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| Formation | 1950 |
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| Type | professional association |
| Headquarters | Tampa, Florida |
| Location |  United States |
| Membership | Medical Degree Physicians (MD) Osteopathic Degree Physicians (DO) Medical Students |
| Official languages | English |
| President | Steven G. Carin, Jr., D.O. |
| Key people | William Carbone |
| Website | aapsus.org |
The American Association of Physician Specialists (AAPS) founded 1950, incorporated 19521 is the third largest association of physicians, osteopathic (DO) physicians and medical students in the United States and was the first such organization to accept both MD and DO qualified physicians as full members. The AAPS's mission is to promote the art and science of medicine for the betterment of the public health, to advance the interests of physicians and their patients, to promote public health, to lobby for legislation favorable to physicians and patients, and to advance new and evolving areas of medical specialization through academic discourse. It also publishes the American Journal of Clinical Medicine (AJCM). The AAPS is the sister organization to the American Board of Physician Specialties (ABPS), on of the three organizations which oversees physician board certification in the United States.
The AAPS is a 501 (c) (6) not-for-profit organization whose executive offices are located in Tampa, Florida. AAPS was first organized in 1950 for the purpose of providing a clinically recognized mechanism for specialty certification for physicians who had obtained advanced training in various areas of medical specialty.
The American Board of Physician Specialties (ABPS) is the official certifying body of the AAPS and is the nation's third largest recognized physician multi-specialty certifying body, providing board certification to both allopathic (M.D.) and osteopathic (D.O.) physicians.
Today, ABPS specialty boards provide certification and re-certification for thousands of allopathic and osteopathic physicians in 14 medical specialties:
• Anesthesiology • Dermatology • Diagnostic Radiology • Disaster Medicine • Emergency Medicine • Family Practice • General Surgery • Geriatric Medicine • Internal Medicine • Ophthalmology • Obstetrics and Gynecology • Orthopedic Surgery • Psychiatry • Radiation Oncology
Soon AAPS will be announcing two new innovative boards of certification, the American Board of Hospital Medicine (ABHM) and the American Board of Family Medicine Obstetrics (ABFMO).