Affiliates

The American Board of Family Medicine

The mission of the ABFM is to safeguard the public through rigorous standards for residency education, initial and continuing board certification, support for improvement of health and health care, and research about family physicians and their practices. To accomplish this goal:

• We certify family physicians who have a commitment to professionalism, lifelong learning and self-assessment, cognitive expertise, and a dedication to improving the care they provide.
• We partner with Diplomates throughout their careers, across all communities and capacities they serve.
• We collaborate with organizations, specialties, and other partners who share our commitment to a higher standard than licensure, and to the improvement in health care and the health of the public.
• We set rigorous standards for ABFM Board Eligibility, support excellence and ongoing innovation in residency education, and promote continuous professional development.
  We advance professionalism in family medicine.
• We conduct research that advances the science of certification, monitors how family physicians’ practices evolve over time, improves the clinical and policy environment that family physicians practice in, and advances the scientific basis of family medicine.
• We support the development of future leaders for the specialty, the profession, and health care.

The Center for Professionalism & Value in Health Care

Health care in the United States is in the midst of transformational change; professional self-regulation and the public trust are at risk. To meet this challenge, the ABFM Foundation created the Center for Professionalism & Value in Health Care, located in Washington, D.C. The Center will engage the broader healthcare community, policymakers, payers, and patients to consider the state of professionalism and value and how to measure, align, and improve them.

Pisacano Leadership Foundation

The American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) established the Pisacano Leadership Foundation in January 1991 as an enduring tribute to its founder and first Executive Director, Nicholas J. Pisacano, MD. The goal of the Pisacano Leadership Foundation is to identify and develop future leaders who can make relevant contributions to the specialty of family medicine for generations to come. To accomplish this task, the Foundation developed the Pisacano Scholars Leadership Program. Pisacano Scholars are identified annually from among current U.S. medical students who demonstrate commitment to family medicine, leadership qualities, academic performance, including evidence of clinical excellence and application of knowledge to clinical care, and communication skills and service. In addition to scholarships, the Pisacano Scholars participate in symposia and leadership skills development annually, along with mentoring relationships with current leaders in the field of family medicine. A list of current and former Pisacano Scholars can be found on the website.