Chicago, IL, March 9, 2023: The American Board of Preventive Medicine (ABPM) is pleased to announce that the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) has recently approved the newest subspecialty in Healthcare Administration, Leadership, and Management (HALM).

The ABPM is a co-sponsoring board of HALM, along with the American Board of Anesthesiology (ABA) and the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM). The American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM) is the administrative board of the new subspecialty and expects to offer the first certification exam in HALM in 2024.

The American Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) developed institution-based fellowship training requirements for HALM in 2020 to address the expected demand for a competent workforce of physician leaders.

“We are excited to support the new subspecialty of HALM and to join as a co-sponsoring board,” said Wendy E. Braund, MD, MPH, MSEd, FACPM, ABPM’s Board Chair. “HALM presents a unique opportunity for physicians with leadership and management training, skills, and experience to demonstrate their commitment to excellence in the critical roles of healthcare administration, an arena in which many preventive medicine specialists excel.”

The four co-sponsoring boards will establish a program for physicians to achieve certification in HALM. Instructions and eligibility requirements for current ABPM Diplomates who are interested in HALM certification will be posted on the ABPM website when they are available.

The ABPM is an ABMS Member Board. Founded in 1948, ABPM works with the ABMS in the development of standards for the ongoing assessment and certification of over 12,000 physicians certified by the ABPM in the specialties of Aerospace Medicine, Occupational Medicine, and Public Health and General Preventive Medicine; and in the subspecialties of Addiction Medicine, Clinical Informatics, Medical Toxicology, and Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine.