ABR Subspecialty Certifications in Hospice and Palliative Medicine and Pain Medicine

The ACGME currently approves fellowship training in 11 subspecialties of radiology, and the ABR currently offers six subspecialty certificates (vascular interventional radiology will be phased out in 2017) to its primary certificate holders. Four of the ABR-sponsored or co-sponsored subspecialties have been available to ABR diplomates for more than 18 years, but two-hospice and palliative medicine and pain medicine-are relatively new. The nature of specialty and subspecialty certificate development and details related to these two specific programs will be considered.