesiology

  • Critical Care Medicine
  • Hospice and Palliative Medicine
  • Pain Medicine
  • Pediatric Anesthesiology
  • Sleep Medicine

Colon and Rectal Surgery

(no subspecialties)

Dermatology

  • Dermatopathology
  • Pediatric Dermatology

Emergency Medicine

  • Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine
  • Emergency Medical Services
  • Hospice and Palliative Medicine
  • Internal Medicine-Critical Care Medicine
  • Medical Toxicology
  • Pain Medicine
  • Pediatric Emergency Medicine
  • Sports Medicine
  • Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine

Family Medicine

  • Adolescent Medicine
  • Family Medicine with Focused Practice in Hospital Medicine
  • Geriatric Medicine
  • Hospice and Palliative Medicine
  • Pain Medicine
  • Sleep Medicine
  • Sports Medicine

Internal Medicine

  • Adolescent Medicine
  • Adult Congenital Heart Disease
  • Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
  • Cardiovascular Disease
  • Critical Care Medicine
  • Electrophysiology
  • Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
  • Gastroenterology
  • Geriatric Medicine
  • Hematology
  • Hospice and Palliative Medicine
  • Infectious Disease
  • Internal Medicine with a Focused Practice in Hospital Medicine
  • Interventional Cardiology
  • Medical Oncology
  • Nephrology
  • Pulmonary Disease
  • Rheumatology
  • Sleep Medicine
  • Sports Medicine
  • Transplant Hepatology

Medical Genetics and Genomics

 General Certificates

  • Clinical Biochemical Genetics
  • Clinical Cytogenetics
  • Clinical Genetics (MD)
  • Clinical Molecular Genetics

 

 Subspecialty Certificates

  • Medical Biochemical Genetics
  • Molecular Genetic Pathology

Neurological Surgery

(no subspecialities)

Neurology

General Certificates

  • Neurology
  • Neurology with a Special Qualification in Child Neurology

 

Subspecialty Certificates

  • Brain Injury Medicine
  • Child Neurology
  • Clinical Neurophysiology
  • Epilepsy
  • Hospice and Palliative Medicine
  • Neurodevelopmental Disabilities
  • Neuromuscular Medicine
  • Pain Medicine
  • Sleep Medicine
  • Vascular Neurology

Nuclear Medicine

(no subspecialties)

Obstetrics and Gynecology

  • Critical Care Medicine
  • Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery
  • Gynecologic Oncology
  • Hospice and Palliative Medicine
  • Maternal and Fetal Medicine
  • Reproductive Endocrinology/Infertility

Ophthalmology

(no subspecialties)

Orthopaedic Surgery

  • Orthopaedic Sports Medicine
  • Surgery of the Hand

Otolaryngology

  • Neurotology
  • Pediatric Otolaryngology
  • Plastic Surgery Within the Head and Neck
  • Sleep Medicine

Pathology

General Certificates

  • Pathology Anatomic and Pathology Clinical
  • Pathology Anatomic
  • Pathology Clinical

 

Subspecialty Certificates

  • Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine
  • Clinical Informatics
  • Cytopathology
  • Dermatopathology
  • Hematopathology
  • Neuropathology
  • Pathology – Chemical
  • Pathology – Forensic
  • Pathology – Hematology
  • Pathology – Medical Microbiology
  • Pathology – Molecular Genetic
  • Pathology – Pediatric

Pediatrics

  • Adolescent Medicine
  • Child Abuse Pediatrics
  • Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics
  • Hospice and Palliative Medicine
  • Medical Toxicology
  • Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
  • Neurodevelopmental Disabilities
  • Pediatric Cardiology
  • Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
  • Pediatric Emergency Medicine
  • Pediatric Endocrinology
  • Pediatric Gastroenterology
  • Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
  • Pediatric Infectious Diseases
  • Pediatric Nephrology
  • Pediatric Pulmonology
  • Pediatric Rheumatology
  • Pediatric Transplant Hepatology
  • Sleep Medicine
  • Sports Medicine

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

  • Brain Injury Medicine
  • Hospice and Palliative Medicine
  • Neuromuscular Medicine
  • Pain Medicine
  • Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine
  • Spinal Cord Injury Medicine
  • Sports Medicine

Plastic Surgery

  • Plastic Surgery Within the Head and Neck
  • Surgery of the Hand

Preventive Medicine

General Certificates

  • Aerospace Medicine
  • Occupational Medicine
  • Public Health and General Preventive Medicine

 

Subspecialty Certificates

  • Addiction Medicine
  • Clinical Informatics
  • Medical Toxicology
  • Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine

Psychiatry

  • Addiction Psychiatry
  • Brain Injury Medicine
  • Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Epilepsy
  • Forensic Psychiatry
  • Geriatric Psychiatry
  • Hospice and Palliative Medicine
  • Neurodevelopmental Disabilities
  • Pain Medicine
  • Psychosomatic Medicine
  • Sleep Medicine

Radiology

General Certificates

  • Diagnostic Radiology
  • Interventional Radiology and Diagnostic Radiology
  • Radiation Oncology
  • Medical Physics
  • Pain Medicine

 

Subspecialty Certificates

  • Hospice and Palliative Medicine
  • Neuroradiology
  • Nuclear Radiology
  • Pediatric Radiology
  • Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Surgery

General Certificates

  • Surgery
  • Vascular Surgery

 

Subspecialty Certificates

  • Complex General Surgical Oncology
  • Hospice and Palliative Medicine
  • Pediatric Surgery
  • Surgery of the Hand
  • Surgical Critical Care

Thoracic Surgery

  • Congenital Cardiac Surgery

Urology

  • Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery
  • Pediatric Urology

AOA Specialties

NBPAS offers continued certification in the following AOA specialties and subspecialties::

Anesthesiology

  • Critical Care
  • Pain Management

Dermatology

  • Dermatopathology
  • MOHS Micrographic Surgery
  • Pediatric Dermatology

Emergency Medicine

  • Emergency Medical Services
  • Medical Toxicology
  • Sports Medicine
  • Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine

Family Physicians

 General Certificates

  • Family Medicine/OMT
  • Family Medicine/OMT with OCC Special Emphasis in Hospital Medicine

 

Certification of Added Qualifications

  • Addiction Medicine
  • Adolescent & Young Adult Medicine*
  • Correctional Medicine
  • Geriatric Medicine
  • Hospice and Palliative Medicine
  • Pain Medicine
  • Sleep Medicine
  • Sports Medicine
  • Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine

Internal Medicine

General Certificates

  • Internal Medicine
  • Internal Medicine with OCC Special Emphasis in Hospital Medicine

 

Subspecialty Certificates

  • Addiction Medicine
  • Adult and Pediatric Allergy and Immunology
  • Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
  • Cardiology
  • Correctional Medicine
  • Critical Care Medicine
  • Endocrinology
  • Gastroenterology
  • Geriatric Medicine
  • Hematology
  • Hospice and Palliative Medicine
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Interventional Cardiology
  • Nephrology
  • Oncology
  • Pain Medicine
  • Pulmonary Diseases
  • Rheumatology
  • Sleep Medicine
  • Sports Medicine
  • Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine

Neurology & Psychiatry

General Certificates

  • Neurology
  • Psychiatry

 

Subspecialty Certificates

  • Addiction Medicine
  • Child Neurology
  • Child Psychiatry
  • Geriatric Psychiatry
  • Hospice and Palliative Medicine
  • Neurology & Psychiatry
  • Neurophysiology
  • Pain Medicine
  • Sleep Medicine

Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine

General Certificates

  • Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine & OMM
  • Special Proficiency in Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine

 

Subspecialty Certificates

  • Pain Medicine
  • Sports Medicine

Nuclear Medicine

(no subspecialties)

Obstetrics & Gynecology

General Certificates

  • Obstetrics & Gynecologic Surgery
  • Obstetrics & Gynecology

 

Subspecialty Certificates

  • Female Pelvic Med/Reconstructive Surgery
  • Gynecologic Oncology
  • Maternal & Fetal Medicine
  • Reproductive Endocrinology

Ophthalmology & Otolaryngology-HNS

General Certificates

  • Facial Plastic Surgery
  • Ophthalmology
  • Otolaryngology & Facial Plastic Surgery
  • Otolaryngology
  • Otorhinolaryngology

 

Subspecialty Certificates

  • Otolaryngic Allergy
  • Sleep Medicine

Orthopedic Surgery

  • Hand Surgery

Pathology

General Certificates

  • Anatomic Pathology
  • Anatomic Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
  • Laboratory Medicine

 

Subspecialty Certificates

  • Cytopathology
  • Dermatopathology
  • Forensic Pathology

Pediatrics

  • Adolescent Medicine
  • Adult and Pediatric Allergy and Immunology
  • Neonatology
  • Pediatric Endocrinology
  • Pediatric Pulmonology
  • Sports Medicine

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

  • Hospice and Palliative Medicine
  • Pain Medicine
  • Sports Medicine

Preventive Medicine

General Certificates

  • Preventive Medicine-Aerospace Medicine
  • Preventive Medicine-Occupational Medicine
  • Preventive Medicine-Occupational/Environmental Medicine
  • Preventive Medicine-Public Health

 

Subspecialty Certificates

  • Correctional Medicine
  • Occupational Medicine
  • Sports Medicine
  • Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine

Proctology

(no subspecialties)

Radiology

General Certificates

  • Diagnostic Radiology
  • Diagnostic Roentgenology
  • Radiation Oncology
  • Radiology
  • Roentgenology

 

Subspecialty Certificates

  • Angiography & Interventional Radiology
  • Body Imaging
  • Diagnostic Ultrasound
  • Neuroradiology
  • Nuclear Radiology
  • Pediatric Radiology
  • Radiation Therapy
  • Vascular & Interventional Radiology

Surgery

General Certificates

  • Cardiothoracic Surgery
  • General Vascular Surgery
  • Neurological Surgery
  • Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
  • Surgery (general)
  • Thoracic Cardiovascular Surgery
  • Thoracic Surgery
  • Urological Surgery

 

Subspecialty Certificates

  • Surgical Critical Care