What does board certified actually mean?

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For plastic surgery, the relevant certification is from the American Board of Plastic Surgery, one of the twenty-four member boards of the American Board of Medical Specialties. It requires completion of an accredited plastic surgery residency, written and oral examinations, and ongoing maintenance of certification.

Other boards exist with different requirements. Some are recognised within their fields, such as the American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, which is not an ABMS member board but has a defined examination process.

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• Where a figure or interval appears, it describes a typical range reported in the surgical literature and in practice, not a promise about any single case.

Frequently asked questions

What does board certified actually mean?

Board certification means a specialty board has examined a physician after completion of an accredited residency and certified them in that specialty. The phrase carries no legal restriction on its own, so what matters is which board issued it and whether the board's public directory confirms current status.

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