Board Certified:
A board-certified physician is one that has successfully completed an educational program and evaluation process approved by the American Board of Medical Specialties, including an examination designed to assess the knowledge, skills and experience required to provide quality patient care in a specific specialty
Recertification:
Some Boards issue certificates for a limited time only. In order to retain certification, Physicians must become recertified, usually after seven to ten years. They must obtain additional continuing education in their Specialty, resubmit credentials and take further examinations. Some Boards do not require mandatory Recertification but encourage voluntary Recertification with similar requirements
Fellowship Training:
A period of training, usually 2 years, which occurs after completion of a general or primary residency. Its goal is to qualify a physician as a subspecialist in an area of medical practice such as cardiology, hand surgery, etc. Fellows are capable of acting as attending physicians in the generalist field in which they were trained, such as internal medicine.
