The American Board of Physician Specialties (ABPS) is the official certifying body of the American Association of Physician Specialists, Inc. (AAPS), overseeing the administration, development, and management of eight medical specialty boards of certification, representing fourteen medical specialties.

For the first time in the history of medicine physicians may earn board certification in disaster medicine. In the wake of Hurricanes KATRINA and RITA and with concerns of Pandemic Influenza ominous on the horizon, we need to effectively organize our ability to conduct planning and coordinate our response for complex emergencies and disasters . . .