Affiliates

The American Board of Family Medicine

ABFM’s mission is to improve the health of the public through:

  1. Certification: ABFM certifies family physicians who are highly skilled and effective at improving the health of their patients, their families, and their communities, and assists Diplomates in maintaining high professional standards through professional development and lifelong learning.
  2. Training Standards: ABFM sets standards for the training that prepares Family Medicine residents for board certification.
  3. Research: ABFM funds, conducts, and publishes research that is devoted to creating, evaluating, and maintaining cutting-edge certification methods, and to advancing the scientific basis of Family Medicine.
  4. Leadership Development: ABFM cultivates leaders in Family Medicine to expand the specialty’s contribution to the health of the public.
  5. Collaboration: ABFM collaborates with other specialty boards and organizations to promote better health care, drive better outcomes, and manage health care resources responsibly.

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, policy-makers, payers and patients to consider the state of professionalism and value and how to measure, align, and improve them.

Pisacano Leadership Foundation

The ABFM established the Pisacano Leadership Foundation in January 1991 as an enduring tribute to the ABFM 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 the highest levels of scholarship, leadership, character, interpersonal skills and community service. In addition to scholarships, the Scholars participate in symposia and leadership skills development semiannually, 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.