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What is Board Certified?

Some patients ask what it means to have a board certified doctor, as well as the types of board certifications exist. We are here to help answer these questions.

When physicians graduate from medical school, and complete residency and other requirements, they become eligible for medical licensure. When licensure is properly satisfied, a Nevada state-issued permit is issued for the physicians, like those at Comprehensive Cancer Centers, which authorizes them to practice medicine.

Once physicians are licensed, then they may look to secure board certification. Board certification indicates that the practitioner has exceeded that licensure standard in a particular specialty or subspecialty through extra education and study, and has passed a test to earn certification.

Board certification comes from personal efforts to advance their knowledge, expertise and experience in fields related to oncology and lung and sleep medicine. Almost all physicians at Comprehensive are board certified in various specialties related to internal medicine, oncology, hematology, radiation oncology, surgery or pulmonary medicine ensuring their extensive knowledge and experience in those fields:

  • Internal Medicine: Board certification demonstrates expertise in a specific medical specialty. Our physicians who are board certified in internal medicine are specialists who apply scientific knowledge and expertise to diagnosis and treat patients in a broad spectrum of complex illnesses.
  • Medical Oncologists: Medical oncologists are board-certified physicians with special training in diagnosing and treating cancer using chemotherapy, hormone therapy, biological therapy, and/or targeted therapy, as appropriate for each patient’s situation. Comprehensive Cancer’s medical oncologists often serve as the main health care provider for a patient undergoing cancer treatment.
  • Radiation Oncology: Board-certified radiation oncologists are physicians who have special training in using various types of external and/or internal radiation to treat cancer.
  • Pulmonologists: Comprehensive’s board-certified lung and sleep medicine focused pulmonologists provides evaluation, diagnosis and referrals for treatment options to patients with lung and bronchus cancer as well as treatment for various pulmonary diseases including asthma, emphysema, chronic bronchitis, chronic cough and nicotine dependence.
  • Breast Surgeons: Comprehensive’s team of board-certified breast surgeons conducts both non-cancer and cancer-related surgeries of the breast. The team’s mission is to provide the most current and effective treatment options to our breast care and breast cancer patients.
  • Hematologists: Comprehensive’s team of board-certified hematologists are physicians who specializes in disorders of the blood, bone marrow, and lymphatic systems. Most hematologists are also board certified in oncology and can treat many types of cancers, including blood cancers.

Board certification and throughout medicine, is done through the American Board of Medical Specialties (AMBS) through the organization’s ABMS Board Certification and the ABMS Program for Maintenance of Certification (ABMS MOC®). ABMS MOC are peer-developed, externally validated programs that serve as important markers for a higher standard of care.

The process reflects the critical core physician values of compassion, patient-centeredness, and a passion for education. Patients, physicians, health care providers, insurers, and quality organizations look for these markers as the best measure of a physician’s knowledge, experience and skills to provide quality health care within a given specialty.

Certification by an ABMS Member Board involves a rigorous process of testing and peer evaluation that is designed and administered by specialists in the specific area of medicine. Through collaboration between ABMS and the 24 Member Boards standards for initial certification and keeping certification current through ABMS MOC are determined for continuous professional development as well as improvements to patient care.

Comprehensive Cancer Centers Can Help

The physicians at Comprehensive Cancer Centers provide a variety of treatment options for cancer, blood disorders, breast health conditions, pulmonary diseases and sleep disorders. To schedule an appointment with the team at Comprehensive, please call 702-952-3350.

The content is this post is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of qualified health providers with questions you may have regarding medical conditions.

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