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Candidates Certified - All CandidatesPresented here are the total number of certificates and the total number of currently validcertificates issued by the ABIM by discipline as of April 3, 2012. These data are updatedannually.The “All Certificates" column identifies the total number of certificates issued, includingcertified internists/subspecialists known to be deceased and/or those whose certificates areno longer valid. The “Valid Certificates" column does not contain these groups. Candidates Certified by State: All States and US TerritoriesState identification is based on the most recent address provided to the ABIM by thephysician. The ABIM has limited contact with some Board Certified physicians. Therefore,the accuracy of many addresses is uncertain. Candidates Certified by Country: All Countries (Non-US)Country identification is based on the most recent address (outside the United States)provided to the ABIM by the physician. The ABIM has limited contact with some BoardCertified physicians. Therefore, the accuracy of many addresses is uncertain.Because the ABIM does not have addresses for every candidate in its database, summingthe All States and US Territories data with the All Countries (Non-US) data may not producethe Total data reported for All Certificates or the Total data reported for Valid Certificates.

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Candidates Certified - All Candidates Number of Certificates Issued All States and US Total All Countries (Non-US) Territories All Valid All Valid All Valid Discipline Certificates Certificates Certificates Certificates Certificates Certificates General Internal 247969 208079 223801 193235 5062 3642 Medicine (1) Adolescent Medicine 71 41 69 41 0 0 Advanced Heart Failure 239 239 237 237 2 2 /Transplant Cardiology Cardiovascular Disease 28377 26321 26192 24816 593 435 Clinical Cardiac 2326 2099 2250 2061 38 23 Electrophysiology Critical Care Medicine 12129 8798 11573 8567 268 177 Endocrinology Diabetes 7177 6644 6554 6181 231 180 and Metabolism Gastroenterology 15142 14213 14024 13432 211 161 (1) Geriatric Medicine 9108 5122 8578 4994 116 78 Hematology 8572 7703 7912 7218 229 155 Hospice and Palliative (1) 1849 1847 1839 1837 10 10 Medicine (1,2) Hospital Medicine 217 217 217 217 0 0 Infectious Disease 8440 7639 7801 7165 222 170 Interventional 6736 5521 6536 5438 75 46 Cardiology Medical Oncology 13651 12641 12669 11878 301 230 Nephrology 10406 9671 9653 9096 268 196 Pulmonary Disease 14739 13343 13601 12620 380 264 Rheumatology 6034 5602 5494 5199 176 132 (1) Sleep Medicine 3321 3321 3265 3265 54 54 (1) Sports Medicine 249 178 245 177 0 0 Transplant (1) 430 429 422 422 7 7 Hepatology(1) ABIM Board Certified physicians only(2) Focused PracticeNote that the number of Valid Certificates is not the number of certified internists/subspecialists practicing in each disciplinelisted.

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ACGME Accredited Areas of Combined TrainingPresented below are ABIM subspecialty certification data for ACGME accredited combinedtraining pathways as of April 3, 2012.The “Single Disciplines” portion of the table presents data regarding the number ofphysicians with a valid certificate in only one discipline within the combined training area.The “Combined Disciplines” portion of the table presents data regarding the number ofphysicians with valid certificates in both disciplines within the combined training area.Because the ABIM does not have addresses for every candidate in its database, summingthe All States and US Territories data with the All Countries (Non-US) data may not producethe Total data reported.Please note that these data do not necessarily reflect the number of physicians practicing inthe disciplines listed. Number of Physicians with Valid Certificates All States and US Single Disciplines Total All Countries (Non-US) Territories Critical Care Medicine 1484 1396 77 Pulmonary Disease 6029 5449 164 Hematology 1437 1243 70 Medical Oncology 6375 5903 145 Combined All States and US Total All Countries (Non-US) Disciplines Territories Critical Care Medicine 7314 7171 100 and Pulmonary Disease Hematology and 6266 5975 85 Medical Oncology