D.O. in dually ac IM, take both boards?

[persianbbq4u]

I am a D.O. at a dually accredited ACGME/AOA IM program. Do I have to take the M.D. IM boards in order to eventually be eligible to take the M.D. Nephrology boards? I was leaning towards just taking the D.O. IM boards and hopefully taking the M.D. Nephrology boards as a fellow. Not sure what the advantage will be or future career options that will open up if I was board certified in the M.D. and D.O. world.

Thanks in advance

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[VJWDO]

You Cannot sit for an ABIM Specialty Board exam if you have not passed the ABIM (MD Board) Take the ABIM and screw the DO boards unless you are going into a D.O. Fellowship.

I am a DO so no disrespect just find the whole DO Board thing to be superfluous if you take the ABIM Boards.

 

[persianbbq4u]

Can I take the D.O. speciality boards if I complete a ACGME fellowship (assuming I only take the DO IM boards)?

 

[BERNZ]

Chetori Khobi..Im actually have the same question. I am a PGY3 at a dually accredited IM program who matched into a ACGME GI fellowship. So, if I take the osteopathic medicine boards (AOBIM), can I take the ABIM GI boards? or would I have to take the AOBIM GI boards? Can I even take the AOBIM GI boards after completing an ACGME fellowship? Or vice versa, if I take the ABIM medicine boards, can I take the AOBIM GI boards? I emailed AOBIM and ABIM today...Let me know if you hear anything further, I will do the same.

 

[Lipoma]

I would say take the D.O. board and save yourself some money and then you can just take the D.O. Nephrology Boards. MD boards is $ 1300 vs 800 for DO boards for IM MD boards $ 2200 vs 700 for DO boards for subspeciality Board certified in MD vs DO is board certified either way- there is no difference except in cost

I am a D.O. at a dually accredited ACGME/AOA IM program. Do I have to take the M.D. IM boards in order to eventually be eligible to take the M.D. Nephrology boards? I was leaning towards just taking the D.O. IM boards and hopefully taking the M.D. Nephrology boards as a fellow. Not sure what the advantage will be or future career options that will open up if I was board certified in the M.D. and D.O. world.

Thanks in advance

 

[persianbbq4u]

BERNZ, did you find any new information from the AOBIM and ABIM?

 

[persianbbq4u]

I emailed the ABOIM, in which they said I could sit for the AOBIM Nephrology boards if I obtain AOA approval for my ACGME Nephrology fellowship which involves sending in an application from the aobim.org website under the FAQ link.

Now the question becomes...

Looking 10 years from now, is it advantageous to be MD and/or DO board certified in Nephrology? (I will likely work in an academic setting to some degree)

Another strategy is to take both IM boards to give me a better chance at least passing one and deciding from there

 

[BERNZ]

Hey Persianbbq, I am sorry i took so long and am about a year late with my response but it may help others in the future. I sat for the ABIM boards and thankfully passed so I will be sitting for the ABIM GI boards after my GI fellowship, 1st year half way done! I had emailed the AOBIM and here below is the exact response from the email:

In order to be eligible for the AOBIM GI certification exam you must first take and pass the AOBIM Internal Medicine exam. In order to be eligible for the ABIM GI exam you must first take and pass the ABIM Internal Medicine exam. There is no resiprosity from either Board. After you pass the AOBIM Internal Medicine exam you would need to make application to the AOA to have your GI fellowship approved which is a simple process and the applications are on www.osteopathic.org.


Thus, not knowing where I would end up after fellowship or if certain medical groups/private practise groups would care what boards I took, I decided to go with ABIM.

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[JayneCobb]

I would say take the D.O. board and save yourself some money and then you can just take the D.O. Nephrology Boards. MD boards is $ 1300 vs 800 for DO boards for IM MD boards $ 2200 vs 700 for DO boards for subspeciality Board certified in MD vs DO is board certified either way- there is no difference except in cost

Ex-nay on this. This is bad information. As it doesn't take into account that the DO subspecialty boards are ONLY offered in paper form in Lombardi Illinois, so by the time it was all said and done, I spent damn near the same taking the DO boards as what the ABIM would have cost, and I had the huge headache of flying. Personally I would have prefered to pay the $2000 to be able to take it locally on a computer than having a #2 scan tron test that had several printing errors in it.

Hey Persianbbq, I am sorry i took so long and am about a year late with my response but it may help others in the future. I sat for the ABIM boards and thankfully passed so I will be sitting for the ABIM GI boards after my GI fellowship, 1st year half way done! I had emailed the AOBIM and here below is the exact response from the email:

In order to be eligible for the AOBIM GI certification exam you must first take and pass the AOBIM Internal Medicine exam. In order to be eligible for the ABIM GI exam you must first take and pass the ABIM Internal Medicine exam. There is no resiprosity from either Board. After you pass the AOBIM Internal Medicine exam you would need to make application to the AOA to have your GI fellowship approved which is a simple process and the applications are on www.osteopathic.org.


Thus, not knowing where I would end up after fellowship or if certain medical groups/private practise groups would care what boards I took, I decided to go with ABIM. .

the process is "simple" but it's also a headache making sure they follow through with what they say they will.