The American Association of Physician Specialists, Inc. (AAPS) founded 1950, incorporated 1952 is a 501 (c) (6) not-for-profit organization whose executive offices are located in Tampa, Florida. It was first organized for the purpose of providing a clinically recognized mechanism for specialty certification for physicians who had obtained advanced training in various areas of medical specialty. AAPS was the first such organization to accept both MD and DO qualified physicians as full members. AAPS's mission is to promote the art and science of medicine for the betterment of the public health, to advance the interests of physicians and their patients, to promote public health

Public health

Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals" . It is concerned with threats to health based on population health...

, to lobby

Lobbying

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for legislation favorable to physicians and patients, and to advance new and evolving areas of medical specialization through academic discourse. It also publishes the American Journal of Clinical Medicine (AJCM).

The American Board of Physician Specialties (ABPS), the official certifying body of the AAPS, is the nation's third largest recognized physician multi-specialty certifying body, providing physician board certification re-certification for thousands of physicians in following 16 medical specialties:

• Anesthesiology
• Dermatology
• Diagnostic Radiology
• Disaster Medicine
• Emergency Medicine
• Family Medicine Obstetrics
• Family Practice
• Geriatric Medicine
• Hospital Medicine
• Internal Medicine
• Obstetrics and Gynecology
• Ophthalmology
• Orthopedic Surgery
• Psychiatry
• Radiation Oncology
• Surgery

External links

• AAPS home page
• ABPS home page