Certification of Doctors of Osteopathy (DO)
If a physician’s post-graduate training is osteopathic, then he or she is only eligible to take the exams administered by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA). To be eligible to take a certification exam given by an ABMS Member Board, a DO must complete residency training program accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. Osteopathic physicians may choose to be certified by an ABMS specialty board AND an approved AOA specialty board. For more information about osteopathic medicine visit the American Osteopathic Association website.