ABTS written exams will continue to assess a surgeon’s knowledge of clinical knowledge and surgical skills, and evaluate their competency to ensure they meet standards for safe and …

Certification Verification Visit the *American Board of Medical Specialties for an online search and verification of Board-certified Thoracic Surgeons. For a verbal verification, please call the …

The license must be valid at the time of application for admission to examination and maintained until certified by the ABTS. A temporary limited license such as an educational, institutional, or …

Board Eligible The Board will recognize an individual as being "Board Eligible" when he/she/they has an approved application on file with the Board.

An alternate pathway into the American Board of Thoracic Surgery (ABTS) Certification process has been created for truly exceptional cardiothoracic surgeons who are International Medical …

Welcome to the ABTS Web Portal If you need to reset or forgot your password, click on the "Forgot Password" link below to start the process. Before creating a new account, please …

The American Board of Thoracic Surgery would like to thank and acknowledge the leadership roles that Drs. Edward Verrier (Joint Council), Carolyn E. Reed (Joint Council) and John …

The ABTS Continuing Certification process consists of the issuance of non-time limited certificates with a Milestone that needs to be successfully completed every 5 years to maintain …

If for some reason, a resident needs to provide additional case information to the Board, he/she should use the ABTS Tracking Form to manually track this information.

American Board of Thoracic Surgery certification requires that the diplomate must respect and adhere to a professionalism code that reflects the ABTS mission to serve the public.