board-certified

adjective

: being a professional whose qualifications have been approved by an official group
a board-certified doctor

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Vera Clinic surgeons are board-certified with extensive experience in advanced techniques. William Jones, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024 One ob-gyn routinely performed surgeries on cancer patients without being board-certified in oncology. Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024 In addition, some national acupuncture associations also maintain lists of members who are board-certified. Tim Petrie, Dpt, Verywell Health, 2 Oct. 2024 Ensure that the surgeons are board-certified and have extensive experience in performing hair transplant procedures. Kody Boye, USA TODAY, 21 Sep. 2024 They are licensed to practice podiatric medicine and are board-certified. Adam H. Kaplan, Verywell Health, 19 Sep. 2024 Dietitians, however, are necessarily board-certified. Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 3 Aug. 2024 As told to Lindsey DeSoto, RD, LD 4 Sources By Angela Fitch, MD Dr. Angela Fitch is board-certified in obesity medicine, internal medicine, and pediatrics. Nick Blackmer, Verywell Health, 9 July 2024 Preventing Carpal Tunnel Syndrome From Worsening 25 Sources By Jonathan Cluett, MD Dr. Cluett is board-certified in orthopedic surgery. Scott Sundick, Verywell Health, 3 June 2024

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Medical Definition

board-certified

adjective
of a physician
: having graduated from medical school, completed residency, trained under supervision in a specialty, and passed a qualifying exam given by a medical specialty board
abbreviation BC
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