AMERICAN COLLEGE OF GERIATRICS SPECIALISTS
A REGISTERED PUBLIC BENEFIT NOT FOR
PROFIT MEDICAL ORGANIZATION THAT IS OFFICIALLY REGISTERED TO CERTIFY AND TO
ENCOURAGE MEDICAL EXCELLENCE IN GERIATRICS, MEDICAL PRACTICE, EDUCATION,
RESEARCH, AND CONTRIBUTION TO SOCIETY BY OUTSTANDING MEDICAL DOCTORS, AND
ENCOURAGEMENT OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND EXPERTISE IN GERIATRICS.
THE MISSION OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF GERIATRICS
SPECIALISTS IS TO PROMOTE GERIATRICS AND DEVELOP RECOGNITION OF GERIATRICS AS A
MEDICAL SPECIALTY IN ITS OWN RIGHT
E-MAIL: COLLEGEOFGERIATRICS@USA.COM
AMERICAN BOARD OF GERIATRICS
GENERALLY A PRE-SELECTION PROCESS IS REQUIRED IN WHICH PHYSICIANS WITH
BACKGROUND IN GERIATRICS ARE PRE-SELECTED
AND INVITED TO JOIN THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF GERIATRICS SPECIALISTS AND
APPLY FOR THE CERTIFICATION AS A DIPLOMATE OF THE AMERICAN BOARD OF GERIATRICS.
WE DO NOT LIMIT THE FIELD OF GERIATRICS TO INTERNAL MEDICINE
OR FAMILY PRACTICE:OTHER FIELDS IN THE SPECTRUM OF MEDICAL PRACTICE WHEREIN
EMPHASIS IN PRACTICE INCLUDES THE GERIATRICS POPULATION ARE ALSO INCLUDED
WITHIN THE FIELD OF GERIATRICS MEDICAL PRACTICE.
WE PARTICULARLY EMPHASIZE PHYSICIANS OF ETHICAL, HUMANITARIAN, SPIRITUAL, RELIGIOUS,
AND MORAL EXCELLENCE, AND WE ENCOURAGE THE INCLUSION OF THOSE QUALITIES IN
THE EVERYDAY PRACTICE OF MEDICINE.
IT IS OUR BELIEF THAT KINDNESS, HUMANITARIANISM,LOVE OF MANKIND, LOVE OF GOD,
ETHICS, MORALITY, RELIGIOUS VALUES, AND FAMILY VALUES HAVE NOT BEEN
EMPHASIZED IN MEDICINE IN AMERICA.
WE STAND FOR EMPHASIS OF THOSE QUALITIES AND THOSE VALUES IN MEDICAL PRACTICE.
THE AMERICAN BOARD OF GERIATRICS MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE WELCOMES
THE ADDITION TO THE COMMITTEE OF THIRTY-ONE PHYSICIANS OF DISTINCTION
REPRESENTING AMERICA FROM THE PACIFIC TO THE ATLANTIC AS NEWLY APPOINTED
HONORARY ADVISORS TO THE SELECT MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE.
THESE SPLENDID PHYSICIANS HAVE COMPRISED MOST WELCOME ADDITIONS TO THE
COMMITTEE,
AND WE ARE MOST GRATEFUL FOR THEIR SELFLESS OFFER OF CONTRIBUTION OF TIME,
INTELLECT, AND EXPERIENCE, THAT WILL CERTAINLY CONTINUE TO ENHANCE EVERY ASPECT
OF EFFICIENCY AND EXCELLENCE IN EVALUATION OF WORTHY CANDIDATES FOR DIPLOMATE
CERTIFICATION BY THE AMERICAN BOARD OF GERIATRICS.
THE AMERICAN BOARD OF GERIATRICS AND THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF GERIATRICS
SPECIALISTS
HAVE EXPANDED THE 2005 AND 2008 BOARD OF REGENTS TO NOW INCLUDE 14 GERIATRICS
SPECIALIST PHYSICIANS AND THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL OF THE AMERICAN BOARD OF
GERIATRICS HAS RECENTLY ADDED FIFTEEN GERIATRICS SPECIALIST PHYSICIANS
THE TWELVE PHYSICIANS ON THE ETHICS COMMITTEE, AS WELL AS THE THIRTEEN
PHYSICIANS ON THE HEALTH POLICY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, REMAIN THE SAME, AS IS THE
EIGHT PHYSICIAN EXAMINATION COMMITTEE,
AND THE MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE.
SELECTION OF PHYSICIANS FOR INVITATION TO MASTER DESIGNATION FOR THE
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF GERIATRICS SPECIALISTS IS SCHEDULED FOR
MARCH 30, 2009 AND JUNE 15, 2009
THE AMERICAN BOARD OF GERIATRICS AND THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF GERIATRIC
SPECIALISTS
ARE PRESENTLY STUDYING THE ADVISABILITY OF A SERIES OF LECTURES FOR SEMINAR
PRESENTATION
IN KIEV, UKRAINE
MEMBERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CONTACT REGARDING INTEREST IN ATTENDING
CONFERENCE IN KIEV OR IN ST.PETERSBURG,RUSSIA DURING SPRING, 2009,
AND INPUT REGARDING FURTHER TOPICS ARE REQUESTED AND WELCOMED.
CONTACT: E-MAIL: membership@boardofgeriatrics.org
International Geriatrics Organizations:
Canadian Geriatrics Organizations:
QEII
Geriatric Internet Resources
La
Société Québécoise de Gériatrie
Regional
Geriatric Assessment Program of Ottawa-Carleton
St
Joseph's Health Care London, Specialized Geriatric Services
Southeastern Regional
Geriatric Program
RGP Central, McMaster
Division of Geriatric Medicine
Canadian
Academy of Geriatric Psychiatry
Canadian Coalition for Seniors
Mental Health
Alzheimer
Society of Canada
Alzheimer's Association
The Canadian Task Force on
Preventative Health Care
The Canadian Association of
Gerontology
The Canadian
Federal Government seniors' website
Long Term Care Medical
Directors Association of Canada
Australian
Society for Geriatric Medicine
British
Geriatrics Society
Colombian
Geriatric Society
Hong
Kong Geriatrics Society
International
Association of Gerontology
Korea
Research Institute of Geriatrics
AMERICAN
COLLEGE OF ETHICAL PHYSICIANS
The American Board of Geriatrics and the American College of
Geriatrics Specialists are now affiliated with the American College of Ethical
Physicians
and are components of the Congregation of Fellowship Organizations
for Medical, Humanitarian, Scientific, Educational, Religious, Ethical, Medical Ministries,
Inc., NV. Components include the American Board of Geriatrics, American
College of Geriatrics Specialists, American College of Ethical Physicians, American College of Christian Physicians,
World Christian Childrens Crusade, and other associations, organizations, and fellowships dedicated and devoted to
Medicine, Humanitarianism, Science, Education, and Religion, for the Advancement
of Humanity, and the Betterment of Medical Practice in America and
Internationally. The American Board of Geriatrics is a Registered Public Benefit
Medical Organization that is Officially Registered as a Corporation to Certify
and to Encourage Medical Excellence in Geriatrics, Medical Practice, Education,
Research, and Contribution to Society by Outstanding Medical Doctors, and
Encouragememt of Medical Education and Expertise in Geriatrics.
Filed:10/28/2004. CID:2004-00476252 WY Secretary of State Registered
Corporation. The American Board of Geriatrics is a private medical organization
incorporated in the State of Wyoming. We are a member medical board of the
U.S.M.S.F. (United States Medical Specialists Federation) and we are a component
organization of the Congregation of Fellowship Organizations for Medical,
Humanitarian, Scientific, Educational, and Religious Ministries, Incorporated,
NV. We have no relationship of any kind with any other medical board,
organization, association, medical society, or any other umbrella organization
of medical boards, organizations, associations, or societies, and any listing or
reference to any such organization, association, society, or board, is not to
confer or imply in any way, any manner of association, agreement, reciprocity,
approval, relationship, or contact of any kind with the American Board of
Geriatrics and the American College of Geriatrics Specialists, or any of its
Officers, Directors, or Members with any other medical organization,
association, society, or medical board, or with any umbrella organization of
medical boards, medical organizations, medical societies, or medical
associations. We are not related in any way to the American Board of Internal
Medicine or any other medical board and have no relationship of any kind with
any other medical board, medical organization, medical society, medical
association, or umbrella organization, other than the Congregation of Fellowship
Organizations for Medical, Humanitarian, Scientific, Educational, and Religious
Ministries, Incorporated NV, and
the United States Medical Specialists Federation (U.S.M.S.F.).
Member, United States Medical Specialists Federation
MEMBER, U.S.M.S.F.
THE UNITED STATES MEDICAL SPECIALISTS
FEDERATION
AS A NOT FOR PROFIT ORGANIZATION ENGAGED IN THE RECOGNITION AND CERTIFICATION OF
EXCELLENCE IN MEDICINE,
IN THE OPINION OF THE DIRECTORS OF THE UNITED STATES MEDICAL SPECIALISTS
FEDERATION,
THE FOLLOWING MEDICAL ORGANIZATIONS
WE CONSIDER TO BE FUNDAMENTALLY WORTHWHILE REPRESENTATIVES OF MEDICINE.
IT IS THE OPINION OF THE UNITED STATES FEDERATION OF MEDICAL SPECIALISTS
THAT THE FOLLOWING MEDICAL ORGANIZATIONS AND MEDICAL ASSOCIATIONS ARE
DISTINGUISHED FOR OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE, INTEGRITY, AND QUALITIES OF TRUE
MEDICAL WORTHINESS, AND IN OUR OPINION AND JUDGEMENT WE BELIEVE THESE
ORGANIZATIONS TO BE WORTHY REPRESENTATIVES OF EXCELLENCE IN THE HONORABLE
PROFESSION OF MEDICINE:
United States:
WE BELIEVE THESE ORGANIZATIONS TO BE WORTHY REPRESENTATIVES OF EXCELLENCE
IN THE HONORABLE PROFESSION OF MEDICINE:
American Board of Pediatrics
American Academy of Pediatrics
American Board of Family Practice
American Academy of Family Practice
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP)
American Academy of Dermatology (AAD)
American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (AAFPRS)
American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)
American Board of Geriatrics
American Board of Hospital Physicians (ABOHP)
American Academy of Insurance Medicine (AAIM)
American Academy of Neurological and Orthopaedic Surgeons
American Academy of Neurology (AAN)
American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO)
American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS)
American Academy of Otolaryngology (AAO)
American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM)
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (AAPM&R)
American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM)
American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry
American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS)
American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE)
American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM)
American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AAEM)
American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists
American Association of Immunologists
American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS)
American Association of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS)
American Association of Plastic Surgeons (AAPS)
American Association of Public Health Physicians (AAPHP)
American Board of Hospital Physicians (ABOHP)
American Board of Medical Genetics (ABMG)
American Board of Nuclear Medicine (ABNM)
American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ABOG)
American Board of Ophthalmology (ABOP)
American Board of Otolaryngology (AMOTO)
American Board of Pathology (ABP)
American Board of Pediatrics (ABP)
American Board of Plastic Surgery (ABPS)
American Board of Preventive Medicine (ABPM)
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN)
American Board of Radiology (ABR)
American Board of Surgery (ABS)
American Board of Thoracic Surgery (ABTS)
American Board of Urology (ABU)
American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (ACAAI)
American College of Cardiology (ACC)
American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP)
American College of Christian Physicians (ACOCP)
American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP)
American College of Endrocrinology (AACE)
American College of Ethical Physicians
American College of Gastroenterology (ACG)
American College of Geriatrics
American College of Geriatrics Specialists
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)
American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
(ACOEM)
American College of Patriotic Physicians
American College of Physician Executives (ACPE)
American College of Physicians (ACP) / American Society of Internal Medicine (ASIM)
American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM)
American College of Radiation Oncology (ACRO)
American College of Radiology (ACR)
American College of Rheumatology (ACR)
American College of Medical Quality (ACMQ)
American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM)
American College of Surgeons (ACS)
American Diabetes Association (ADA)
American Gastroenterological Association (AGA)
American Neurological Association
American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society (AOFAS)
American Osteopathic Association
American Pediatric Society
American Psychiatric Association (APA)
American Psychoanalytic Association
American Public Health Association
American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS)
American Society for Dermatologic Surgery (ASDS)
American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE)
American Society for Reproductive Medicine
American Society for Surgery of the Hand
American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology
American Society of Abdominal Surgeons
American Society of Addiction Medicine
American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA)
American Society of Anesthesiologists
American Society of Bariatric Physicians
American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS)
American Society of Clinical Oncology
American Society of Clinical Pathologists
American Socitey of Colon and Rectal Surgeons
American Society of Dermatology (ASD)
American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
American Society of Hematology (ASH)
American Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons
American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
American Society of Reproductive Medicine (ASRM)
American Society of Transplant Physicians
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH)
American Thoracic Society (ATS)
American Thyroid Association (ATA)
American Urological Association
Association of Family Practice Administrators (AFPA)
Association of Professors of Medicine (APM)
Association of Subspecialty Professors (ASP)
Clinical and Laboratory Immunology (CLI)
Congress of Neurological Surgeons
Council of Medical Specialty Societies (CMSS)
Endocrine Society
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States
Gerontological Society of America
Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA)
National Board of Medical Examiners
National Medical Association
North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
North American Spine Society
Pediatric Infectious Disease Society (PIDS)
Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)
Research ! America
Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons
Society of Cardiovascular & Interventional Radiology
Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM)
Society of Critical Care Medicine
Society of General Internal Medicine
Society of Gynecologic Oncologists
Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons
Society of Nuclear Medicine
Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Canada:
WE BELIEVE THESE ORGANIZATIONS TO BE WORTHY REPRESENTATIVES OF EXCELLENCE
IN THE HONORABLE PROFESSION OF MEDICINE:
Canadian Infectious Disease Society
College of Family Physicians of Canada
Quebec Urological Association
Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada
International:
WE BELIEVE THESE ORGANIZATIONS TO BE WORTHY
REPRESENTATIVES OF EXCELLENCE IN THE HONORABLE PROFESSION OF MEDICINE:
Associação de Assistência à Criança Defeituosa _ Brazil
Australian Medical Association
Australian and New Zealand Society of Respiratory Sciences
Bienvenidos al Mundo de la Asistencial Medica de Maldonada en Internet _ Uruguay
British Geriatrics Society
European Society of Cardiology
European Society for Vascular Surgery
European Society of Cardiology (ESC)
European Society for Vascular Surgery
Haiti Medical Page
Hong Kong Medical Association
Instituto Nacional de la Nutricion Mexico _ Mexico
Instituto de Nutrición de Centro América y Panamá _ INCAPOPS _ Panama
International College of Surgeons
International Society and Federation of Cardiology
International Society of Technology Assessment in Health Care
International Society of Neuropathology
Italian Academy of Family Physicians
Philippine Medical Association
Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
World Association of Medical Educators
World Health Organization
IN THE INTEREST OF COMPLETENESS, THERE ARE CERTAINLY OTHER
DESERVING MEDICAL ORGANIZATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS WORTHY OF CONSIDERATION, AND IT
IS HOPED THAT EACH ORGANIZATION WILL PRESENT INFORMATION TO OUR ORGANIZATION IN
ORDER FOR OUR OPINION TO BE GIVEN REGARDING INCLUSION WITHIN THE ABOVE LISTING.
ALL OPINIONS ARE THOSE OF OUR ORGANIZATION AND THE ABOVE LISTING AND FURTHER
LISTINGS ARE TO BE UNDERSTOOD TO BE ACCORDING TO OUR OPINION AND OUR OPINION AND
JUDGEMENT.
A FOUNDER AND ONE OF THE
DIRECTORS OF THE UNITED STATES MEDICAL SPECIALISTS FEDERATION, WHO THIS
ORGANIZATION HAS NAMED LAUREATE HUMANITARIAN PHYSICIAN FOR THE YEAR 2004 AND
FORMALLY RECOGNIZES THE ACHIEVEMENTS AND THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF:
DISTINGUISHED MEDICAL AUTHOR AND DOCTOR OF MEDICINE, K. LASKO,M.D, FOR WORK ON
BEHALF OF SAVING CHILDREN IN LATIN AMERICA
AND COURAGEOUS HUMANITARIAN WORK ON BEHALF OF THE WORLDWIDE ABOLITION OF
TORTURE.
