ABPN By the Numbers
Initial Certification Statistics
Certificates issued through December 31, 2022
Specialty/Subspecialty | Year Certification Began | Certificates Issued in 2022 | Total Certificates* Issued as of December 31, 2022 |
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Psychiatry | 1935 | 1,869 | 70,008 |
Neurology | 1935 | 804 | 23,847 |
Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology | 1968 | 136 | 3,412 |
Neuropsychiatry | 1935 | Last certificate awarded in 1959 | 824 |
Subspecialty of Addiction Psychiatry | 1993 | 159 | 2,965 |
Subspecialty of Brain Injury Medicine** | 2014 | 77 | 283 |
Subspecialty of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry | 1959 | 469 | 12,649 |
Subspecialty of Clinical Neurophysiology | 1992 | Exam offered in 2023 | 3,470 |
Subspecialty of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry | 2005 | Exam offered in 2023 | 1,866 |
Subspecialty of Epilepsy | 2013 | 276 | 2,321 |
Subspecialty of Forensic Psychiatry | 1994 | Exam offered in 2023 | 2,675 |
Subspecialty of Geriatric Psychiatry | 1991 | 116 | 3,754 |
Subspecialty of Neurocritical Care** | 2021 | 151 | 483 |
Subspecialty of Neurodevelopmental Disabilities**† | 2001 | Exam offered in 2023 | 362 |
Subspecialty of Neuromuscular Medicine** | 2008 | 98 | 1,074 |
Subspecialty of Pain Medicine** | 2000 | 12 | 430 |
Subspecialty of Sleep Medicine** | 2007 | Exam offered in 2023 | 1,701 |
Subspecialty of Vascular Neurology | 2005 | 295 | 2,264 |
* Total includes lapsed certificates
** ABPN diplomates only
† In 2022, NDD certificates issued by the American Board of Pediatrics were transitioned to the ABPN for initial certification and continuing certification.
CC Examinations administered through December 31, 2022
Specialty/Subspecialty | Year Recertification Began | Examination Pass Rate | Total CC Examinations Passed as of December 31, 2022 | Total CC Examinations Administered as of December 31, 2022 |
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Psychiatry CC | 2002 | 98% | 17,695 | 17,999 |
Neurology CC | 2002 | 97% | 7,674 | 7,889 |
Child Neurology CC | 2003 | 96% | 962 | 1,003 |
Addiction Psychiatry CC | 2002 | 93% | 1,576 | 1,701 |
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry CC | 2004 | 98% | 3,268 | 3,324 |
Clinical Neurophysiology CC | 2001 | 93% | 1,729 | 1,863 |
Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry CC | 2014 | 89% | 632 | 712 |
Forensic Psychiatry CC | 2003 | 94% | 1,506 | 1,604 |
Geriatric Psychiatry CC | 2000 | 95% | 2,428 | 2,550 |
Neurodevelopmental Disabilities CC* | 2010 | 91% | 40 | 44 |
Neuromuscular Medicine CC* | 2008 | 95% | 238 | 250 |
Pain Medicine CC* | 2008 | 85% | 151 | 178 |
Sleep Medicine CC* | 2015 | 88% | 693 | 786 |
Vascular Neurology CC | 2014 | 89% | 712 | 802 |
* ABPN diplomates only
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