January 2, 2012. The American Board of Addiction Medicine (ABAM) and The ABAM Foundation today installed newly elected Directors and Officers. All are distinguished physicians and from a range of medical specialties. These volunteer Directors lead ABAM in the formal certification of physicians as experts in addiction medicine, establish and accredit physician post-graduate addiction medicine training programs, and thus advance the quality of medical care for substance use disorders related to alcohol, tobacco and other addicting drugs, including some prescription medications. [ Press Release ]
November 11. 2012. The application submission deadline is November 15, 2011, for addiction medicine programs seeking accreditation effective July 2012. The 2012 Program Accreditation Application Form (PAAF) is now available for downloading. Note: The 2012 PAAF processing fee is $100.
ABAM is not a member board of the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS). ABAM's goal is to gain recognition of Addiction Medicine as a medical specialty, and the creation of a certification process through collaboration with the ABMS and its member Boards.