Exam Administration History

ABIM was established in 1936 with its first administration of the Internal Medicine Certification Exam. With the evolution of Internal Medicine’s Subspecialties, ABIM has introduced Certification exams in the following areas:

• General Internal Medicine (1936)
• Cardiovascular Disease, Gastroenterology, and Pulmonary Disease (1941)
• Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, Hematology, Infectious Disease, Nephrology, and Rheumatology (1972)
• Medical Oncology (1973)
• Critical Care Medicine (1987)
• Geriatric Medicine (1988)
• Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology (1992)
• Sports Medicine (1993)
• Adolescent Medicine (1994)
• Interventional Cardiology (1999)
• Transplant Hepatology (2006)
• Sleep Medicine (2007)
• Hospice and Palliative Care Medicine (2008)