Resources

The ABS has a plethora of materials available for both surgeons and non-surgeons, including examination guides and content outlines, policies related to ABS certification, published journal articles about certification, information for patients, and more.

The ABS policies listed on this website are the current ones in effect and supersede all previous versions. The ABS reserves the right to make changes to all policies at any time.

Information for Patients

Patient information on different types of surgery, checking medical license, surgical careers, other surgical boards, and more.

Checking Medical Licensure/Disciplinary Status

Resources to assist in verifying medical licensure status.

Other ABMS Surgical Specialty Boards

Policy governing leave during residency or fellowship training for applicants for board certification in vascular surgery.

ABS to Further Simplify and Digitize CME Data Reporting

As of July 1, 2023, all CME will be automatically transferred to the ABS through the ACCME PARS system.

Verifying Board Certification Status

How to verify a surgeon's current board certification status with the American Board of Surgery.

General and Thoracic Surgery Joint Pathway

This seven-year joint training pathway leads to certification in both general surgery and thoracic surgery.

An American Board of Surgery Pilot of Video Assessment of Surgeon Technical Performance in Surgery

Pryor AD, Lendvay T, Jones A, Ibáñez B, Pugh C. An American Board of Surgery Pilot of Video Assessment of Surgeon Technical Performance...

Booklet of Information – Vascular Surgery

Outlines the requirements for certification in vascular surgery.

Booklet of Information – Surgery

Outlines the requirements for certification in general surgery.

General Surgery Qualifying Examination (QE) Content Outline

Approximate percentage of questions on each topic that are included on the Qualifying Examination.