10 specialties with the most board-certified physicians 

More than 35,000 physicians became board-certified in 2022, with a record 975,000 physicians nationwide now certified by the American Board of Medical Specialties, the board’s annual report found.

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Of the 975,000 physicians, ABMS member boards certify in 40 specialties and 89 subspecialties. 

Here are 10 medical specialties with the most board-certified members: 

  1. Internal medicine: 262,379
  2. Pediatrics: 112,956
  3. Family medicine: 102,401
  4. Psychiatry and neurology: 78,638
  5. Radiology: 63,737
  6. Anesthesiology: 59,174
  7. OB-GYN: 53,975
  8. Surgery: 44,153
  9. Emergency medicine: 42,461
  10. Pathology: 32,442

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