Contact Us

• The American Board of Surgery
  1617 John F. Kennedy Boulevard, Suite 860
  Philadelphia, PA 19103 USA
• Phone: 215-568-4000
  Fax: 215-563-5718
• If you are calling for help with our website, or with questions regarding a letter you have received, please have it accessible when you call.

Office Hours

• Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET. The ABS office is closed on U.S. federal holidays.

Email

Please use the links below to contact the appropriate staff person for your exam or specialty of interest. Please email only one person; email will be rerouted internally if necessary.

General Surgery

• In-Training Exam 
• Qualifying Exam/Training Issues 
• Certifying Exam 
• New Assessment or Recertification Exam

Vascular Surgery

• In-Training Exam 
• Qualifying Exam/Training Issues 
• Certifying Exam 
• Recertification Exam

Pediatric Surgery

• In-Training Exam 
• Qualifying Exam/Training Issues 
• Certifying Exam 
• Recertification Exam

Surgical Critical Care

• Certifying Exam/Training Issues 
• Recertification Exam

Surgery of the Hand

• Certifying Exam 
• Recertification Exam

Complex General Surgical Oncology

• All Exams/Inquiries

Hospice and Palliative Medicine

• All Exams/Inquiries

IT Department

• Website 
• Online Forms

Other Inquiries

• Media, Public Relations, and Communications 
• Verification of Certification Requests

Executive Staff

• Please use the links above for questions regarding certification or recertification eligibility, admissibility, applications or examinations.
• Executive Director – Jo Buyske, M.D.
• Associate Executive Director for Vascular Surgery – Bruce A. Perler, M.D.
• Chief Operations Officer – Jessica Schreader
• Director of Psychometrics – Andrew Jones, Ph.D.
• Director of Information Technology – James Fiore