What is a subspecialty certification?

Many physicians choose to specialize in a subspecialty or narrow field within a specialty. The ABPN issues specialty certificates in psychiatry, neurology, and neurology with special qualification in child neurology and also issues subspecialty certificates in:

• Addiction Psychiatry
• Brain Injury Medicine
• Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
• Clinical Neurophysiology
• Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry
• Epilepsy
• Forensic Psychiatry
• Geriatric Psychiatry
• Hospice and Palliative Medicine
• Neurodevelopmental Disabilities
• Neuromuscular Medicine
• Pain Medicine
• Sleep Medicine
• Vascular Neurology

• • Trainees / Candidates — Becoming Certified
  • Diplomates — Continuing Certification (CC)
  • Training Program Directors & Program Administrators
  • Patients & Credentialers