I congratulate you on your decision to seek certification in pathology.
The American Board of Pathology (ABP) was organized and incorporated in 1936. The first examinations were given and certificates issued in the same year. The ABP is one of 24 medical specialty boards that make up the American Board of Medical Specialties. There are 12 trustees of the ABP, who serve without compensation.
The ABP offers primary certification in anatomic pathology, clinical pathology, and combined anatomic pathology and clinical pathology. The ABP issues certificates in the following subspecialty areas of pathology: blood banking/transfusion medicine, chemical pathology, cytopathology, forensic pathology, hematology, medical microbiology, neuropathology, pediatric pathology, and, in conjunction with the American Board of Dermatology (ABD), subspecialty certification in dermatopathology and, in conjunction with the American Board of Medical Genetics (ABMG), subspecialty certification in molecular genetic pathology.
I wish you success in your examination and in your career.
Robert W. McKenna, M.D., President