THE UNITED STATES
MEDICAL SPECIALISTS FEDERATION
AS A NOT FOR PROFIT ORGANIZATION ENGAGED IN THE RECOGNITION AND
CERTIFICATION OF EXCELLENCE IN MEDICINE,
IN THE OPINION OF THE DIRECTORS OF THE UNITED STATES MEDICAL SPECIALISTS
FEDERATION,
THE FOLLOWING MEDICAL ORGANIZATIONS
WE CONSIDER TO BE FUNDAMENTALLY WORTHWHILE REPRESENTATIVES OF MEDICINE.
IT IS THE OPINION OF THE UNITED STATES FEDERATION OF MEDICAL
SPECIALISTS THAT THE FOLLOWING MEDICAL ORGANIZATIONS AND MEDICAL
ASSOCIATIONS ARE DISTINGUISHED FOR OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE, INTEGRITY,
AND QUALITIES OF TRUE MEDICAL WORTHINESS, AND IN OUR OPINION AND
JUDGEMENT WE BELIEVE THESE ORGANIZATIONS TO BE WORTHY REPRESENTATIVES OF
EXCELLENCE IN THE HONORABLE PROFESSION OF MEDICINE:
WE PARTICULARLY SALUTE THE AMERICAN BOARD OF DIABETES
FOR ITS WORK ON BEHALF OF POVERTY-STRICKEN CHILDREN IN LATIN AMERICAN
COUNTRIES
WHERE THE MURDER OF STREET CHILDREN IS RAMPANT AND DESPICABLE.
IN CONCERT WITH THE WORLD CHILDRENS CHRISTIAN CRUSADE,
AND THE CONGREGATION OF RELIGIOUS MEDICAL MINISTRIES,
FOR HAVING OPENED THEIR HEART TO THE STREET CHILDREN
AND WORKED TO EXPOSE THE MURDERERS OF THOSE CHILDREN.
OF PARTICULAR NOTE IS THE HUMANITARIAN AND MEDICAL EVANGELICAL WORK
BEING DONE BY THE AMERICAN BOARD OF DIABETES
IN CONJUNCTION WITH
THE CONGREGATION OF RELIGIOUS MEDICAL MINISTRIES
AND THE CHAPTER LEADERSHIP OF THE CHRISTIAN COALITION IN NEVADA
TO DEVELOP FREE CLINICS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
INCLUDING THE TABAC REGION OF THE SOUTHEAST PHILIPPINES
United States:
WE BELIEVE THESE ORGANIZATIONS TO BE WORTHY REPRESENTATIVES OF
EXCELLENCE IN THE HONORABLE PROFESSION OF MEDICINE:
American Board of Pediatrics
American Academy of Pediatrics
American Board of Diabetes
American Board of Cardiology
American Board of Family Practice
American Academy of Family Practice
American Academy of Child and Adolescent
Psychiatry (AACAP)
American Academy of Cardiology
American Academy of Dermatology (AAD)
American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (AAFPRS)
American Board of Geriatrics
American Board of Geriatric Medicine (ABGM)
American Board of Hospitalist Physicians (ABOHP)
American Academy of Insurance Medicine (AAIM)
American Academy of Neurological and Orthopaedic Surgeons
American Academy of Neurology (AAN)
American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO)
American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS)
American Academy of Otolaryngology (AAO)
American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM)
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (AAPM&R)
American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM)
American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry
American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS)
American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM)
American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AAEM)
American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists
American Association of Immunologists
American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS)
American Association of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS)
American Association of Plastic Surgeons (AAPS)
American Association of Public Health Physicians
(AAPHP)
American Board of Geriatric Medicine (ABGM)
American Board of Hospital Physicians (ABOHP)
American Board of Medical Genetics (ABMG)
American Board of Nuclear Medicine (ABNM)
American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ABOG)
American Board of Ophthalmology (ABOP)
American Board of Otolaryngology (AMOTO)
American Board of Pathology (ABP)
American Board of Pediatrics (ABP)
American Board of Plastic Surgery (ABPS)
American Board of Preventive Medicine (ABPM)
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN)
American Board of Radiology (ABR)
American Board of Surgery (ABS)
American Board of Thoracic Surgery (ABTS)
American Board of Urology (ABU)
American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
(ACAAI)
American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP)
American College of Christian Physicians (ACOCP)
American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP)
American College of Ethical Physicians
American College of Diabetes Specialists (ACDS)
American College of Family Medicine
American College of Gastroenterology (ACG)
American College of Geriatrics
American College of Geriatrics Specialists (ACGS)
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)
American College of Occupational and Environmental
Medicine (ACOEM)
American College of Patriotic Physicians
American College of Physician Executives (ACPE)
American College of Physicians (ACP) / American Society of Internal Medicine (ASIM)
American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM)
American College of Radiation Oncology (ACRO)
American College of Radiology (ACR)
American College of Rheumatology (ACR)
American College of Medical Quality (ACMQ)
American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM)
American College of Surgeons (ACS)
American Diabetes Association (ADA)
American Gastroenterological Association (AGA)
American Neurological Association
American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society (AOFAS)
American Osteopathic Association
American Pediatric Society
American Psychiatric Association (APA)
American Psychoanalytic Association
American Public Health Association
American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS)
American Society for Dermatologic Surgery (ASDS)
American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE)
American Society for Reproductive Medicine
American Society for Surgery of the Hand
American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology
American Society of Abdominal Surgeons
American Society of Addiction Medicine
American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA)
American Society of Anesthesiologists
American Society of Bariatric Physicians
American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS)
American Society of Clinical Oncology
American Society of Clinical Pathologists
American Socitey of Colon and Rectal Surgeons
American Society of Dermatology (ASD)
American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
American Society of Hematology (ASH)
American Society of Internal Medicine
American Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons
American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
American Society of Reproductive Medicine (ASRM)
American Society of Transplant Physicians
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH)
American Thoracic Society (ATS)
American Thyroid Association (ATA)
American Urological Association
Association of Family Practice Administrators (AFPA)
Association of Professors of Medicine (APM)
Association of Subspecialty Professors (ASP)
Clinical and Laboratory Immunology (CLI)
Congress of Neurological Surgeons
Council of Medical Specialty Societies (CMSS)
Endocrine Society
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States
Gerontological Society of America
Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA)
National Board of Medical Examiners
National Medical Association
North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
North American Spine Society
Pediatric Infectious Disease Society (PIDS)
Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)
Research ! America
Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons
Society of Cardiovascular & Interventional Radiology
Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM)
Society of Critical Care Medicine
Society of General Internal Medicine
Society of Gynecologic Oncologists
Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons
Society of Nuclear Medicine
Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Canada:
WE BELIEVE THESE ORGANIZATIONS TO BE PARTICULARLY WORTHY REPRESENTATIVES
OF EXCELLENCE IN THE HONORABLE PROFESSION OF MEDICINE:
Canadian Infectious Disease Society
College of Family Physicians of Canada
Quebec Urological Association
Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada
International:
WE BELIEVE THESE ORGANIZATIONS TO BE WORTHY
REPRESENTATIVES OF EXCELLENCE IN THE HONORABLE PROFESSION OF MEDICINE:
Associação de Assistência à Criança Defeituosa _ Brazil
Australian Medical Association
Australian and New Zealand Society of Respiratory Sciences
Bienvenidos al Mundo de la Asistencial Medica de Maldonada en Internet _ Uruguay
British Geriatrics Society
European Society of Cardiology
European Society for Vascular Surgery
European Society of Cardiology (ESC)
European Society for Vascular Surgery
Haiti Medical Page
Hong Kong Medical Association
Instituto Nacional de la Nutricion Mexico _ Mexico
Instituto de Nutrición de Centro América y Panamá _ INCAPOPS _ Panama
International College of Surgeons
International Society and Federation of Cardiology
International Society of Technology Assessment in Health Care
International Society of Neuropathology
Italian Academy of Family Physicians
Philippine Medical Association
Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
World Association of Medical Educators
World Health Organization
IN THE INTEREST OF COMPLETENESS, THERE ARE CERTAINLY
OTHER DESERVING MEDICAL ORGANIZATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS WORTHY OF
CONSIDERATION, AND IT IS HOPED THAT EACH ORGANIZATION WILL PRESENT
INFORMATION TO OUR ORGANIZATION IN ORDER FOR OUR OPINION TO BE GIVEN
REGARDING INCLUSION WITHIN THE ABOVE LISTING.
ALL OPINIONS ARE THOSE OF OUR ORGANIZATION AND THE ABOVE LISTING AND
FURTHER LISTINGS ARE TO BE UNDERSTOOD TO BE ACCORDING TO OUR OPINION AND
OUR OPINION AND JUDGEMENT.
WE ENDORSE AND ASSIST THE MISSION OBJECTIVE OF THE
CONGREGATION OF RELIGIOUS MEDICAL MINISTRIES
AND OF THE WORLD CHRISTIAN CHILDRENS CRUSADE
THE PROPOSED FREE MEDICAL CLINIC FOR THE POOR IN TABAC CITY, BICOL
REGION, PHILIPPINES
IS PARTICULARLY ENDORSED.
THE REGION SUFFERED THE GREATEST DAMAGE FROM RECENT HURRICANE
DEVASTATION.
VOLUNTEER PHYSICIAN ASSISTANCE IS REQUESTED FROM ALL MEDICAL
SPECIALTIES.
IN THE PAST, THE CONGREGATION OF RELIGIOUS MEDICAL MINISTRIES
HAS WORKED ON BEHALF OF VICTIMS OF HURRICANE KATRINA.
IN PARTICULAR, COMPONENT MEMBERS OF THE CONGREGATION OF RELIGIOUS
MINISTRIES
INCLUDED PHYSICIANS REPRESENTING THE
AMERICAN BOARD OF DIABETES
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CHRISTIAN PHYSICIANS,
WORLD CHRISTIAN CHILDRENS CRUSADE,
AND THE MINISTERS AND MEMBERS OF THE FIRST CHURCH OF THE EPIPHANY
TO PROMOTE
HUMANITARIAN, RELIGIOUS, FAMILY VALUES IN ALL ASPECTS OF MEDICINE.
WE ENDORSE THE AMERICAN BOARD OF DIABETES AND ITS EVANGELICAL MISSION
AND WE SUPPORT THE EVANGELICAL WORK DONE BY THE
CONGREGATION OF RELIGIOUS MEDICAL MINISTRIES
THE CHRISTIAN COALITION
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EVANGELICALS
EVANGELICALS FOR SOCIAL ACTION
WORLD CHRISTIAN CHILDRENS CRUSADE
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CHRISTIAN PHYSICIANS
AND THE PATRIOTIC AND EVANGELICAL WORK
BEING DONE BY THE FIRST CHURCH OF THE EPIPHANY
THE AMERICAN BOARD OF DIABETES
AND THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PATRIOTIC PHYSICIANS
WE SUPPORT THE HUMANITARIAN, RELIGIOUS, FAMILY VALUES IN MEDICINE
ADVOCATED BY THESE ASSOCIATIONS