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American Board of Legal Medicine

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American Board of Legal Medicine
TypeProfessional Society
HeadquartersSeverna Park, Maryland
Location
  • United States
Chairman
Peter Rheinstein
Websitehttp://www.ablminc.org/

The American Board of Legal Medicine sets the standards for training and certifying competency in health care law for dual degreed physician attorneys, with the self-stated aim of promoting excellence in practice through its certification process. Candidates who have completed the requisite training may take an examination to become board-certified by ABLM.

History

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Peter Rheinstein, Chairman of the American Board of Legal Medicine

The current American Board of Legal Medicine is a nonprofit organization incorporated in 1951 in the state of Delaware.[1][2] In 1980, the American Board of Law in Medicine, Inc. also was incorporated in the state of Delaware. To facilitate the recognition of Legal Medicine as a specialty, the two entities merged in 1987 with the surviving entity being the American Board of Legal Medicine, Inc.

Organization

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The ABLM is governed by a twelve-member board, who elect their own chairman, secretary, and treasurer.

Examination process

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ABLM administers examinations to individuals with both legal and medical degrees. The Board has certified approximately 300 MD/JDs in legal medicine by means of computer-based or paper based examinations.[3] The ABLM also furnishes study materials and courses in Legal Medicine and Medical Malpractice.

Board members

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  • Peter Rheinstein, Chairman
  • Matthias Okoye,[4] Secretary
  • John D. Busowski, Treasurer
  • S. Sandy Sanbar, Executive Director [5]
  • Michael Brooks
  • Marvin Firestone
  • John K. Hall
  • Weldon E. Havins
  • Richard Kelly
  • Joseph P. McMenamin
  • Daniel L. Orr II
  • Richard Wilbur

Past Chairpersons

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  • Edgar Reed, 1980-84
  • Lee Goldsmith, 1984-86
  • Cyril Wecht,[6] 1986-96
  • Allan Gibofsky, 1996-2003
  • Sal Fiscina, 2003-2007
  • S. Sandy Sanbar, 2007-2011

References

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  1. ^ Collected papers, 1956-1959. American Board of Legal Medicine. Central Book Company, Inc., Brooklyn, N. Y., 1960
  2. ^ Medical Economics, Volume 30 p 154, 1953
  3. ^ Shafeek S. Sanbar, American College of Legal Medicine. Legal Medicine. 8th edition Elsevier 2024
  4. ^ Cyril H. Wecht, Matthias I. Okoye. Forensic Investigation and Management of Mass Disasters. Lawyers & Judges Publishing 2007 p447
  5. ^ Shafeek S. Sanbar, American College of Legal Medicine. Legal Medicine. 8th edition Elsevier 2024
  6. ^ Cyril Wecht. Preparing and Winning Medical Negligence Cases. Juris Publishing, Inc. 2009